Sandradoucet12
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I bought 2 bags of Ecomed loose coconut substrate. Now 1 day later there are ants everywhere! Neverhad this problem. Very small black ants. If I froze the bags can I reuse it? It was expensive :-(
Tom do you place the ant traps where your torts have access to them or place the to be protected from the torts?Follow the ants to see where they are coming from. They really couldn't survive for very long in a package of substrate sitting on a store shelf. They most likely came for your environment and will return again for food and moisture. Indoors in a dry heated house, they are often seeking moisture. I find the the Terro Ant Baits work very well in this situation and since they are Borax based, they are relatively non-toxic. Find the trail, but the bait in the trail, and let them swarm on it and carry it back the the queen and the rest of the colony. After a day or two, the whole colony just disappears never to be seen again, but you have to leave them alone to do their work. It drives my wife crazy to have to let them run amok on her kitchen counter, but she knows now if she just leaves them alone and lets them take the bait, they will all disappear for good.
I put them in the path of the ant trail outside the tortoise enclosures.Tom do you place the ant traps where your torts have access to them or place the to be protected from the torts?
Thank you Tom. I found 3 dead bees in Opo's hide the other day. Couldn't find any sting wounds on Opo.I put them in the path of the ant trail outside the tortoise enclosures.