milp04

The food grade Diatomaceous Earth can be taken internally both by animals and humans. It has many uses that can be found by doing a google search. It can be used the same as borax in some of the other postings.

Pam M

Challys

I agree--only the bombs work for us, but sometimes need to redo

Ramona Byrd

The food grade Diatomaceous Earth can be taken internally both by animals and humans. It has many uses that can be found by doing a google search. It can be used the same as borax in some of the other postings.
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I agree, the DE sure does help with the fleas. I put some commercial stuff on my cats last year and they both got sick..one kept falling off a stool that he'd previously sat on to watch birds, the other one started walking sideways. My sister's two cats, also de-fleaed with that 50 dollars worth of poisons, started throwing up and acting strange. Now I even put some of the Diatomaceous Earth in canned cat food for one, and have to smash some on Fussy Freddy's front paws so she will clean it off.
The indoor/outdoor Dobies we had for so many years we put the DE in meat balls and tossed it to them, and put vinegar in their water. Come to think of it, don't remember much problems with fleas. The only time one son complained about itchy bumps from the dog who slept with him (not allowed, but it did anyway) the kid had Chicken Pox and not flea bites.

Jingle

Frontline is the best, fastest, easiest and I am thankful to ever invented it. All others is a waste of time, money.

janallyn

Ramona Byrd reminded me of something way in the past, it was said that to give garlic pills to dogs would rid them of their fleas, well we were poor, but did manage to buy the pills, it also said that if to much was given to the dogs they could get sick and maybe die, which could be true, i do not know, however, we gave our two bassetts the pills, i do not remember how many by weight, but came home from work and they got on the kitchen cabinet, chewed open the bottle and ate the pills, all of them, they only smelled like garlic for a week, but it was so funny. we did not try that again, but please be careful, some dogs may be more delicate than a bassett is, we had kaluhua for 19 years and lulu belle for 18, they both died of old age in their beds, very peaceful. and lulu ate my entire chocolate birthday cake my mom made me, and i mean a three layer, double homemade chocolate with chocolate frosting, but frankly i do think bassett's have cast iron stomachs. they were such good dogs, now i do not believe that garlic pills or chocolate cake is good for dogs, but what good memories those dogs gave me,

jan in palatka

hobo2000

Be very careful using it on small dogs. My Pom & my longhaired Chi both kept getting sick for 3 or 4 days every time I put that stuff on them. The vet said it is poison and it's criminal to put it on small dogs or any dogs. Now I just use the DE and it works.

shortstuff

Thanks for the advise. My sister has had them for over a month has tried lots of sprays but nothing has worked.Maybe some of these solutions will.

Angelmerritt

I am a big believer in Zodiac products for treating the house. Their foggers and carpet sprays have IGR (Insect Growth Regulator) that prevents eggs from hatching and kills adult fleas for 7 months. So about every 7-8 months, I get my carpets cleaned and the next day I fog the house with Zodiac. No residue, no odor, no fleas. While it does not kill flea larve, when those larve mature into adult fleas they die. No matter how many infested rescue dog/cats I bring home, they are flea free in about a day.