Hi! we tried a spray gun for ants very unsuccessfully and marvellously found this year little round traps with about 3 doors in each. They come with a small tube of gel. just put a blob in the middle and wait for it to do its magic. Completely safe and not in any way capable of being knocked over by a nosy paw for example!. We even put a blob high up on a gap where the tiled splashback ends and honestly within minutes it was completely swarming with black-ness. The next day not to many and those ants which were there looked kind of woozy and staggering all over the place. The traps each morning were completely emptied of the gel. The idea is they take the poison back to the nest and feed the others on it so its important not to squash any stray ones, however hard it is to resist. As we live in an old house we are bothered with them from about January until May and honestly this product, if you can find it is a godsend and as I say no worries pet-wise.

laurax.