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Originally Posted by jimbo2012
They are capable of killing small dogs
Read this article
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Fire ants are deadly to small dogs! A member on another forum lost her little Maltese when he was attacked by fire ants.
When Fire Ants sting it is rarely only one sting. When Fire Ants attack, they attack in large numbers and when the first ant stings it triggers a reaction that causes all the ants to sting at one time. Unlike bees, ants can sting up to 20 times in succession injecting toxin with each sting.
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JIMBO!
You could have gone all day and not said that. This article is from Texas and says something about red fire ants. The ones that bit me were blackish. I don't know if they are the same or not. They can easily be controlled in a space the size of a village villa backyard.
I have NOT heard of a death of a dog on here from fireants and this forum is filled with people who love their dogs. You don't want them bit, of course but can you imagine how saying something like that would make Jane feel? She loves her pets as much as you do.
Please someone who has dogs say something about fire ants.
I am going to get the squirt gun posse out.
(Admin has sent me a note to say that not all folks don't know I am teasing about the squirt gun posse. )