Do you have problems with ants eating your cat’s food? I can’t seem to get rid of them. Now trying new Food Bowl Setup…

My dear fellow 4 legged friends and guardians,

Let me just say – I do NOT want ants in my food. I know mom is very hard working on a solution to keep those pesky critters out of my food dish.

But let me rewind a bit.

Mom got the bowl in bowl system pretty good under control in my regular food dish space. But I have another place in the hallway where there is more food in a dish on a metal stand. So far everything was fine. But suddenly a week ago mom came out of the room and saw my hallway food dish overflowing with ants. They must have come from outside through the walls near the bathroom and gotten into the hallway.

She packed the whole thing up and through the food plus ants out, washed the dish and stand and vacuumed the whole house to prevent any ants from finding anything. Then she went on the hunt for entry points and found a crack in the door jam of the bathroom, where the ants were coming out. So she put ant traps down and also some ant poison gel with a barrier for me, so I could not get to it.

Finally after two days the monsters were gone. Dad went around the outside of the apartment and sprayed the perimeter with, I hate to say it, insect poison.

To prevent the ants getting into my regular food bowl, mom took care of them by putting dishwashing liquid on the floor around the carpet were my food bowls are sitting on. She also put a drop of dishwashing liquid in the bottom bowl filled with water, where my food dish is sitting in. But I am not too crazy about it, because I can smell the dishwashing liquid when I eat my food. And that makes me loose my appetite.

So the last few days mom was trying to get to me to eat any which way she could. She even put my regular food in little piles on my cat tree instead of treats. And yes, I eat that…

Yesterday she was searching again for something that would work fighting off the ants and came across a tray that is set up with a column in another tray filled with water. Basically the same strategy she is using with my two food bowls. But that tray is quite expensive and there is no guarantee that I am going to eat from it.

So mom got a plastic container she had and used it as the base. She took two cottage cheese plastic cups and put them upside down into the tray. Then she took a piece of cardboard and glued a silicone cutting board on top and attached the two plastic cups on the bottom. She glued two velcro pieces on the bottom of the cups and the inside of the tray and filled the whole thing with water. She placed it on my eating mat and put the food dishes on top.

Well – it scared me half to death. This is one strange looking thing and I do not want to go near it. Sorry mom, I know you worked very hard on it, but that thing is scary looking. So now we are back to my food bowl in a bowl filled with water – oh well…..

But mom said she is going to try another version with a clear tray and top, so it is not so scary for me. I will definitely try, but no guarantees… I will keep you all updated on the progress.

If you have problems with ants, tell me your stories…. I would love to hear them

Now have a good Sunday and a big Miau and Purrrrrr to everyone