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Every two weeks I check my ants in hibernation, I come to one of them and the mild is crazy and they have no water! I need to transfer them fast but they won’t move... any help I need to do this as fast as possible!

I live in the tropics, so I don’t hibernate ants. One thing I do when there is no water left is I just wet the cotton ball on the end just a tad. Not to much because then air can’t fill in I think. Of course this is temporary so I suppose if you were to do this you would have to do often.

I am having the same problem soon. I have just taped 2 tubes together (new one full of water) to help raise humidity. But other then that I'm not sure what to do

If you really think that it is life threatening, you can tap them into the new tube. it is not reccomended, and should always be last resort, but if you just flip the old tube upside down and flick your finger on the side of the old tube , they will fall into the new tube.

idahoantgirl wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 06, 2017 10:00 am

If you really think that it is life threatening, you can tap them into the new tube. it is not reccomended, and should always be last resort, but if you just flip the old tube upside down and flick your finger on the side of the old tube , they will fall into the new tube.

This sounds like an OK solution. I mean depending on how cold it is and how long it's been, the queen is probably so out of it she won't know what's up and probably won't figure it out

All the ants need is humidity, so attaching two tubes and leaving the means to breathe will work fine.

Batspiderfish wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 06, 2017 3:58 pm

All the ants need is humidity, so attaching two tubes and leaving the means to breathe will work fine.

Yea I have done that (and I actually made a post on it) and so far it’s working. Won’t the cold slow down the mold development, as well as the ants not drinking as much?

Ants get most, if not all of their water needs from humidity. They do not need to drink. I don't know what kind of mold you are dealing with, but if it is just something that is discoloring the cotton, then there's probably nothing to worry about.