Will Ants Hurt My Sulcata?

[Tortoise Man]

Hi. I have made a nighttime box that I put inside. The purpose of this is to bring my tortoise in at night. I put him in and he goes right to sleep. Then in the morning, I put him back outside. Anyway, The substrate that I put in the box seems to have TINY ants. I guess there is not a lot of ants, but that is just what I can see. Will the ants hurt my tortoise. Thanks for the help!!

 

[Yvonne G]

Some types of ant will harm tortoises. If they are the biting kind, yes they could kill your tortoise. Black ants usually go after the food and not the tortoise.

 

[Tortoise Man]

I can't really tell by looking at them. I guess the only SURE way to tell is to let one go on my finger and see if it bites me! Thanks

 

[Careym13]

Get some FOOD GRADE Diatomaceous earth and sprinkle it wherever the ants are. When I had ants I did that and they were gone in 48 hours.

 

[mike taylor]

Or just water the crap out of your tortoise enclosures daily . The ants don't like it and move out .

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Get some FOOD GRADE Diatomaceous earth and sprinkle it wherever the ants are. When I had ants I did that and they were gone in 48 hours.

But it don't work if it gets wet !

 

[Tortoise Man]

Ok thanks for the help!!

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

So what I do is ( you know the little cups they put hot Sause in for your "to go diners " ) I put a teaspoon of powder and a single cat food pellet in the cup and punch a whole in the lid so the ants can get in the cup for the cat food and they get the powder on them

 

[Tortoise Man]

That sound like a GREAT technique. Thanks for your help.

 

[Joo]

Ants hates garlic. Chop up some and sprinkle outside the box.

 

[Killerrookie]

Ants hates garlic. Chop up some and sprinkle outside the box.

That's how my parents keep me out of the kitchen .

 

[dmmj]

Ants can kill.
Use DE food grade,or boric acid.

 

[JoesMum]

Ants can kill.
Use DE food grade,or boric acid.

Some ants can kill. Many/most do not. If your ants locally have a reputation for giving you something more than an itchy nip then maybe there's a problem, but otherwise they're an itrritation for you and probably barely noticed by your tort.

Food grade DE is the way to control them whatever.

 

[Tortoise Man]

Ok. Thanks for everyones help. I will be using all these techniques asap.