INPUT ARTICLE: Article: A mild carpenter ant infestation can be treated at home with baited traps. You can buy such traps at a hardware store. You can set up traps in areas where you have seen carpenter ants traveling.  This usually works best if you have carpenter ants somewhere outside, like your porch. This will prevent the ants from moving indoors. Make sure to check the labels of any traps you use. You may need to keep them out of reach of children and animals. Sprays can be used to keep an infestation from moving in doors. Purchase bug sprays specifically designed to repel or kill carpenter ants at a local hardware store. Sprays are usually applies in a perimeter around your home. Make sure to read the label for safe use. Most sprays should be kept out of reach of children and animals. If you have an infestation that does not go away using traps and sprays, call in a professional. Professional exterminators can help locate ant nests and strategically knock out an infestation. While most exterminators use chemicals and pesticides, if you're uncomfortable with sprays you can discuss natural options with an exterminator.

SUMMARY: Try baited traps. Use commercial bug sprays. Call in a professional.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Use plain paper and crumple it into a ball. Put it into your guinea pig's cage, or let them play with it when they're out. It sounds too easy, but guinea pigs like the crumpling noise and will likely gnaw on it. Cut up a wrapping paper tube into short lengths. Your guinea pig will toss it around and play with it. Just be sure to cut down the side so that your guinea pig doesn't get stuck inside. Find an old sock, and stuff some of the guinea pig's hay inside. Tie off the sock on one end. Cut off the end of the sock. Your guinea pig will pull the pillow around her cage and chew on it. While you're technically not making these toys, you likely have a few laying around the house. Just toss them in the cage, and let your guinea pig have fun.

SUMMARY: Crumple up a piece of paper. Create cheap cardboard tunnels. Make a stuffed sock. Use a ping-pong ball or a tennis ball.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Most Macs don't have built-in CD readers, so you'll need an external disc reader that's plugged into your Mac to do this. It's a menu item in the upper-left side of the Mac's screen. A drop-down menu will appear. If you don't see Go in the menu bar, click the Finder or the desktop to force it to appear. This option is near the bottom of the Go drop-down menu. Double-click the Disk Utility app, which resembles a grey hard drive with a stethoscope on it. It's in the top-left side of your Mac's screen. A drop-down menu will appear. This option is near the top of the drop-down menu. It's in the New pop-out menu. Clicking this prompts a window to open. Type the name that you want to use into the "Name" field at the top of the window. Click the drop-down box to the right of the "Where" heading, then click Desktop. This will make the file easier to convert later. A menu will appear. It's in the menu. It's at the bottom of the window. Doing so will gather the information on your CD and turn it into a CDR file on your desktop. While unnecessary if you're going to use this file on your Mac, the created CDR file won't work for a Windows computer. To convert the CDR file into an ISO file:  Open Spotlight {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/e\/ea\/Macspotlight.png","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/e\/ea\/Macspotlight.png\/30px-Macspotlight.png","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":460,"bigWidth":"30","bigHeight":"30","licensing":"<div class=\"mw-parser-output\"><p>I edited this screenshot of a Mac icon.\n<\/p><p>License: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fair_use\">Fair Use<\/a><br>\n<\/p><\/div>"} and type in terminal  Click Terminal  Type in cd ~/Desktop and press ⏎ Return. Type in hdiutil makehybrid -iso -joliet -o [name].iso [name].cdr, making sure to replace both [name] sections with the CDR file's name. Press ⏎ Return. Your ISO file has now been created.

SUMMARY:
Insert the disc into your Mac's CD reader. Click Go. Click Utilities. Open Disk Utility. Click File. Select New. Click Disk Image from [Disc]…. Enter a name for your ISO. Select a storage location. Click the "Image Format" drop-down box. Click DVD/CD master. Click Save. Convert the completed file into an ISO file. Close Terminal.