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Furza Flyin 03-01-2011 03:14 PM

Any suggestions for a cat friendly ant killer? Its been raining for over a week now and the ants are finding it quite nice in my kitchen and enjoy sharing the cats food. Cats are not happy, Mamma is not happy.

yellowsnow55 03-01-2011 03:20 PM

I have the same problem, put the cat food dish inside a bowl of water. The water bowl has to be about ½ inch larger than the food bowl, so it floats slightly. Ants don't seem to swim and will just drown, not nice for then but good for you and your cat. Good luck ♥ P.S.love your avatar.
Hope this works.

virtualbernie 03-01-2011 03:25 PM


Originally Posted by yellowsnow55
I have the same problem, put the cat food dish inside a bowl of water. The water bowl has to be about ½ inch larger than the food bowl, so it floats slightly. Ants don't seem to swim and will just drown, not nice for then but good for you and your cat. Good luck ♥ P.S.love your avatar.
Hope this works.

That's a great idea! We get ants every year and I never thought to do that! I do have ant baits everywhere though because my ants climb up the side of the house and come in every window--even on the 2nd floor! The cats don't bother the ant baits either.

carhop 03-01-2011 03:27 PM

have you tried boric acid Walgreens has tablets most bugs don't like it

cjomomma 03-01-2011 03:38 PM

Put baby powder down, the ants won't cross it because they inhale it and die. I battle ants every summer and this is the safest way I have found. The powder won't hurt the cats but you might have white paw prints on the floor and misc. other places.

virtualbernie 03-01-2011 03:52 PM


Originally Posted by cjomomma
Put baby powder down, the ants won't cross it because they inhale it and die. I battle ants every summer and this is the safest way I have found. The powder won't hurt the cats but you might have white paw prints on the floor and misc. other places.

I can just picture little powder paws all over my Brazilian Cherry floors :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

CloverPatch 03-01-2011 03:54 PM

Have a sister that swears by lemon juice. Dish soap has always worked well for me.

Fabaddict 03-01-2011 03:55 PM

the water works wonders. LOL the only good ant is a dead one once it enters my house.

sewnsewer2 03-01-2011 04:07 PM

I had the same problem so I changed their food. No more ants now. It was dry food too.

Scissor Queen 03-01-2011 04:34 PM

If the ants are going after cat food, they're not sugar ants. They're grease ants and they're a lot harder to bait. The baits that I've found work best are MaxAttrax ant baits.


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