Will ants affect the Guinea Pigs.

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Thank you. I have looked at a picture of a Psocid but it does not look like that.

We have tried a whole house clean up, we now keep everything in air tight containers etc I could understand if they just wanted food etc but why do they end up in places like in my cupboard under all the clothes? Maybe it is for warmth?

I will try and get a picture of them now, my camera is not charged so my phone will have to do.
 
Poppy'sMum said:
Getting back to the original query, it sounds more like book lice or Psocids, you need to Google them for a picture but they do like warm humid conditions & are totally harmless, in fact most houses have them if people look closely enough rolleyes

http://www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk/sebc/live/pestbooklice.cfm

Clear any mess up that's lying about & have a good clean, they like dust & cereal packets left open etc. I use clips to seal all my cereals, sugar etc, or use large sandwich bags tied at the top. I also keep flour in the fridge as it prevents flour weevils or book lice getting into it.

Hope that helps :)
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I thought the same thing, my neighbour went to india and bought us back some tea, I put it in a drawer and forgot about it, untill these pesky creatures over ran my kitchen, it took months and months to get rid of the problem . They came back with the tea , as the draw the tea was put in was the worst place I found them .
 
Here are only two pictures out of the many pictures I tried to take :)) These little things were everywhere! You know I wouldn't even bothered to get rid of it but since its going into food etc and I have budgies too, I don't want them passing on diseases etc and I can't have my piggies if they are here, so they must go!

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Does anyone recognise these? I think from Piggyfan's link I can see a resemblance of the Pharoah ants.

Hi Purple Mania, how did you get rid of these ants? The big problem with bringing food into this country (which is illegal I'm sure?) is because small insects get through. I remember when I worked in a shoe shop and this weird jumping spider came out of this long boot. The boot was made in Vietnam. I couldn't kill the spider, heart wouldn't let me even though I was terrified! It kind of dragged it's body to move eew.

Another reason to get rid of these annoying ants is because I am sure I am spreading them around. I remember when I had lectures in University and on the table I could see those tiny red ants!
 
we had to use kitchen spray with bleach , but these were the mites you get in flour and books, and of course the tea , they defo are not what your picture has shown .

Ive not seen the ants shown on your picture before , I hope you get it sorted x
 
They certainly look like ants! If you do not have guinea pigs yet I would use Nippon drops, they carry them back to their nest & it will kill them. You need to drip some along the edges of the skirting boards etc where they run, but not near food or animals. If you want to spray or get pest control in I would move the budgies into another room. How awful for you, hope you sort it soon.
 
Thank you everyone for being so helpful xoxo

My budgies cannot tolerate sprays etc as they have poor respiratory systems. The problem is that they are in the whole house, every room, toilets, kitchen, living room, bedrooms etc I am thinking I will have to do the whole house and ask neighbours to do the same which might be difficult.

Let's see what the council says about this. I am thinking of not going during christmas as they may not be so bothered?
 
I do not think you can wait. I think you should call them tomorrow and say it is an emergency. I am sure rentokill work all hours as pests are a huge problem. You have nothing to lose anyway. With the council I find the more you complain the better results you get!
 
I have work tomorrow so I will try and go on Thursday. I would prefer to go to the Civic centre and complain in person than talk on the phone. I need to talk to neighbours too.

I will complain until they beg me to stop complaining :)) Well, until they do something about it
 
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