How can I make ant bait that ants will bring back to the nest without using borax?

[Samantha]

I'm looking for something that's simple to make and nontoxic, as I have several cats and a dog. The ants we have are just the typical black ants that seem to show up in all kinds of homes in the spring. We get them every year, and have a pretty decent amount of them. We don't know where the nest is, but we think they are accessing our home through the wall behind our dishwasher(which we can't access), so our only option is to get them to bring poison back to the nest. Any suggestions?

 

[jean ann j]

Equal parts sugar and baking soda can work.
Terro bait works real good and can be put where the pets can not reach them.

 

[Lar]

buy the pre-made baits that are in stations that the cats pets get into...use the pre-made gel baits that can be placed where the ants can get to it but the pets can't.