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I just found that I have a carpenter ant nest in the house. We will be calling an exterminator.
The nest is in the crawl space area where the cats don't have access to.
I won't let them use toxic products in the "cat friendly" parts of the house, so there won't be any way for them to come into direct contact with the pesticides. They also never go outside, so no risk of direct contact there either.
I know there exists pet friendly pesticides, but depending on where the nest is situated (how far into the wall) and due to the risk of structural damage to the home, the exterminator may need to use other things. We need to eradicate this fast. It seems from all the checking I've done, they put some sort of powder in the walls, and will leave bait for them to carry back to the queen/nest and will usually spray something around the exterior of the house.
I've e-mailed my vet and am just waiting for an answer, but thought I'd ask here in case anyone has had experience.
IF one of the kitties happens to eat an ant that meanders into the house - after it's consumed or walked thru whatever pesticide the exterminator used in the walls or whatever, will that be enough to hurt them?
I have heard of cats dying from eating poisoned mice and rats, but an ant?
The nest is in the crawl space area where the cats don't have access to.
I won't let them use toxic products in the "cat friendly" parts of the house, so there won't be any way for them to come into direct contact with the pesticides. They also never go outside, so no risk of direct contact there either.
I know there exists pet friendly pesticides, but depending on where the nest is situated (how far into the wall) and due to the risk of structural damage to the home, the exterminator may need to use other things. We need to eradicate this fast. It seems from all the checking I've done, they put some sort of powder in the walls, and will leave bait for them to carry back to the queen/nest and will usually spray something around the exterior of the house.
I've e-mailed my vet and am just waiting for an answer, but thought I'd ask here in case anyone has had experience.
IF one of the kitties happens to eat an ant that meanders into the house - after it's consumed or walked thru whatever pesticide the exterminator used in the walls or whatever, will that be enough to hurt them?
I have heard of cats dying from eating poisoned mice and rats, but an ant?