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The ants have just found the half-full bag of Cat Chow.
Last night I noticed them in the room where the cat food is stored, so I put a bait in the room. The ants go into the bait, eat poison, and bring some of the poison back to the colony.
Today, as I went to give the cats their 2/3 cup of food for dinner, I found 1 ant in the scoop of food.
Should I throw the bag away? I'd rather not throw away half a bag over one little ant, but I'm worried that the ants will track the poison from the bait into the cat food. The cats have no other food in the house, and it might be a few hours before I can get them new food. (Edit: I do have a bowl of non-ant-infested food in my bedroom, plus some food samples. They'll be ok for the night.) What should I do?
Also, has anyone tried storing the food in a big Rubbermaid storage container? I'm thinking of trying that to keep the ants out. (Oh, and if the food is unsuitable for cats, could I feed it to "our" raccoons, who are used to eating food with ants?)
Last night I noticed them in the room where the cat food is stored, so I put a bait in the room. The ants go into the bait, eat poison, and bring some of the poison back to the colony.
Today, as I went to give the cats their 2/3 cup of food for dinner, I found 1 ant in the scoop of food.
Should I throw the bag away? I'd rather not throw away half a bag over one little ant, but I'm worried that the ants will track the poison from the bait into the cat food. The cats have no other food in the house, and it might be a few hours before I can get them new food. (Edit: I do have a bowl of non-ant-infested food in my bedroom, plus some food samples. They'll be ok for the night.) What should I do?
Also, has anyone tried storing the food in a big Rubbermaid storage container? I'm thinking of trying that to keep the ants out. (Oh, and if the food is unsuitable for cats, could I feed it to "our" raccoons, who are used to eating food with ants?)