Massive ant infestion in our home - help? (UK)?

Question

We have a huge ant infestation in our home. They're literally everywhere.

This happens every year, with every year my mother saying 'Oh they wont come back next year - lets just put up with it' but now there are more than ever, and it's just getting ridiculous.

I don't know what we can do. Our council wont clear it up for us, because in their own words - 'They're not a danger, put up with it.'

The infestation is in our kitchen, where our food is and our cats are kept at night. Due to our pets, we cannot put poison down - but the cats are also getting very bothered by these ants. My boyfriend just tried to vaccuum the ants up, and spent ages brushing them off my cat, Willow. Seconds later, now, the ants have returned, full throttle.

Can anyone suggest a good pest control in Leicestershire, UK? Or tell me how we can stop these ants without poison? They are coming out of a hole in the wooden border around the bottom of the wall in our kitchen.

This is horrible. Help!

Answer 1

baby powder also works. ants hate the stuff

Answer 2

Sprinkle cinnamon and lay cinnamon sticks near the nest. Ants hate this stuff. It should work.  Good luck.

Answer 3

You need to find the nest, but I had a company come out and spray my house with a natural repellant consisting of rosemary, clove and orange and peppermint, I think.  Don't know how you would put it together, but... I didn't have ant ONE in my house after that.  Then, the pest control guy used a wand to deliver ant killer chemicals into the nests themselves.  He shoved the wand into the dirt about 6 or 8 inches and delivered a fatal blow.  I had MANY nests and they were LARGE.  I'm on a 6 week plan now.  AND my whiney @ss renters haven't said anything about ants.  Her in Southern California in the US, it's called Corkies pest control.  Maybe you can call them and ask if they might send you some?  Good luck.  Ants are horrible to deal with.

The baby powder works great for a while and then they get bold and nothin stops them!

Answer 4

you can use the mixture of Boric Acid (its a powder, which is using for carrom board smoothness) with egg and put the pathway of ants and cockroaches.  It is not harmful for kids and no smell and any poison. Try your best.

Answer 5

this'll make you laugh, i had ants a couple of years ago and did the old talc trick but they found a way through so i put double sided tape on the floor so they all got stuck lol, i haven't had any since

Answer 6

Use a mix of cinnamon and sugar. The ants will pick up the sugar, along with the cinnamon, and take it back to their queen. Ants can’t digest cinnamon and once the queen dies from not being able to digest the cinnamon the colony will die without her.  This is safe for your animals.

Answer 7

Sprinkle talcum powder around all the base boards all around the house. I don't know why but the ants won't cross the talcum powder.

Talc is safe to use around pets, won't kill the ants, but hopefully they won't come in the house any more.

Be cautious walking after sprinkling the talcum!! It makes the floors very slick.