Post by shockingbyu on Sept 10, 2013 22:52:42 GMT -5
For ants I like to get a blow torch because it won't start a fire but will burn the ants. Just don't let the torch touch the walls or anything flammable.
Perhaps sprinkling some table salt will help. I do that during the summer in my house, sometimes we get ants walking on and about. I'm not sure how natural table salt will affect the bird, so yea...just shouting out some home remedy to mention on here haha.
they are all a plant based derivative now and you could probably drink it... spray old school diazinon and see them die or spray todays stuff and they walk and wiggle 'till they die... fire ant stuff... table salt will not fix it. "raid" will help and salt will make it taste better.
Post by Master Yarak on Mar 1, 2015 18:28:37 GMT -5
I use a perimeter of Diatomaceous earth. Keeps most things that crawl out.
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they are all a plant based derivative now and you could probably drink it... spray old school diazinon and see them die or spray todays stuff and they walk and wiggle 'till they die... fire ant stuff... table salt will not fix it. "raid" will help and salt will make it taste better.
I suppose Raid works great if poisoning your hawk is what you're after . It doesn't take much to kill a hawk. There were cases of Hawks and falcons dying the past 2 yr at NAFA from exposure to bed bug spray in hotel rooms, I personally would never chance it.
Best to stick to non toxic deterents and pesticide. As Yarak said, Diatomaceous earth works great for fleas up to roaches, and microwaveable grits are amazing for killing fire ants. We used both when I used to do land management for a pilots fly in, lake community outside Savannah GA. The run ways were in a swamp and we had to be careful about poisons getting in the water ways.
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I've had a native fire ant colony in my mews for years (we have three native fire ant species in AZ). They worried the crap out of me, but never bugged the birds, only scavenged on meat scraps after feedings. Being as I have no bird right now, I've been treating them with a salt/bleach solution. I boil about a gallon of water, adding salt until it no longer dissolves (water can only take so much salt). Then I add about a 1/2 cup of bleach, and pour it all on and round the colony. After a couple treatments they haven't come back. If you can put you're bird out to weather for the day, and treat in the morning, this solution will work. The bleach will be gone, or at least evaporated away enough to not be a problem for the bird, by the evening. This solution also works for weeds, btw...