Keep Ants Out of Your Pets’ Food

About two years ago, when we were still at our last house, we woke up one morning to find a very clearly defined line of ants marching from our garage door straight to our cats’ food dish, which was located in the laundry room on the other side of the garage door.

The cats didn’t seem to bothered by it — in fact Turbo sat a few feet away watching his food dish, seemingly fascinated. I, however, was angry about all the wasted cat food. Really it was only a cup or so but I didn’t feel like messing with the ants and ended up just dumping the whole thing in a garbage sack and tying it up tight.

Determined not to have this happen again, we sprayed out in the garage and around the door as best we could, and I got creative with the pet food dishes. I didn’t want to have to spray or sprinkle anything around the dishes, and the easiest solution I came up with was resting their food dish inside another dish filled partly with water (similar to this). The ants couldn’t get through the water, and though we never had another line coming in through the door again, it did manage to catch and keep away a few wanderers.

There are now similar contraptions on the market, like this all-in-one dish from Amazon, or this, but I prefer keeping things simple!

Have you ever had an ant problem with your pet food? How did you handle it?

[image: amazon]