CMJHBFantasy
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So, this morning, as I was getting crickets for my dragon, I felt little tiny things crawling on my hands. Turn on the lights, BOOM. Ants.
Everywhere.
I took the keeper outside, picked out the ants by hand and put them in a zip lock bag, whilst making sure not ants got in with them. Afterwards, I quickly got my little dude his breakfast, then rinsed out the keeper and all it's parts thoroughly with the garden hose.
Afterwards, it was time to plan my attack. I looked up ways to get/keep ants out of the house naturally (Aside from the bearded dragon, we have cats). One of the things on the list was Tea Tree Oil, as it has a strong smell and disrupts the tracking pheromones left by ants. I got some on some gauze (No cotton balls, though they would be better), and put a couple on the shelves of the bookshelf my keeper was on, and rubbed some of the oil along their path. I then placed a couple of the soaked gauze pieces on either side of the cricket keeper in it's new location.
Hopefully, this will work long enough for the ants to die and leave the house alone.
Needless to say, I am not feeding the ants butternut squash until the dead of winter. And even then, only very sparingly.
Have you guys had any problems with ants in your crickets? What are some tricks and tips you guys use to keep them out? I want to do everything I can to keep my crickets as ant free as possible.
Everywhere.
I took the keeper outside, picked out the ants by hand and put them in a zip lock bag, whilst making sure not ants got in with them. Afterwards, I quickly got my little dude his breakfast, then rinsed out the keeper and all it's parts thoroughly with the garden hose.
Afterwards, it was time to plan my attack. I looked up ways to get/keep ants out of the house naturally (Aside from the bearded dragon, we have cats). One of the things on the list was Tea Tree Oil, as it has a strong smell and disrupts the tracking pheromones left by ants. I got some on some gauze (No cotton balls, though they would be better), and put a couple on the shelves of the bookshelf my keeper was on, and rubbed some of the oil along their path. I then placed a couple of the soaked gauze pieces on either side of the cricket keeper in it's new location.
Hopefully, this will work long enough for the ants to die and leave the house alone.
Needless to say, I am not feeding the ants butternut squash until the dead of winter. And even then, only very sparingly.
Have you guys had any problems with ants in your crickets? What are some tricks and tips you guys use to keep them out? I want to do everything I can to keep my crickets as ant free as possible.