Ants seem to have invaded my new outdoor enclosure. Any ideas on how to get rid of them without harming my Tortoise? I can't put him out there without them crawling all over him.
look for the ants entry/exit points to the outdoor enclosure. you can make a boric acid/sugar water bait that will kill the colony and if placed outside the enclosure it will pose no threat to your tortoise.
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a 50/50 mix of water and vinegar when sprayed on the ants will kill them. occasionally i do this in my outdoor pen. don't spray ants while your tortoise is in there. as far as i know the vinegar wont harm your tortoise but i prefer to spray them when the pen is empty.
What kind of ants are plaguing you? We get fireants frequently here and swear by "Anti Fuego" its a Garden-Ville Fire Ant & Insect Control re-labeled as Anti Fuego Soil Conditioner and has totally knocked out the problem for us with harm to our tortoises, chickens or mammals occasionally we will see a nest starting but one treatment stops it in its tracks.