Losing to the Ants

In our previous homes, we had no problems at all with ants. Maybe bcos they are mostly new (or fairly new) units. The block that we are residing now is the same age as I am. While the unit is very well kept and maintained, it is an old (very old) block. Disclaimer: the block is old but I am young. 

When we 1st moved in, we saw lizatd droppings even when it had been vacant for a while and thus no food. Then in the 1st week, Daddy Lim sighted a cockroach. He said that it looked full grown or at least a teenager. Eeeeyyyy... I hate cockroaches especially those that fly and if they can reach the 19th floor, I am quite sure they can fly very well. Sob. 

Bcos it is an old unit, the rubbish chute is in the kitchen. When we were living in Centris, it was the same and Popo almost never use the chute, opting to bring the rubbish down to the common rubbish bin. I am not sure if this is feasible for us. I googled and came up with this genius idea. 

I got the kids' book wrapping plastic and velcro tape to create this "cover". Whenever we need to open the chute, we have to "unzap" the plastic cover, then zap back again. It works perfectly! I is clever. 

We received a notice 2 weeks ago informing about the chute fumigation. We were advised to seal the chute to prevent cockroaches escaping. Eeeeyyyyyyy. We did that and the plastic cover works as a double protection. We found mini roaches escaping the 1st level of protection and trapped in the plastic covers. T.T

So we prevented the cockroach from chute issue, and we haven't seen enough lizards to have us plot against them. Our problem left are the ants and I am losing my battle against them. 

As you can guess, we rarely cook and thus there is little food lying around in the house. I half suspect that the ants are stealing the neighbours' food and using our home as a base. Not long after we shifted, the ants attacked Mochi's food when he takes too long to finish his food. 

We bought the combat ants trap and solved the problem for a while. By right, the ants are supposed to carry the bait "home" and slowly kill all their friends. We did see some dead ants in the track but instead of a wipe out, the ants simply changed their track. Zzzz. 

As a result, we have so many of these combat traps around the house - the kitchen, then the toilets, then near to Mochi's cage.

Recently, I found them in my bedroom and had to stick 2 of these onto the wall/ ceiling. 

I am quite sure that we have no food in the bedroom. I have no idea what are they looking for.

Just when we "eradicate" the ant tracks in the bedroom, we now found them on the kitchen countertop and bcos they are black against the white countertop, they are so obvious and we can see so many of them. Arrrgggghhhh..  

It feels like a losing battle. I think the ants have a strong command center and I can already imagined their generals sitting at the round table discussing their strategies.

I duno how. Auntie S was suggesting the ant gel. I think we will attempt that, since we have used up all the combat ant trap too. Haiz. 

Mummy Lim