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cogob
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We are getting ants indoors, they seem to be coming up from under the floor boards. They are the common British black ant.

We are unable to lift the floor boards as we have only recently had them put down and are the 'tongue and groove' type (oak and cost a fortune).

As we have a cat we cannot put down anything too toxic.

Has anyone any suggestions...
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I don't know if they sell it over there, but here we have stuff called Terro. I swear by it. You put a drop on cardboard, stick in in a couple of corners of the rooms where you see ants. They take it back to the nest. Within a few days, you are free from ants. I find it in hardware stores here.
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Get some ant killer from B&Q. You have to get the queen ant not just the workers. It is possible they are coming in from outside, if you see any nests the old kettle of boiling water usually does t he trick.
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i have an aadvaark that i will rent out as you can see i'm not ant isocial :)
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Peg;1202165 wrote: I don't know if they sell it over there, but here we have stuff called Terro. I swear by it. You put a drop on cardboard, stick in in a couple of corners of the rooms where you see ants. They take it back to the nest. Within a few days, you are free from ants. I find it in hardware stores here.


This sounds like 'Nippon' - a syrupy fluid, very sweet and the ants adore it. Put it on a non-porous tile etc. where they run - they take it back to the nest, feed all the others including the queen - as Peg says, it takes a few days for the nest of ants to be destroyed. The plus side is that you don't have nasty powder and bodies all around the place. I would advise 'fencing' the 'Nippon' area off to secure it from animals getting to it as I'm not sure how toxic this is to pets. The RSPCA have said that pets can walk on it, if it is not out of their reach, so to speak, then they lick their paws clean - could be iffy for the pet. But if you can manage to use it, I would recommend the use of it - it has been most successful for me. Be careful using it outside because the rain will wash it away, and also other animals can get at it.

You may find, if you do use it, that it will disappear fairly quickly and if there are still some ants around, renew the drops of 'Nippon'. You only need a couple of drops on each of the main 'runs' each time you 'dose' them.
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G#Gill;1202207 wrote: This sounds like 'Nippon' - a syrupy fluid, very sweet and the ants adore it. Put it on a non-porous tile etc. where they run - they take it back to the nest, feed all the others including the queen - as Peg says, it takes a few days for the nest of ants to be destroyed. The plus side is that you don't have nasty powder and bodies all around the place. I would advise 'fencing' the 'Nippon' area off to secure it from animals getting to it as I'm not sure how toxic this is to pets. The RSPCA have said that pets can walk on it, if it is not out of their reach, so to speak, then they lick their paws clean - could be iffy for the pet. But if you can manage to use it, I would recommend the use of it - it has been most successful for me. Be careful using it outside because the rain will wash it away, and also other animals can get at it.

You may find, if you do use it, that it will disappear fairly quickly and if there are still some ants around, renew the drops of 'Nippon'. You only need a couple of drops on each of the main 'runs' each time you 'dose' them.


i see the ants have a little nip on it :)
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farmer giles;1202210 wrote: i see the ants have a little nip on it :)


Oh gawd.............. Jimbo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rolleyes::rolleyes:
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G#Gill;1202212 wrote: Oh gawd.............. Jimbo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rolleyes::rolleyes:


ant i climax :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
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