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Well, since I live in South Miami, we have a HUGE mildew problem here. Today my Coastal Python left me a present, so when cleaning it up, I noticed some mildew on the wood log hide box, so i pulled it out to scrub it down and bake it for a while, then i noticed the usual woodland critters that live in the log but dont cause a problem with my critters... THEN I saw the tiniest of tiny red ants crawling around... Then I looked at my turtle tank stand, and there were the red ants again...

So in my long babbling, I offer to you, a few questions...

1) Does anyone out there have a super way to combat mildew in a slightly high humidity enviroment?
2) Any way to combat red ants when I can't find the source?
3) Can I coat the hide boxes with polycrylic or sealant?
4) Why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways?

Now I know for a fact that Chris is gonna answer, because he has this forum cybernetically attached to his cranial cortex.
But I wanna hear some opinions from others out there as well... Just to see all sides of the spectrum.

Thanks in advance
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Coastal Carpet Python 0.1 (Lillith)
Albino Burm 0.1 (Kimba)
Columbian RedTail 0.1 (Squishy)
Kenyan Sand Boa 1.0 (Shai'hulud)
Common Snapping Turtle 1.1 (Sherman and Abrahms)
RES 1.0 (speedy)

here are my immeadiate thoughts :

1) Does anyone out there have a super way to combat mildew in a slightly high humidity enviroment?
A) first thought De-Humidifier

2) Any way to combat red ants when I can't find the source?
A) a few thoughts here .. Grits can be used for ants with no harm to animals they eat the grits drink/get wet and swell & die lol olllld thing gma taught me lol

also if its a number of ants look around ants are a " memory insect"
once they find where they want to go they will leave a scent for others to follow there path to the picnic so to speak and will use that same path for the most part as each ant leaves a scent trail the others pickup on. This i know because i just saw a show this weekend on ants and they showed how ants find things as they like sweets etc so a ant will search all over until they find something they like and when they find it they bee line it for all to find .lol

3) Can I coat the hide boxes with polycrylic or sealant?
A) depending on what animals are in all of them you could but beaware that the bark could chip off and if a lizard is the animals in the he could digest the coated bark ( i know you said snake but just advice if there is something that picks / eats /tatses things in there cage)

4) Why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways?
A) i actually have parked on the BlueRigde Parkway lol and have driven up on my driveway i gues its a cup 1/2 full or empty thing good luck

Well, since I live in South Miami, we have a HUGE mildew problem here. Today my Coastal Python left me a present, so when cleaning it up, I noticed some mildew on the wood log hide box, so i pulled it out to scrub it down and bake it for a while, then i noticed the usual woodland critters that live in the log but dont cause a problem with my critters... THEN I saw the tiniest of tiny red ants crawling around... Then I looked at my turtle tank stand, and there were the red ants again...

So in my long babbling, I offer to you, a few questions...

1) Does anyone out there have a super way to combat mildew in a slightly high humidity enviroment?
2) Any way to combat red ants when I can't find the source?
3) Can I coat the hide boxes with polycrylic or sealant?
4) Why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways?
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