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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 09:46 PM Original message |
Anybody know of any safer flea treatment? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. DE works well |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Religious? Meaning what....how often do you apply it? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 09:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. The biscuits are easy enough to DIY |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 09:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Good point. I just bought a cookbook with dog biscuit recipes |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Tell me of these opinions on garlic for dogs. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Well, for instance, the ASPCA lists garlic in its pet poison list |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. The ASPCA doesn't know much about thiosulphate nor haemolytic anaemia |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. I admit I know nothing |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. I've gotten 2 opinions |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Your vet is wise. However look directly above this. |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 03:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Since garlic is a member of the onion family |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. DE and vacuum vacuum vacuum |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 09:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I found a couple of DE-based products to be used |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. $16 for 8 ounces!!! |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Well, I haven't bought any yet, and I have been wondering why |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. like I said - it is drying and it will make thier fur feel funky (and be powdery and white) |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I've ahd these huge cock-roach/palmetto bug things |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. possibly just sugar? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. 77% Silicon Dioxide from Diatomaceous Earth, |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. then save that for the building and get some 99% or whatever the |
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Zoigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
14. Flea combs |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. Mother Earth Article |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 04:03 AM Response to Original message |
23. I live in a high flea infested area (coastal SC...sand fleas) |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. um - |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. There is a type here that lives in sand wherever you find it |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. ah - sand flies |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. No, not midges. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. ah. okay |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. And lots of them. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. actually, I did. |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Then you know what I mean. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
24. I sprinkle borax on the carpet |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
26. i feed my dogs garlic every day and never have ticks or fleas since I started |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. salt water. |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
32. I use original blue Dawn (the one you use to wash dishes) |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
36. Hey, thanks everyone!! |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 12:07 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. de and vinegar and baking soda are all chemicals too, just to be clear |
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