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Posted by Iguanamomma on May 03, 1999 at 09:37:20:

I just finished writing a post to the Iguana Mailing List regarding a least toxic method for ridding a house of pests. Thought I'd cut/paste it here just to share:

The least toxic system we've used for getting rid of the ants is a mixture of 1/3 Boric powder + 1/3 cornmeal + 1/3 powdered sugar. You mix this all up and then make little foil "boats" and put some of the mix on the boats and place them under sinks, fridges, behind w/d, etc. If a warm-blooded pet licks at them, it won't kill them at most it will cause a slight burning sensation of the mouth. This mixture gets rid of everything from the ants to those huge palmetto bugs! You can sprinkle it around the outside of your house. Ants will travel in your house via the wires. You can remove the outlet covers on light switches, etc. and put some of this mixture in there. You can go up in your attic and sprinkle it all up there (works on silverfish, too). I've seen a variation of this mixture on the shelves at stores, but it is cheaper to mix it yourself.

Gosh, this all sounds like I've had major infestations of my own LOL It's only bad when we are in drought conditions...which we have been. The only saving grace about drought is that it drove the fire ants down deep & we had none the past 2 years. Getting rain this season and I'm starting to see mounds. *sigh* Win some, lose some!

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Borax works good too....though maybe not as safe......n/p Dino 5/03/99 (0)
fire ants? not going there! lol BabyHerp 5/03/99 (1)
- Re: fire ants? not going there! lol Iguanamomma 5/03/99 (0)
Re: Ants, silverfish, bugs bugs bugs cirsisue 5/03/99 (0)

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: I just finished writing a post to the Iguana Mailing List regarding a least toxic method for ridding a house of pests. Thought I'd cut/paste it here just to share: : : The least toxic system we've used for getting rid of the ants is a mixture of 1/3 Boric powder + 1/3 cornmeal + 1/3 powdered sugar. You mix this all up and then make little foil "boats" and put some of the mix on the boats and place them under sinks, fridges, behind w/d, etc. If a warm-blooded pet licks at them, it won't kill them at most it will cause a slight burning sensation of the mouth. This mixture gets rid of everything from the ants to those huge palmetto bugs! You can sprinkle it around the outside of your house. Ants will travel in your house via the wires. You can remove the outlet covers on light switches, etc. and put some of this mixture in there. You can go up in your attic and sprinkle it all up there (works on silverfish, too). I've seen a variation of this mixture on the shelves at stores, but it is cheaper to mix it yourself. : Gosh, this all sounds like I've had major infestations of my own LOL It's only bad when we are in drought conditions...which we have been. The only saving grace about drought is that it drove the fire ants down deep & we had none the past 2 years. Getting rain this season and I'm starting to see mounds. *sigh* Win some, lose some!

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