PjJays writes > Help!!!!!!!!!! I have been overran by ants! I've found peppermint extract or oil to work well. Put some on a cotton ball, and wipe all your baseboards, and around the base of the ferrets cage. I found I needed to reapply every few days for the first couple weeks when I had a severe infestation, but then could go to once a week, then once every 2 or 3 weeks to keep them away. This worked very well for me for the tiny ants; don't know if it would work as well for large carpenter ants. Good luck! Linda Iroff International Ferret Congress http://www.ferretcongress.org [Posted in FML issue 4517]