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[Wg25]

Hey guys
So I woke up this morning to find all my tubs of crickets being eaten by ants. This is the 3rd time this has happened....makes me soo pissed , god I hate ants. So afraid that they will crawl trough vents and eat my slings at night!
Has this happened to anyone?

 

[Kymura]

The area I live in is bad for ants, had to rehouse all my T's because of them getting in. (3 are slings) I painted vasoline around the bottom they bridged over it. Finally took a large shallow container and put an inch of water in it, upended some empty containers so they wouldn't chill and sat everything in that. Also sprinkled cinnamon around as they supposedly don't like it.

 

[Roo]

Move them to an ant proof box.

You can make your own with a plastic box (a dollar/pound store one will do) and insect mesh (untreated) from a gardening store. Will keep everything out and in.

 

[Wg25]

The area I live in is bad for ants, had to rehouse all my T's because of them getting in. (3 are slings) I painted vasoline around the bottom they bridged over it. Finally took a large shallow container and put an inch of water in it, upended some empty containers so they wouldn't chill and sat everything in that. Also sprinkled cinnamon around as they supposedly don't like it.

Thanks for the advice Kymura! Will give it a shot!

 

[Kymura]

Thanks for the advice Kymura! Will give it a shot!

Good luck I hate those little monsters!

 

[Jakob]

That sucks man, I'm glad there aren't any ants in my country.

 

[Wg25]

That sucks man, I'm glad there aren't any ants in my country.

Where are u from Jakob??? Here in South-Africa we have huge ant problems in some parts of the country

 

[Jakob]

Where are u from Jakob??? Here in South-Africa we have huge ant problems in some parts of the country

I'm from Iceland. Beautiful nature and all, wildlife is pretty boring, the most dangerous wildlife here are minks and foxes lol.
As for invertebrates... the only ones that cause any problems here are silverfish, and only because they carry germs. No venomous animals or invertebrates here.
Also almost all exotic animals are illegal here, turtles, turtoises, lizards, snakes, T's, scorpions... which sucks.

 

[Rockpython]

Move them to an ant proof box.

You can make your own with a plastic box (a dollar/pound store one will do) and insect mesh (untreated) from a gardening store. Will keep everything out and in.

OR put your T's on a table with the legs in cups of water, so the ants drown...

 

[Wg25]

I'm from Iceland. Beautiful nature and all, wildlife is pretty boring, the most dangerous wildlife here are minks and foxes lol.
As for invertebrates... the only ones that cause any problems here are silverfish, and only because they carry germs. No venomous animals or invertebrates here.
Also almost all exotic animals are illegal here, turtles, turtoises, lizards, snakes, T's, scorpions... which sucks.

Wow that's really awesome! Just reed a post yesterday that said Iceland has no army and is considered the most peaceful place to live!!! Would love to visit you country Jakob!!!

 

[Wg25]

OR put your T's on a table with the legs in cups of water, so the ants drown...

Good idea! Thanks Rockpython!

 

[Jakob]

Wow that's really awesome! Just reed a post yesterday that said Iceland has no army and is considered the most peaceful place to live!!! Would love to visit you country Jakob!!!

Yeah no army here, police doesn't even carry firearms.

 

[Entity]

So @Jakob ur not allowed to own tarantulas?

 

[Jakob]

So @Jakob ur not allowed to own tarantulas?

You can get a permit.

 

[SasyStace]

You can get a permit.

what do you have to do to get the permit? is it costly?

 

[Jakob]

what do you have to do to get the permit? is it costly?

Yes it is costly, also tons of paperwork, very difficult to get a permit, I wouldn't have gotten one unless I knew the right people.
The law is very outdated and basically without any reason, and the result is a lot of illegally imported reptiles which could carry diseases for example salmonella. They were all banned in the 80's, the argument was that they are dangerous and prone to carry salmonella, also that they don't belong in the Icelandic wildlife.
BTW so sorry for hijacking the thread.

 

[SasyStace]

Yes it is costly, also tons of paperwork, very difficult to get a permit, I wouldn't have gotten one unless I knew the right people.
The law is very outdated and basically without any reason, and the result is a lot of illegally imported reptiles which could carry diseases for example salmonella. They were all banned in the 80's, the argument was that they are dangerous and prone to carry salmonella, also that they don't belong in the Icelandic wildlife.
BTW so sorry for hijacking the thread.

wow, very interesting. Thanks for sharing @Jakob

 

[Wg25]

Yes it is costly, also tons of paperwork, very difficult to get a permit, I wouldn't have gotten one unless I knew the right people.
The law is very outdated and basically without any reason, and the result is a lot of illegally imported reptiles which could carry diseases for example salmonella. They were all banned in the 80's, the argument was that they are dangerous and prone to carry salmonella, also that they don't belong in the Icelandic wildlife.
BTW so sorry for hijacking the thread.

No problem Jakob! Thanks for sharing