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- From: kathyt@next2.isi.edu (Kathy Thompson)
- Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
- Subject: Re: ants in the catfood
- Message-ID: <23313@venera.isi.edu>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 18:57:58 GMT
- References: <1993Jan27.011635.2756@news.eng.convex.com>
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- > > Try putting the bowl of catfood (bowl and all) into a larger bowl or
- pan
- > >of water. The bigger one has to be big enough to keep the ants from
- crossing
- > >(they *usually* can't walk on water), yet small enough to let the cat
- reach
- > >across to eat it.
- >
- > Add a drop or two of dish detergent to the water bowl. It totally
- destroys
- > the surface tension and the ants sink and drown. We use a pair of
- nested
- > glass pie plates : the cat food pie plate has enough of a lip on it that
- > Strange can't play dunkies with her food or splash the water out.
-
- We bought these cat/dog dishes at our local petstore. They are plastic,
- they have a bowl for the food and around the bowl there is a built in area
- to put water so the ants can't get to the food. Sort of like a moat. It
- really works. We feed the cats outside during the summer, and this bowl
- keeps the food ant free.
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