I am still in the process of creating my pasture I keep finding fire ant hills and we will poison them, the hill dies, but then they just pop up some where else. I KNOW I KNOW... you have to kill the queen... but I think it's impossible to get them gone. The area is about two acres and was cleared a few years ago, so the grass isn't lush yet but it is not bare dirt either. My mounds are noticeable, maybe a foot in width and about four inches high. There are some off of our property that are a foot tall easily. When we spread the poison on the mounds, we barely poke a hole in the top to wake them up and as they come pouring out, we sprinkle the poison on them to carry back inside. I am afraid I won't be able to do that when the horses get home due to the poison issue. My boarding barn doesn't have any at all and she thinks it is because of the foot traffic.
I will have two mini's out there and I am scared of the ants. Will the ants go away when they realize the new traffic around them? Will the mini's mess with the hill nests? If they were to step in one, have you heard any bad reactions from the mini's other than some swelling?
I am in south east TN, very near the Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee corner, close to the TN river.
I will have two mini's out there and I am scared of the ants. Will the ants go away when they realize the new traffic around them? Will the mini's mess with the hill nests? If they were to step in one, have you heard any bad reactions from the mini's other than some swelling?
I am in south east TN, very near the Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee corner, close to the TN river.