to not kill the ant farm in my kitchen?

[whoknowsnotme]

We have a nest of ants in our kitchen, its really creeping me out, they are everywhere and i feel like i'm itching all over. I made the mistake of telling dh about said nest and he made me promise to kill them, either with boiling water or ant poison tomorrow.

I cannot bring myself to do it, but i have promised! I realize i must sound ridiculous but i cant help thinking what a horrible death that it must be, and with dh being in hospital i worry about karma coming back to me. I wish i could just ask them to leave but i'm more than sure that wont work... wibu to leave it another day or so to see if they just leave on their own??? not dealt with this before, I'm feeling guilty for even considering this! iv watched way to many Disney films...

You're probably feeling a bit vulnerable to the fate thing if your DH is in hospital.

But I know what you mean, I'm the same, even though I know their nervous systems probably don't make them have pain as we know it.

They have a right to live too!

There's a billion zillion of them to each human apparently, so you're doing your bit for the planet if you do decide to murder them without mercy

Sliced cucumber on your counter top will stop the ants from venturing there and a garlic clove stuck in to the entrance of their nest will have them moving on.

They also love oranges, so they may help to tempt them outside.

I cannot believe that I know that ants like oranges .

Well i am going to try all of these first then!

agentzigzag "murder them without mercy" I feel even worse now!! thanks for that!
im going to get slicing cucumber and making a little orange feast for them outside, i may even go that bit extra and tempt them with orange sorbet in the garden in the morning!

I am not unreasonable, i'm quite happy for them to have a little family reunion in the garden! i just cant have them staying here, not without contribution to the rent anyway! i cant stand spongers!!

...wheres that garlic...

They wont leave of their own accord, they will simply breed...

I thought the same as you.

2 months ago.

Now, I have trained my 3yo and 1yo to kill them on sight.

I hate the crawling wriggling sweet-sucking bastards.

Just out of interest whoknows, do you always wipe out entire populations when your DH tells you to?

Does he have a background of control issues?

Have you thought of leaving the bastard before?

Would karma still get you if you got someone else to kill them?

Do the council have ant exterminators nowadays?

debka Nooooo, are you trying to say i am destined to be a heartless poisoner of families of ants, and by proxy my dd too?! quite possibly as iv just squished two that were crawling up my drink say it isn't so!

agentzigzag yes, i have been ordered to destroy these poor creatures by my controlling egocentric dh. I shall leave the bastard in due course...he also sometimes uses disabled toilets...

ami hmmm, not sure how it works...could be onto something...

-all joking aside though, this is unfortunately a real issue for me!! I cant even use fly spray, yet i still eat meat

ignores chocolates post as i am choosing to ignore that little fact

Sorry OP I am really struggling to see your point of view. You have a nest of ants in your hosue and you don't want to take whatever steps are necessary to get rid of them

We had a bad year with ants last year, culminating in a load of flying ants in the spare bedroom. Yes - later in the year they grow wings - do you want that all over your kitchen?

This year I am equipped with all the chemical solutions I can get in my armoury:

• Ant powder to kill them outside and set up a barrier
• ant traps which have a bait they take back toi the nest which then poisins all of them
• a special aerosol effective when they grow wings

Kill the little b**ds now!

Op, we have been having some ant issues too. Peppermint oil (from Holland and barratt) works like a dream for repelling the little bastards. Dab a few drops in their direction and you'll see them running for the hills. Only downside is my house smells like a mint factory now!

Any idea what species they are? Are they definitely coming from out doors? If no definite sign they're from outside, are they smaller than average? if so, they could be Pharoah's ants, in which case you need Rentokil; the queen/s will be far away and will keep breeding
They do spread disease unfortunately and are a bastard to shift