Hello everyone,
I recently rehoused my two russian tortoises as I wanted to give them more space than the viviariums they were living in could offer. I made use of a fairly large floor space in my cellar - filling it with sand/soil etc. The tortoises are loving it, it's perfect for them, except that over the past few days I've started to notice ants in the enclosure.. At first I thought it was maybe just a few rogue ants as there are a fair few woodlice/spiders/all sort of insects down in the cellar.. However today I picked up a piece of lettuce to find alot of ants congregated underneath. I then noticed a line/trail leading down the side of the pen and up the wall (they are most probably coming in from the front garden which is just above the space where the enclosure is). My tortoises don't seem to have acknowledged the ants, and vice-versa.. But i'm just a little concerned that if the ant number starts to grow that it could pose some sort of threat to my tortoises health/well-being. Should I be worrying or are they pretty harmless?
I'm from the UK, and these are black ants by the way, not typically considered dangerous..
Merci for any responses I get!
I recently rehoused my two russian tortoises as I wanted to give them more space than the viviariums they were living in could offer. I made use of a fairly large floor space in my cellar - filling it with sand/soil etc. The tortoises are loving it, it's perfect for them, except that over the past few days I've started to notice ants in the enclosure.. At first I thought it was maybe just a few rogue ants as there are a fair few woodlice/spiders/all sort of insects down in the cellar.. However today I picked up a piece of lettuce to find alot of ants congregated underneath. I then noticed a line/trail leading down the side of the pen and up the wall (they are most probably coming in from the front garden which is just above the space where the enclosure is). My tortoises don't seem to have acknowledged the ants, and vice-versa.. But i'm just a little concerned that if the ant number starts to grow that it could pose some sort of threat to my tortoises health/well-being. Should I be worrying or are they pretty harmless?
I'm from the UK, and these are black ants by the way, not typically considered dangerous..
Merci for any responses I get!