ants

What is the safest way to handle anthills in your habitat

Hello all. For reference, I’m in north texas where we haven’t had rain in quite some time. I have a few plants (which I kept in pots so I could take them inside during winter) within my tortoises cage. Long story short, I attempted to keep them alive with a solid soak, the abysmal heat were...

Today i took my 3 year old sulcata outside and a couple minutes later hes rubbing his arm against his face and as i take a closer look there are ants on his arm and neck, but most importantly his EYES. It was as if they were stuck on there and i did get them off in about 30 seconds but im not...

I struggled this past summer with fire ants. Not looking forward to it again. I live in GA and it is bad..... I may have to re-home if I can't find a solution. He seems to be able to smell them as he avoids them, though, they have the pesky trails that leave the nests! He is 6 years old...

Hi everyone, I just discovered ants in my outdoor tortoise table... ahhhhggggg. I hate ants and they were all in the soil/food. what if a different substrate I can use that won’t attract ants like soil/eco earth will? I was thinking something like chips...or cypress mulch? Thanks! Rosty

I let my tortoises outside in a pen where they usually went, I check on them very regularly but I let I slipped a few minutes longer and when I went to check on them the black ants had attacked. Dolos, our Greek tortoise has always been somewhat depressed and stayed still while our other...

So, I accidentally spilled some water in Lucky's bedding, when I saw a huge swarm of ants come running out of the wet substrate. The nest is right where he eats, and I don't want the ants stealing his food or scaring him (he doesn't want to come out of his burrow.) My mom started setting out...

I have house ants (the small black ones) and they’re crawling around my baby sulcatas enclosure. Should I be worried? How do I make them go away?

Hello all. I hope to have a Russian very soon. I've been reading about food and am excited that my weed filled yard is going to be a major benefit in this area. LOL. I have all the goodies. I also have quite the fire ant infestation. I'm trying to remember the last time I treated the mounds...