living in SoCal is like living on an anthill. when the temp hit a 100 they all moved inside my house. i did a search for a non-poison way to get rid of them and came across Diatomaceous Earth. i knew that it was used to get rid of certain pests on plants and on slugs & snails (got a possum that takes care of them) but i had never used it. but DE also gets rid of bedbugs, fleas, ticks, ants...you can sprinkle it on your carpet to get rid of fleas and ants. if cats get it on their fur, no problem or even if they ingest it. some people use it to de-flea and de-worm their animals. i didn't know either that there is a food-grade DE. 1-3 tsp a day and it cleans out your intestines and de-toxes your body. haven't tried that yet. anyway, the stuff from nurseries etc usually is only about 76% DE and the rest filler. and your not supposed to use the kind for poolfilters because of added chemicals. so i ordered 10 pounds of the food-grade DE from amazon and sprinkled around the edges of the rooms where there were ants and also outside. within 2 days they were gone. there's still some stragglers here and there but i can deal with that.
i took some with me to the parking lot where i feed my strays and sprinkled it around their food dishes too and the ants disappeared from around their food. usually i have their food in a moat.
now i was thinking if the strays have to pretty much sit where i sprinkled the DE it should help a little at least to get some of the fleas etc they have and maybe make them itch a little less. the ones that are there now we've TNR'ed but they're still 'untouchable'. maybe keep the DE around all the time. the 10lbs from amazon cost me $23 and the stuff goes a long way.
i took some with me to the parking lot where i feed my strays and sprinkled it around their food dishes too and the ants disappeared from around their food. usually i have their food in a moat.
now i was thinking if the strays have to pretty much sit where i sprinkled the DE it should help a little at least to get some of the fleas etc they have and maybe make them itch a little less. the ones that are there now we've TNR'ed but they're still 'untouchable'. maybe keep the DE around all the time. the 10lbs from amazon cost me $23 and the stuff goes a long way.