Now, we have a deal with the ants, and it is, feel free to parade all over the retaining wall in the yard but you can't come in to the house. Sometimes there's a veritable river of ants on the wall, so large I can see it from my window! When Mom went outside at first light to check out what was going on, she found that the River of Ants had deviated from the retaining wall to the northeast corner of the house...flowed all along the east side...rounded the corner and flowed all along the south side...and instead of heading toward our tree, had rounded another corner and flowed along the west side! Too bad they're not fun to eat, else we would have had a banquet!
Well, I guess I did a good job because they seem to be gone now. Time to rest!
Have a fun weekend, everybody! And if you get a ton of bugs in your house, I hope they're edible!
I'm the chief ant hunter here too, when it been so darn dry them come in looking for water...but fine me instead!
ReplyDeleteI think you effectively told them they had come to the wrong area, William. Funny how they changed their usual route.
ReplyDeleteAnts! We have never gotten to deal with ants. So they're no good to eat? hmmm.
ReplyDeleteWilliam, which do you think is harder to herd; ants or Cats?
We always get some in the spring when the weather starts to change. But not hoards of them like you have! Our mom would be freakin' out!
ReplyDeleteWe had an ant problem in our house too. We had to buy non-toxic bug spray and ant traps. We bought the non toxic stuff so the cats don't get harmed. Ants are annoying, they go everywhere.
ReplyDeleteWe had ants come visit a few years agio and man did the people get excited! I think that was because they decided to swim in my fountain without an invitation and that was rude, and who likes rude guests? Anyway, they went away pretty freaking quick...
ReplyDeleteNot fun when the icky bugs get in the house. Glad you were a help in keeping them under control.
ReplyDeleteAnt ... Sheesh! Not so tasty either. Good thing they are gone ... Back to naps!
ReplyDeleteUnlike me, the Human finds it distasteful to kill things. However, she makes an exception for ants in large numbers, and to her, any number larger than zero is a large number.
ReplyDeleteShe secretly believes that San Francisco's fabled hills are made of ANTS!
Ugh! We've had ant problems in the past, in the kitchen and in the basement, though not in the last handful of years--knock on wood.Our human doesn't like mass quantities of insects, and much like Spitty's mum, anything more than zero is a mass quantity.
ReplyDeleteGood for you for taking care of the problem, William!
Yucky. Our the Mom is trying to deal with our ants. Mostly we ignore them.
ReplyDeleteWe hope the ants didn't get into your food.
ReplyDeleteHave a good, ant-free weekend.
They probably saw how strong & brave you are William, and decided to leave.
ReplyDeleteYou are a very brave mancat my friend!!
ReplyDeleteBet your Mom is glad to have you on the job William!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou da Mancat!!!!!!!!!!!!
Purrs Mickey,Georgia & Tillie
Hey William,
ReplyDeleteMaybe your mom could find an orphaned anteater and adopt it. They supposedly like the taste of ants...plus it might make a fun playmate for the rest of you.
Take Care,
Shilgiah, Tommy and Hope