Ants in Outdoor Enclosure

[AshleyJones]

I have been trying to find something to get the ants to go away that will not hurt my Leos also. Is this the right thing to use or do you guys use something else?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0039UX8ZC/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20

 

[lynnedit]

That is fine, and this safe bait also works very well:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Ant-Solution#axzz1JjHXDkN5.
(there are homemade recipes, but this is very easy and quick).
At first you may see more ants as they come to the bait and carry it back to the nest, but soon they will be gone!
You could use both!

 

[Guggie]

Just ran across this... some details on how it works.

http://lifehacker.com/pest-control/

 

[AshleyJones]

Okay so now i'm having a horrible problem with ants in my outdoor enclosure. I was trying to find a different way to kill them bc the DE is not working since I have to water the plants everyday. I saw that you can sprinkle cinnamon around and they will leave wherever they are living, will this hurt my Leos?

 

[dmmj]

A lot of people use DE (food grade I think) with success. I use plain old chalk, and a boric acid/honey mixture

 

[martinfre]

I often read that copper helps. Put two or three copper wires (4inch) in the middle of the nest.

 

[ewam]

The chalk actually works very well, unless your enclosure has dirt around it. You can also get Grant's Ant Spikes you could put it in the enclosure. It has a tiny whole where the ants get poison and bring back to the nest and a tortoise wont be able to get into them. You can get these at home depot or maybe lows.