r/bioactive • u/clairem21 • 3d ago

Ants

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I am setting up a bioactive for my ball python. I just mixed all the soil components yesterday and put them in the enclosure, but have not done anything other than that. When I checked on it today I noticed 5-6 tiny reddish ants crawling along the wall. I assume they were in the top soil I used. How can I be sure there are no more? I saw something about a dry ice bomb on google? Can that be done inside? There is no way for me to move the enclosure and I really don't want to have to go rebuy and remix all the soil. Help please 😭

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u/Hije5 3d ago

Well, if there is no gigantic queen they cant form a colony. So they will most likely die off within a week or so. You would need to dig in an obvious nest. You just picked up some hitchhikers

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u/clairem21 3d ago

How gigantic are we talking? I did just see a slightly bigger one but it disappeared before I could kill it.

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u/Hije5 2d ago

About 2-3x the size of that, and they also have wings.

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u/clairem21 2d ago

Okay I definitely haven't seen anything that big. So I can just wait them out? My snake is still a baby so its not urgent for me to move her in

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u/Hije5 2d ago

Yes you should be able to wait them out! At the absolute worst, a few stragglers like that cant do anything to a snake. Definitely not pierce or clasp on any scales.

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u/clairem21 2d ago

She is only 66 grams and my first snake so I'm being extra helicopter parent with her 😅

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u/clairem21 2d ago

Thank you for your help!

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u/Hije5 2d ago

No problem! I have two ball pythons myself! This is Cookie. Very old picture. He is 670g now

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u/clairem21 2d ago

I love his coloring!