Funny things that happen on tx??

[charm27]

I live in Florida in a house. Its spring so occasionally we have ants. needless to say Im very irritable and one of my worst effects of tx besides fatigue is rage, really really bad.
Last week I was laying in bed and felt something crawling on me. Thought it was just riba itch. Lookedand it was an an ant. Oh well one ant no big deal killed it and that was that.As the days went on in a 3 inch circumference on one part of my bed only every time I looked there were three more ants. I was so agitated by this..after all who wants ants in their bed ( tiny ones). I went out got 3 de-foggers and ant spray; WHich in turn ave me eye problems from fumes.
So I went to bed and thought I killed the few ants. I looked all over for an ant trail turned my bed over all by myself , I have a large bed and tore the room apart. No trails no ants. Yet every hour on the hour I had 3-4 ants in my bed in the exact same spot. At this point I thought I was going to a motel I couldnt handle it I was creeped out and my mind was
exaggerating the ants cause of the meds. Well today was the 5th day. Ive had it. I stood up on my bed looked at the fan over my bed and there they were!! I had to go out and de-fog again. Still cant get rid of them-but at least know where there comin from now!! Crazy stuff to deal with!
You had to see me I was a riba raging buggy killer that was out of control. Everytime the fan blew it blew ants on my bed. Spring is here..wish I was!! lol

[Wassup]

I've used Windex on ants. After a drought, they show up for the water.  Even a few drops of H20 in the sink, will bring 'em.  The windex is safe on pets, you probably already have some, (any window cleaner w/ ammonia will do).

I know they can travel from out, to in the house, in 8 hrs. (I've timed them).  Yes, I actually do have a life, (sort of).  You could also get a magnifying glass and just decapitate one and leave it's body by the fan. This might scare 'em off. Ya think??  

Hugs, Ant B, ( I mean, "Wassup'), I'm NOT an ant! REALLY, I don't even LOOK like an ant, HHHHHEEEELLLLPPPP!!!!!!!!

[susan400]

That's the right stuff, but there's also a generic one called Ant Kill.  Anyhow, do you have another bed you can sleep in for a night or two?  You need to let the ants get to the stuff and bring it back to their nest.  If you kill them all as they're trailing, then they won't make it back to the queen.  HOW do I know this?  Because I was so MAD at those dumb ants that I kept on squashing them and they kept coming back.  Once I gave them a chance to eat the Terro (or ant kill), they were gone in 1-2 days.  Then, my neighbor started to get them and I told her about the Terro and she got rid of them, too.

Susan

[charm27]

Terro is the name of the ant drops.

[charm27]

Well you know what? If that should happen. I will defintely take the gator!
I have those drops I bought it in Publix. These ants are relentless they just keep coming and there's no trail ( that I can see)

Never experienced anything this bad ever.
If I cant exterminate them I  will make them Riba Brownies, like you said that has to work.

Really dam annnoying.
P.S.- Since Im txing I cant eat anything sweet..yuk just carbs!

[FlGuy]

yeah, the ants can be maddening.  Since I read Susan's reply, I've been trying to think of the name for those drops. We use the stuff.  The idea is that you cut up 1 inch square of foil, put the drops of the stuff on the foil and put the foil pieces on counters, floor corners, vanities and places like that.  The stuff really works.  If you really want them out of your bedroom you need to stop leaving those used ice cream bowls all over the place and watch out for the chocolate chip cookie crumbs too.  

If you really want to do in the ants, crumble in some riba and add it to the drops on the foil.  One big caution though, if the drops and riba don't kill them you'll have an army of riba-raged ant on your case.  At that point, you might be better off with the gator.

[charm27]

Yes I wouldnt want him either! You can have him!  
Im telling you if you were txing and had  ants in your bed and on you for 5 days and couldnt figure out why you'd be quite irritable!

On top of the existing itchies!!

[FlGuy]

There are worse things to be found in a Florida house:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352098,00.html

[spcecst2]

Ants in Florida say it ain't so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Deb_c430]

laughing,  oh geesh,   they would march immune to this ****! Now i am scared!

Can you imagine the spiders? OH NO!

[H20Lover]

Did not think of that angle.....you are right though.  Would probably create a mutant ant!  But if they did bite someone with HCV they would be be pre-dosed!!!!!

[Deb_c430]

Laughing, ok wait though, lets rethink giving ants riba,  they might morph into fire ants!   talk abour riba rash!    The attack of the floridian bugs world!    

[H20Lover]

I can't help but laugh my A** off.  I too am a Floridian.  Ants are truly a pain in the arse (an other body parts after being bit), but lets not forget those flying palmetto bugs.  

