Rio is a matured establishment and naturally pest could be a possible issue. The saving grace is that we rarely cook and thus there isn’t much food lying around. The Chis are usually hungry and their food got hobbled up quickly too.
I haven’t seen any big roaches (Choy!), thought we encountered a couple of lizards. But, the ants had been a problem. A few months after we moved in, we had the ants problem, which went away after we set up the ant trap/ bait. What we are more worried about, is Mochi eating the ant trap, and we poison him instead of the ants. So, the ants traps have to be in strategic places that are in the ants track, yet in areas that we think Mochi wouldn’t get them. Actually, I think Mochi is just clever enough not to eat the traps. Heng ah.
The ants problem has come back. We lived with it for a while, then realised that we needed to do something about it bcos they are increasing in numbers. They were all crawling towards the aircon in the living room and they didn’t come out after that. Did they build a nest in the aircon?
We found the balance of the ant bait and tried to place them on the ants track. This time, it didn’t work. I think the baits are from too long ago and have lost its effectiveness. I see the ants happily eating the gel in the bait but the number of ants didn’t decrease. Ironically, they increased. Maybe the gel made them stronger. Zzzz.
The problem had become so bad, that we know that it is time to get new ant trap. We opted for the gel form this time.
Daddy Lim was very generous in dotting along the ants track. I kept stopping his generosity bcos I don’t want to kill the Chis. Within minutes, the ants swarmed the gel.
Yes, the ants problem was so bad. It looked so gross. I have to tell myself to ignore and not to look at the spots.
This morning, the places where we placed the gel were left with small yellow stains, which we cleaned away. Miraculously, the ants are almost gone! Hooray! We won the battle!
The Chis are very much alive too.
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