Ants in enclosure, unknown source!

[Scout]

Recently I have built an enclosure for my dragon and everything went well. I had a temporary setup for him until I was able to get various things from outside cleaned thoroughly. I collected a large stick, and various rocks to stack. After a few days of these things being moved in, I noticed an ant running around. I figured an ant may have survived the washing, so I thought nothing of it and killed it. However this continued on for at least a month. I still have yet to find where these ants could be coming from. Today I sealed up any holes in the stick, took apart the stone structures, (the only thing i found in the structures were cowardly crickets from previous feedings, lol) and even checked the digging box. No ants found. I figured they were in the stick and I sealed them in their new grave. Again, I guess I was wrong. I saw ANOTHER ant walking around. I am so confused and I don't know what to do. I've checked everything. Does anyone have any ideas on what I can do to make sure these ants are eliminated? Any ideas would be appreciated

 

[Sosemisa]

Recently I have built an enclosure for my dragon and everything went well. I had a temporary setup for him until I was able to get various things from outside cleaned thoroughly. I collected a large stick, and various rocks to stack. After a few days of these things being moved in, I noticed an ant running around. I figured an ant may have survived the washing, so I thought nothing of it and killed it. However this continued on for at least a month. I still have yet to find where these ants could be coming from. Today I sealed up any holes in the stick, took apart the stone structures, (the only thing i found in the structures were cowardly crickets from previous feedings, lol) and even checked the digging box. No ants found. I figured they were in the stick and I sealed them in their new grave. Again, I guess I was wrong. I saw ANOTHER ant walking around. I am so confused and I don't know what to do. I've checked everything. Does anyone have any ideas on what I can do to make sure these ants are eliminated? Any ideas would be appreciated

I would clear out the whole cage. Check inside of thing for the ants. I would peel the bark off the stick because ants like bark. Cut it off with a pocket knife or something. Check for holes in EVERYTHING! Check under the Mat or whatever you use for the ground. Other than that.. I don’t know what else could be the problem.

 

[Scout]

I would clear out the whole cage. Check inside of thing for the ants. I would peel the bark off the stick because ants like bark. Cut it off with a pocket knife or something. Check for holes in EVERYTHING! Check under the Mat or whatever you use for the ground. Other than that.. I don’t know what else could be the problem.

Alright, i'll try it tomorrow, i'll give you an update on how it goes

 

[averyhanna_]

i would definitely replace anything that ants could hide in and can’t be thoroughly cleaned (branches etc) with new ones. clean the cage well ! good luck!

 

[Silver dragons]

Hello, I know it's been a week but how are the ants are they still there? I would suggest soaking everything in vinegar water for a couple hours to kill anything that might be there.