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

[KTOT (g)]

It really isn't hard to wade through the garbage online and find the 
credible information. Of course you can find anything you want online, and 
many people who have no ability to think and analyze at all believe a lot of 
it, I'm sure. So have you searched and found some credible sites with the 
information on what you're looking for or do you need help finding them? You 
still have not, I believe, clarified what you mean by "safe." That can be a 
very ambiguous term, so what one person considers safe may not be at all 
what you're looking for.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Benjamin Pratt
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 7:18 PM
To: Green Building
Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Flea control in dogs (Re: Off topic)

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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