Deadfast 20300502 Ant Killer Plus Bait Station 3 x 4g, Natural

I chose these bait traps because of the indication of relative safety for pets as well as efficacy. Very happily, my pets seem to have absolutely no interest in these traps, but the ants sure do! I initially put out one bait station near an observed ant track and entry/exit point. Once it started attracting ants, it helped me find two other ant tracks (and all the tiny cracks in grout, etc. that I will fill after the ants are gone). Ultimately, I put out three traps, one for each observed ant track, in a medium sized bathroom. Each trap began attracting ants within several hours of placement. The ants seem to be responding as promised: eating the bait and returning to their nests. The number of ants coming to the bait stations has decreased significantly since the initial frenzy 7 days ago so I assume the bait is working. After c. 5 days, I no longer saw any ants near the 1st ant track identified. 7 days after initial placement, there are still a few ants coming to the other two bait stations. I am cautiously optimistic all ants will be cleared up within a few more days max; there is still bait gel in the stations and ants are still entering and leaving the bait stations. One trap seemed to attract many more ants than the other two, and this is where I've seen the best, fastest result. No clue whether there was any minor difference in the bait, slightly different ants in each ant track (I sure hope not multiple infestations...), etc. I ordered more of these bait stations in an abundance of caution to ensure total elimination of the infestation and as: 1) I am not certain how long the bait remains effective once the bait station as been opened and activated, and 2) I accidentally flooded one when I left it in the shower area, and am not certain whether I may have accidentally ruined that bait. I'd appreciate it if anyone reading can clarify re: my concerns. I know there are lots of types of ants, and this product seems to be working well for those I am battling: black, average size, attracted to sugar-based food (eg previous honey vs peanut butter test), showing up primarily in the bathroom and not the kitchen/near obvious food sources.

Right I'm going to update this regularly, it was a last resort for me, tried cinnamon, peppermint oil, finally this. Put first one down tonight. * Bad point, flippen ants have appeared from nowhere and having a full scale party at the bait station. * Good point, they are in such a rush to get to it I now know how they're getting in. They've eaten through some filler I used to patch up a hole they were using before. Station was easy to use, stuck to floor, cats not interested in it, ants love it. Not expecting a miracle know it takes at best a month to get rid of an ant colony, but we'll see. Will add an update next week. Got a fright cat was gulping water like no tomorrow, I covered bait station with a tupperware dish I'd cut a little hole in. Cats can't get near it now, but ants can. Mid week, less ants. Been a week, I think the ants have gone, sad that I had to use this but it has done what is says it will do, just be patient, don't annoy the ant while they are using it and don't freak out when hundreds suddenly appear from nowhere to use it. It took a week, nuff said.

Right, a bit difficult this one. We just had about 4 ants having a wander around our conservatory. We've always had an ant problem here from March to August, but I normally use peppermint oil which works a treat because they hate the smell of anything like this. Anyway, having read the Reviews I thought I would give this product a go. Well, it works a treat. I put two of the traps down and within about 30 minutes we had literally thousands of ants in the conservatory, whereas, as said, we had about 4 previously. Obviously, the smell is so "wonderful" to ants that they were all elbowing their way to get into the gel. Right, they take it back to the Queen, who eats it, feeds it to the rest of the blighters, and polishes off the colony. Now, I think that is good if you have a massive problem, but this was actually drawing them all in, in their thousands, so I think these are best to be used only if you have a massive problem, or best outside. Stupidly, I had put peppermint oil down as well, so they wouldn't go near wherever they had come in, to take to the Queen. I've had to put them outside now which was difficult as they were all going mental when I picked the traps up - risked getting covered with them, but all was ok. I would recommend though if you have a major problem. A reasonable price too for 3 traps.