Mosquito dunks and cats?

I have a ditch behind my house which collects standing water (the city
doesn't seem to want to solve the problem) and a HUGE mosquito problem. I
also have a number of feral cats, raccoons, skunks, possums, etc. in the
area that I do not wish to harm with chemicals.

Has anyone had experience with mosquito dunks? They claim to be safe and
biologically sound, but I would appreciate some advice from first hand
experience to be certain. I suspect that these animals drink water from
the ditch and I wouldn't want to do anything to cause illness. On the
other hand, the mosquitos could very well be causing illness, so if the
dunks are safe it might be a good solution.

Thanks,
Shelly

"Shellyfish" wrote in message
...
I have a ditch behind my house which collects standing water (the city
doesn't seem to want to solve the problem) and a HUGE mosquito problem. I
also have a number of feral cats, raccoons, skunks, possums, etc. in the
area that I do not wish to harm with chemicals.

Has anyone had experience with mosquito dunks? They claim to be safe and
biologically sound, but I would appreciate some advice from first hand
experience to be certain. I suspect that these animals drink water from
the ditch and I wouldn't want to do anything to cause illness. On the
other hand, the mosquitos could very well be causing illness, so if the
dunks are safe it might be a good solution.

Thanks,
Shelly

The dunks contain a natural bacteria, Bacillus thuringiensis, which
depending on the subspecies used, targets only specific insects and disrups
their digestion like eating glass would for humans. It causes no harm to
mammals or birds or reptiles. BT is commonly used in organic gardens
everywhere against caterpillars and is also contained in genetically
modified corn that you may have read about. Since mosquitos carry West
nile, heartworms, encephalitis and other goodies, controlling them is a
*good* thing.

"Shellyfish" wrote in message
...
I have a ditch behind my house which collects standing water (the city
doesn't seem to want to solve the problem) and a HUGE mosquito problem. I
also have a number of feral cats, raccoons, skunks, possums, etc. in the
area that I do not wish to harm with chemicals.

Has anyone had experience with mosquito dunks? They claim to be safe and
biologically sound, but I would appreciate some advice from first hand
experience to be certain. I suspect that these animals drink water from
the ditch and I wouldn't want to do anything to cause illness. On the
other hand, the mosquitos could very well be causing illness, so if the
dunks are safe it might be a good solution.

Thanks,
Shelly

The dunks contain a natural bacteria, Bacillus thuringiensis, which
depending on the subspecies used, targets only specific insects and disrups
their digestion like eating glass would for humans. It causes no harm to
mammals or birds or reptiles. BT is commonly used in organic gardens
everywhere against caterpillars and is also contained in genetically
modified corn that you may have read about. Since mosquitos carry West
nile, heartworms, encephalitis and other goodies, controlling them is a
*good* thing.

In article , "Sunflower"
wrote:

"Shellyfish" wrote in message
...
I have a ditch behind my house which collects standing water (the city
doesn't seem to want to solve the problem) and a HUGE mosquito problem. I
also have a number of feral cats, raccoons, skunks, possums, etc. in the
area that I do not wish to harm with chemicals.

Has anyone had experience with mosquito dunks? They claim to be safe and
biologically sound, but I would appreciate some advice from first hand
experience to be certain. I suspect that these animals drink water from
the ditch and I wouldn't want to do anything to cause illness. On the
other hand, the mosquitos could very well be causing illness, so if the
dunks are safe it might be a good solution.

Thanks,
Shelly

The dunks contain a natural bacteria, Bacillus thuringiensis, which
depending on the subspecies used, targets only specific insects and disrups
their digestion like eating glass would for humans. It causes no harm to
mammals or birds or reptiles. BT is commonly used in organic gardens
everywhere against caterpillars and is also contained in genetically
modified corn that you may have read about. Since mosquitos carry West
nile, heartworms, encephalitis and other goodies, controlling them is a
*good* thing.


Thanks for you reply, that makes me feel better. If these things work, it
will be nice to go in my backyard again.

Shelly

In article , "Sunflower"
wrote:

"Shellyfish" wrote in message
...
I have a ditch behind my house which collects standing water (the city
doesn't seem to want to solve the problem) and a HUGE mosquito problem. I
also have a number of feral cats, raccoons, skunks, possums, etc. in the
area that I do not wish to harm with chemicals.

Has anyone had experience with mosquito dunks? They claim to be safe and
biologically sound, but I would appreciate some advice from first hand
experience to be certain. I suspect that these animals drink water from
the ditch and I wouldn't want to do anything to cause illness. On the
other hand, the mosquitos could very well be causing illness, so if the
dunks are safe it might be a good solution.

Thanks,
Shelly

The dunks contain a natural bacteria, Bacillus thuringiensis, which
depending on the subspecies used, targets only specific insects and disrups
their digestion like eating glass would for humans. It causes no harm to
mammals or birds or reptiles. BT is commonly used in organic gardens
everywhere against caterpillars and is also contained in genetically
modified corn that you may have read about. Since mosquitos carry West
nile, heartworms, encephalitis and other goodies, controlling them is a
*good* thing.


Thanks for you reply, that makes me feel better. If these things work, it
will be nice to go in my backyard again.

Shelly

From: (Shellyfish)


Thanks for you reply, that makes me feel better. If these things work, it
will be nice to go in my backyard again.

There is a garlic spray you can get that attaches to your hose that is supposed
to work well for mosquitos.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...q=Garlic+spray

Lauren
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From: (Shellyfish)


Thanks for you reply, that makes me feel better. If these things work, it
will be nice to go in my backyard again.

There is a garlic spray you can get that attaches to your hose that is supposed
to work well for mosquitos.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...q=Garlic+spray

Lauren
________
See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe
Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm