Can someone tell me about their experience with cleaning and disinfecting this bowl? Don't want to bring it inside if ants are still in it. Update: I ordered it and even with the food living next to a huge ant colony, the ants have been completely...
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Rinse with soap and water. The ants can't get in the bowl. It's made so they can't climb up it. The bowls have been great.
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I've had mine for about a year and it still works great. Just used some last night and the ants swarmed all over it but were gone this morning.
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Vinegar and water soak/wash or paper towel soaked in straight vinegar (I use white vinegar) and leave on the rim for a while. If need be, use baking soda to scrub. If you can't scour it off, it's not likely the cats can get it off to ingest either. I also take the entire unit apart and clean weekly which has kept that problem at bay. Another tip could be its location. I noticed that white deposit hardened more after the heat went on for the colder weather. I moved the water unit far away from the heat source (radiator) and found it doesn't get "baked" on anymore.
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We've had them in the kitchen with no problem, and my parents keep one on the counter next to the sink. So far, no-one's died but the ant invaders. So long as you don't dump the liquid bait all over the place and then eat it, I think you're fine.
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None of our ants have died yet (since xmas) but is my understanding that the dead ants will be moved to the top by other ants, then I will have to remove them, I am not sure if that is the case yet but will let you know...
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I used it outside. I only left it there for a short time (few hours maybe) as it was my son's party and I didn't want to have poison lying around. Never saw the ants again.
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Can't understand how you have ants in the bowl. I have had ZERO ants in these bowls since I've had them several months in fire ant country. I simply wash with soapy water and they are as good as new. ZERO ants...ever....
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I keep the servers inside. It is handy, but the bowl is open, so ants could get in that part.
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Had the same issue. I could live with that but not the interior cleaning issue. Food results great but after about four or five meals interior was impossible to clean. Started to set off my smoke alarms. Decided to return it.
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I haven't seen any bugs/ants. I have the brown sugar container in addition to the flour and sugar container. No problems.
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I throw some warm water and vinegar, shake it and rinse it well. Since you can't really see inside of the toy, I'm afraid to use dish detergent on it (can't see if all the suds are out without using like 5 gallons of water rinsing it out). The water and vinegar has been working for a little over a year and a half now without problem!
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I think this ant habitat is better than the others out there - my ants lived for a month in this AntHill. I think it's because of the larger volume of air inside with the "above ground/below ground" set up. The old-style ant farm with the two windows pressed against each other perspired with condensation on us and the ants died in a week, and the blue gel ant-quarium was worse since it is filled with semi-liquid gel. It actually grew mold and our ants keeled over right away. Anyway, our ants lived long enough in the AntHill one to finish tunneling and we released them when we had a picnic at a park nearby - seemed like a fitting finish to us!
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You have to take it down and remove the top. The center area that looks open is for a water barrier for ants. Taking it down helps because it gives you a chance to rinse it out and keep the feed fresh.
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Just separate the individual boxes as needed. Place the boxes with the entryway towards the inflow of ants. I use several boxes in heavily infested spots, then discard them in the garbage when they are full. My ant problem disappeard in about 2 weeks, and I haven't seen any since. They were entering from a crack at the base of the cabinet under my bathroom sink and were attracted to the food in my cat's dish.
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? I see only one product picture, light cardboard wrapper around single round red ant cup with top & bottom hooks.I rate it 5 stars, works very well. There are 3 very minor drawbacks: it's hot here in SW Okla so cups have to be refilled daily; there's hardly a day that passes without one or more dead bees in each ant cup; drowned (sp?) ants pile up in the bottom of the cups and it gets pretty cruddy so the cups have to be washed out at least once a week.
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I leave the food out all day in their bowl and it doesn't attract ants let alone flys. Since it's healthy dog food it's not even apetizing for flys I don't see those around the food lol
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Mine hangs from a hook off my deck and I have some wasps but they don't get into the food. I've never had ants or other bugs. When it's really hot I clean them every 3rd day but when it's cooler once a week. The hummers really like them. I have two of them.