I had one fly at me on my back porch and talk about rage.  My hubby was ready to call  911 based on my scream.  

I am almost done with treatment and thinking of taking the leftover riba, crushing it, mixing it with some sugar and feeding to the ants.  I believe that would be considered "green" since I am not using pestisides.   Let them see how it feels!  Naw....that would be cruel huh?  Maybe the palmetto bugs would be ok......or the snakes and spiders!  What a paradise!

Pam

[Deb_c430]

oh then they would be parachuting ants!  

[charm27]

I was going to  habg a sheet under my fan so they would fall in there instead of on me!
Your so smart! Bright yellow! My favorite color too!

[Deb_c430]

Ok husband says get the ant hotel same thing  as what susan suggested.

I have this visual of charm, rigging up an umbrella over her bed,  to keep them off her when she is napping!   it is brite yellow!

Hector I am in th emountains in calif, but on one said is the desert, the other side san joaqin valley,, wind, lots of wind!  and chilly cold also!    drive down to so call its 80 lol!

[4xTX]

Mark Twain once said, "my coldest winter was a summer in San Francisco."

[HectorSF]

...That's why I live in Northern California! No ants, not bugs, no mosquitoes. Nada. It too cold for 'em to survive!!!

But, I'm freezing myself this year!!! What happened to nice California Spring weather? 52 degrees right now at 6:30 PM. BBUURRRRR!

Enjoy the ants! (Weren't ants a Salvador Dali surrealist symbol for decay and death)?
Hector

[susan400]

I, too, live in Florida.  If they are the ants I'm thinking about, they are the Pharoah Ants, otherwise known as sugar ants, or 'ghost ants'.   I have had them myself on and off over the many years I've lived in Florida.  They are so tiny that is seems like you almost need a microscopic or magnifying glass to see them.  Does this sound like it could be them?  My bug guy that sprays the condo's here told me that they are more prevalent when we have less rain.  I have no idea if he's correct, but that's what he told me.  He told me that you can actually buy this stuff at the hardware store and put it out in little drops.  The ants come to eat it and bring it back to the nest - where they take it to the queen ant and then, it's supposed to kill the nest.  It usually says something like 'Ant-Kil' on the front of the container and it comes in a tiny container because you do not need much of it at all.  It's main ingredient on the label has to have 'boric acid' on it because that's about the only thing that works on these type of ants.  There is something sweet that is mixed up with the boric acid which makes them want to eat it.  I've heard that you can actually make up the mix yourself, but I was always too scared that I'd do it wrong and harm myself!  My bug guy tells me that it's not that toxic, but I don't think I've want to be putting it in my food or by a pet's dish.  Anyhow, if you have these type of ants, this is what you're probably going to need.

Susan

[charm27]

Oh yeah I remember that day. I also remember Wilma my roof  was blown off. What a story you just told. You have to laugh even though its not funny. What a horror for you!

I must of done at least 25 loads of laundry thinking everytime I saw ants I would rip the sheets off the bed and throw in the machine. Take another from the linen closet.
So  I thought they were coming from the linen closet. You just had to see it to believe it!
Too crazy for me!

Cant imagine going thru that stress to get my meds...unreal. I cant believe the car behind you ran over your license.
I lead a very normal boring life...since tx I have had the most insane wackiest things happen thats really  hard to believe too!


Deb-Now Im killing ants and the so called dragon at once.
You had to see this place torn apart.

[sldb]

So you are from flordia so you can relate to this.  My 1st 48wks of tx were in a drug study, Katrinia hit the day i was supposed to pick up my next supply of meds. Needless to say, the Hospital my hep practices at was underwater.  My hep relocated temporarily in baton rouge.  I stayed for the storm b/c iam a nurse, well to make a long story short the friday after the storm i traveled from new orleans to baton rouge to pick up my meds.  In order to get back home you had to go through check points, show your drivers lic. b/c only certain parishes allowed there residents back in. I was holding my arm out the car window when a wasp flew in my car and stung me, i dropped my drivers lic., the state police thought i was driving without a lic.,  while i am searching the road for my lic the car behind me runs over my lic. cracking it into pieces.  Well the police officer read the address and let me go home but not before warning me to get a new lic.  That was impossible b/c most the driv. lic. places in my area were underwater.      

[Deb_c430]

Oh that is a bad place to have them, I have used boiling water, bleach,  they are so annoying!

I can see it now, GI CHARM,  spraying and screaming DIE, ANT DIE!