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DIATOMACEOUS EARTH - good for killing fleas - safe for pets
On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:34:07 -0700, "Bill Graham"
wrote: Kelly Greene wrote: "See you in the funny papers." wrote in message ... NO Just trying to help out a cat that is miserable with fleas. Too bad some "humans" are so crabby. You don't have to stir up a dust storm with it. No wonder no one posts here. TaTa Some people CARE about the health of others. DE is not a safe product to use without some way to protect yourself and the cat from inhaling it. Yes. I am afraid to use most flea poisons on the market for this reason. Cats can reach almost everyplace on their bodies and will poison themselves easily if you use asnything that it detrimental to their health. I prefer to bite the bullet and just give them a bath, and make sure I rinse anything bad off of them and dry them well afterward. - My cats seem happier when I do this too. (after the fact, of course!) Yes but how long does it take for the scratches to heal? |
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DIATOMACEOUS EARTH - good for killing fleas + IS safe forpets!!!!
Kelly Greene wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav:
"Slo' Poke" wrote in message ... FOR THE UNINFORMED AND MISINFORMED: http://www.diatomitecanada.com/the-s...iatomaceous-ea rth.htm This is not a scientific website, but the site of someone selling the product. Silica is silica and is damaging to the lungs. Kelly, Most folks on usenet wouldnt know a scientific site if it bit them in the ass. DE is a silicon based product that in non-industrial levels of exposure is an ecologically safe product to use for some types of pest control. It's also edible if you get human grade versions. Short of snorting it like a line of cocaine, it makes a fine way to prevent and treat flea infestations. It happens to work on bed bugs too. -- |
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DIATOMACEOUS EARTH - good for killing fleas + IS safe forpets!!!!
"cshenk" wrote in message ... Kelly Greene wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: "Slo' Poke" wrote in message ... FOR THE UNINFORMED AND MISINFORMED: http://www.diatomitecanada.com/the-s...iatomaceous-ea rth.htm This is not a scientific website, but the site of someone selling the product. Silica is silica and is damaging to the lungs. Kelly, Most folks on usenet wouldnt know a scientific site if it bit them in the ass. DE is a silicon based product that in non-industrial levels of exposure is an ecologically safe product to use for some types of pest control. It's also edible if you get human grade versions. Short of snorting it like a line of cocaine, it makes a fine way to prevent and treat flea infestations. It happens to work on bed bugs too. It's a difficult product to use without inhaling the fine powder. And yes, I know it works to kill many insect pests, but a respirator should be used so none is inhaled. |
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DIATOMACEOUS EARTH - good for killing fleas - safe for pets
"Bill Graham" wrote in message ... Kelly Greene wrote: "See you in the funny papers." wrote in message ... NO Just trying to help out a cat that is miserable with fleas. Too bad some "humans" are so crabby. You don't have to stir up a dust storm with it. No wonder no one posts here. TaTa Some people CARE about the health of others. DE is not a safe product to use without some way to protect yourself and the cat from inhaling it. Yes. I am afraid to use most flea poisons on the market for this reason. Cats can reach almost everyplace on their bodies and will poison themselves easily if you use asnything that it detrimental to their health. I prefer to bite the bullet and just give them a bath, and make sure I rinse anything bad off of them and dry them well afterward. - My cats seem happier when I do this too. (after the fact, of course!) We had a horrible flea infestation here before we got the cats (we have 4 cats now). We had three dogs at the time and nothing worked including flea baths and all the products sold to us by our veterinarian at the time. We used powders, sprays, flea collars and some kind of stuff that went on their skin at the shoulders and hips. We got an exterminator. This was before Revolution, a form of Ivermectin, hit the marketplace. What did work and was *100% non toxic* was HGR. It's an insect hormone growth regulator that keeps the flea nymphs from turning into fleas. They hatch, starve and die as nymphs. You mix it with water and spray the house and yard where the animals hang out. Our dogs had a large fenced in area. We bathed them with Paramite, then sprayed the entire house and yard. In a few weeks the flea infestation that cost us well over $200 for useless and probably toxic products was over. I bought it on a local store but that store is no longer in business. It can probably be found online. DE is not safe to breathe no matter what those who sell it say. Silica damages the lungs. You don't want it in your or the cat's lungs. |
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