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So I was juuust getting ready to go to bed like 45 minutes ago, and was feeding the cat, when I see an ant emerging from the wall behind her food bowl. And another ant. And another, other ant. And long story short, the cat is shut in the powder room (meowing miserably, and yes, I do feel guilty) and I have bugsprayed* the hell out of the kitchen and the landing at the top of the basement stairs where we keep her bowl. And I am not sleeping anytime soon, and am probably going to drink until I forget, because I can handle one ant at a time, but when we've got colonies and shit I tend to freak the fuck out. If I seem calm, it's because you can't see me cringing.
I'll let the cat out when the spray is dry, which I hope is soon. And I'll give her treats. But first I'll have to clean up the dead ants and also try and figure out where the fuck to put her food/water, because I don't want to put them back where they were in ant headquarters, but I don't want to shut her out of the basement, because that's where her litter box is (and like hell am I carrying that upstairs). probably I'll put her food in the middle of the kitchen floor, as far away from the sprayed areas as possible. we usually shut her in the basement at night because she scratches at our bedroom door if we let her stay out, but the only good place in the basement for her food is at the top of the stairs, and see above re: ant central station.
Right. Commencing Operation: Drink More & Try Not To Cry. Wish me luck.
*the spray we use is pet-safe after it's dried, in case anyone was wondering.
I'll let the cat out when the spray is dry, which I hope is soon. And I'll give her treats. But first I'll have to clean up the dead ants and also try and figure out where the fuck to put her food/water, because I don't want to put them back where they were in ant headquarters, but I don't want to shut her out of the basement, because that's where her litter box is (and like hell am I carrying that upstairs). probably I'll put her food in the middle of the kitchen floor, as far away from the sprayed areas as possible. we usually shut her in the basement at night because she scratches at our bedroom door if we let her stay out, but the only good place in the basement for her food is at the top of the stairs, and see above re: ant central station.
Right. Commencing Operation: Drink More & Try Not To Cry. Wish me luck.
*the spray we use is pet-safe after it's dried, in case anyone was wondering.