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

[Kat]

Oi.

On 3/31/2012 6:34 PM, KTOT (g) wrote:
> 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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>>
>>
>> -- 
>>
>>
>> b e n j a m i n p r a t t
>>
>> professor art+design
>> the university of wisconsin stout
>>
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