sigh.
ok, so the two are now regular. on friday, there were 5. at the easter dinner, there were 6. (in the bathroom, not at dinner).
so i freaked a little on rockstar hubby and highly recommended he fix our problem. he went to the local canadian tire and bought: liquid bait, ant traps (4) and diatomaceous earth. the 4 traps hang from my bathroom ceiling, the liquid is within the baseboards and on a plate on a shelf in linen closet, along with earth.
yesterday we spent 15 minutes watching two ants walk around. one eventually walked into the ant trap. we would have waited longer to see where they went, to find a hole or something, but we had to go.
called exterminator guy and he said he 'forgot to tell us' that in june we were supposed to get out a flashlight and search, between the hours of 10 - 2am to look for ants going in our house. then if we found any, he'd spray again. but because he didn't tell us, he's going to let us have the 1 year guarantee instead of the 6 month guarantee for 300$ if we decide to spray again.
which means, more chemicals. which means harsher chemicals.
i have absolutely no idea what to do. and i'm tired of people telling me to put down cucumbers or something (no offense ladybug lady, you're a doll in offering advice) but it's an INFESTATION not a temporary picnic where they are a nuisance. i know we have rotting wood somewhere in our house, but i'm not about to rip out walls to look for it, nor do we have the money. the thought of moving perked my interest, but we've already moved 4 times in two years, and we've been here a year, and i'd like to make a new world record for us. but i can not live with the infestation. so we're trying bait and traps...again. no, it did not work last year. maybe it will this time, i have absolutely no idea. and as gross as it is seeing them in the bathroom, i refuse to see them in my bedroom, or gaffer's bedroom, crawling all over his face in the middle of the night. last night i had nightmares about them crawling all over me.
what do i do? do i spend another 300$ of what we don't have (and of course this is the time to be spraying, not later in the year) or do we ... suck it up? do we look for another house and dock the price of 300$ for spraying?
2 comments:
$300 is cheaper than a move.
I wouldn't have called 11 ants an infestation. An infestation is like when I found a trail of ants coming in two windows, one going into my pantry and into everything that wasn't airtight and the other trail going into the bin! Not trying to make light of this J, but are you sure it's an infestation and not just a few ants coming in looking for food and water?
If it is really bad, then as has been said, $300 is a lot cheaper than a move! Lot less stressful too.
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