Comments on: Baby Safe Ant Control—kill ants, not your kids

By: Jordan

Jordan — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:50:55 +0000

You know, I’d recommend asking poison control (800-222-1222).

By: betty r.

betty r. — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:30:28 +0000

my husband insists on spraying ant poison in the house. now i don’t like ants either but this is kind of scary – esp since we have a 17 month old who plays around the house. my question: is ant poison only dangerous if you actively drink a bunch of it? or is it bad to breath, have it on your hands, etc? i can’t find any info on this. thanks in advance!

By: Dagmar

Dagmar — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:35:08 +0000

We are just getting invaded again. Diatomaceous earth does keep them away – they really don’t like it. However, be careful about breathing it in (it is an inhalation hazard). We tend to use it on the outside of the house. Last time it worked, hoping to repeat the success again today.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:48:53 +0000

this site is great perfect advice but everything doesent

By: organic insecticides

organic insecticides — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:37:03 +0000

I’ve tried EcoSMART and they’re giving away free samples if you give them feedback on your experience.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:27:04 +0000

I’ve heard good stuff about Terro, but like you said, you can’t use it where kids can get it. I can’t remember what brand of poison we ended up using (#21 on the list), but we actually used the left over traps again this year and so far, they haven’t been around for a couple days… Knock on wood.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:17:32 +0000

Its that time of the year again.. and like many of you I have tried almost everything on the list.. even the grits which supposedly if they eat them and drink water will make their stomachs expand and they die. only thing i found that works in Terro.. its a pain because you still see ants for a few days but it is the only thing that works if they are coming in under the house. They carry the stuff back and it kills the ants in the nest..I have 3 kids 5 and under so i have to watch what i use..

By: Corey

Corey — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 22:23:24 +0000

So glad that something worked. I haven’t had this problem yet, but I will make sure I come back here if I ever do.

By: MStar

MStar — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:30:47 +0000

Wow! So I’ve got an ant infestation, and I’m pretty passionate about finding a “natural” route. I thought baby’s mamas!!! The must be pretty hard core about this topic!

I was super surprised to find that I didn’t find the answer here. So I kept looking.

What I found, I thought might be appreciated here.

It’s called Diatomaceous Earth. It’s uber tiny (though I’d still keep it out of reach), microscopic in fact, shells of organisms called diatoms. They live at the bottom of the ocean and when they out grow their shell, the shed it. Well these magical little shells are like razors to an ants hard exterior. It pierces their shells in multiple places and makes em ‘bleed to death’ (or what ever seeps out of their shell). It sound harsh… but all of killing is harsh.

Here’s a few linx for you to check out yourself. It’s not expensive either! Which is rad.

This stuff kills FLEAS too!!!

I’ll blog again once I try it and let you lovely ladies (and men, I’m sure) know how it worked.

http://www2.yardiac.com/long.asp?item_id=1301&promo=google&gclid=CMLa1qqjt40CFRVlYQoda0YHEw

By: Megan at Sortacrunchy

Megan at Sortacrunchy — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:08:49 +0000

I have absolutely no advice for you, mama. Just wanted to say I loathe and detest ants with the same white-hot intensity you do!