Ants in the pet food dish

[JoanE]

I use a self-feeder for Maggie's dry dog food but lately, here in FL, her food dish has become infested with ants. Actually I am just having a general ant problem in my rig right now. I looked online for ways to prevent the pet food infestations and there are various solutions which use a water "moat" of some type. I made my own by putting a small dish in a larger dish that has some water in it and a little dish detergent. So far no ants in her food. I also see fewer ants in the rig too, so that may have been the prime cause for my ant problem. Will see how it goes after a few days.

[Forestgal]

Joan, out here folks sprinkle Comet or Ajax around their tires and along anything that touches the ground & goes into the rig to keep ants at bay. Works like a charm. Chalk also works well, but not on dirt surfaces. I've used it on the concrete and window sills.

Good luck!

Laura

[rvgrammy1953]

Uncooked Cream of Wheat or baby powder sprinkled around outside the rig works, too....the cream of wheat they take back to the nest for "din-din" and BAM they eat and blow up in the ant hill....the powder for some reason, they won't walk across it.....both need to be re-done after a rain.....we done both...and both worked...

[JoanE]

Joan, out here folks sprinkle Comet or Ajax around their tires and along anything that touches the ground & goes into the rig to keep ants at bay. Works like a charm. Chalk also works well, but not on dirt surfaces. I've used it on the concrete and window sills.

Good luck!

Laura

Thanks Laura. I'll give it a try too. Until now I had not had any ant problems. I also used the Bounce dryer sheets in the outside cubbies, etc.

[AlmostThere]

Some great spray cleaning products that repel ants are Windex, Simple Green, Formula 409, and Shaklee Basic-H. Spray any of those products wherever you see ants, and they will not stick around.
Ants usually won't cross a line of cayenne pepper. Sprinkle it on and around anthills. If you've ants in your kitchen, place a small dish of cayenne pepper in your cupboards or on your kitchen countertop.
It's a fact that ants hate peppermint. Place a dish of crushed peppermint on your kitchen countertop to keep them away. You can also mix a solution of one pint of water with one dram of peppermint flavoring oil. Spray the solution anywhere you see ants.
Mix a solution of one part water to two parts of Ivory liquid soap, and spray wherever ants are present. Take care to let friends and family know that the floor may have a soap solution on it, as the floor will become slippery.
Mix 1 tablespoon of peanut butter with 1 tablespoon of boric acid and spread the mixture onto a saltine cracker. Using a pin, punch holes into the lid of a small bracelet box. Place the rigged poison cracker inside of the box, and tape the lid onto it (so that children won't open it and eat it). Place the box anywhere you see ants in your house. The ants will eat the poison and die.
Another good poison to use to kill ants is diatomaceous earth. Sprinkle it anywhere you see ants. When they traipse through it, the dust will infiltrate and expose their exoskeleton, and then they will die after dehydrating. Take care not to use poisons or insecticides in eating or cooking areas, and certainly never around children or pets!