[Greenbuilding] Flea control in dogs (Re: Off topic)

[Benjamin Pratt]

My point was that you can google "drinking borax" and find a lot of
information that it's good for your health. So I knew I could "google
borax kills fleas" and find that it does--if I were to trust
non-credible sources.
 I know Borax is safer than insecticides, and I'd sooner use it (or
even drink it) than insecticides. That wasn't what I was questioning.
Ben

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 6:21 PM, KTOT (g) <ktottotc at gmail.com> wrote:
> What do you mean by safe? It's far safer than any Frontline or similar type
> chemical products to kill fleas. You will want to keep your dogs off the
> carpet if possible after you sprinkle (sprinkle only--not pour!) borax until
> you vacuum it up. And you will, as various sites note, want to discard the
> vacuum bag after vacuuming up, but that's so the flea eggs, larvae, etc. are
> totally removed from your house, not lying in your vacuum bag to reinfect
> your house as some point. Borax is a laundry product (as 20 Mule Team Borax)
> so clearly isn't harmful to touch, at least not to touch clothing, but you
> would never want to put it directly on your pets and you don't want them
> eating it off the carpet any more than you'd want them to eat other powdery
> things you might put on your carpet to clean or deodorize it. That said,
> bleach is also a laundry product and also one you want to respect when you
> use it other than in a greatly diluted fashion.
>
> In other words--used properly, it's one of the safest ways to rid fleas.
> Some people suggest diatomaceous earth--you might want to look into that as
> well. I've never tried it. Since my one-time use of borax a few decades ago
> I've never had a flea in my house or on my dogs.
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Benjamin Pratt
> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 5:07 PM
>
> To: Green Building
> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Flea control in dogs (Re: Off topic)
>
> Yes--I did google it--but it's hard to know what information to trust.
> For example, there are a lot of people out there drinking borax (in
> water). But i'm not going to do that unless I am sure it's safe.
>
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 5:59 PM, KTOT (g) <ktottotc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Google "borax to rid fleas carpet." Tons of information. For one,
>> http://www.ehow.com/how_4540343_using-borax-kill-fleas.html
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Benjamin Pratt
>> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 4:03 PM
>>
>> To: Green Building
>> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Flea control in dogs (Re: Off topic)
>>
>> That's awesome that borax works. I knew boric acid did--for roaches at
>> least--but not borax.  Can anyone else confirm this?
>>
>> Ben
>>
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the university of wisconsin stout