Ants!!

[bleeding_sarcasm]

gah! so i guess it was just a matter of time till they migrated to our room. last night i went to go spray my cages, and one of the hatchling boxes was SWARMING with ants, and ive been freaking out. I pulled all the fruit and water bowls out of the cages, put all the animals in sterylite tubs on paper towels w/ no wood, and hauled all of the cages, rodents, and just.. everything outside, then swept all the dirt and mopped/wiped everything. Later today i should be picking up some prevent-a-mite, and spraying around the outside of our room. Is there anything else i can/should do? Any suggestions would be greatly apreciated.

 

[Protean]

Tamara,

I had this problem when i was in alameda and San Francisco. I actually found that using tape flipped inside out was the best method to keep them off the cages.

This time of the year, there really isn't a whole hell of a lot you can do in the bay to get rid of them short of spraying everything with pesticide. And even then that doesn't work very well.

Be careful with the provent a mite. That stuff is more than toxic on geckos.

Cheers
Jason

P.S. Tell hot pants I'll call him soon.