Borax recently found to be toxic to people and animals Re: FLEAS!

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Used to use it; read somewhere it is now considered toxic; Now I use food-grade DIATOMACEOUS EARTH POWDER instead, blow it behind baseboards too, KILLS TICKS AROUND YARD TOO. Never heard of olive oil and fleas. Will try. ty Also heard that garlic can be toxic at least for cats; this is controversial, many opinionsTo:

BorreliaMultipleInfectionsAndAutism Sent: Wed, January 4, 2012 11:41:02 PMSubject: Re: Re: FLEAS!

great tips everyone, thanks!!!! looks like a lot of you are successful with out the nasty stuff for the most part. I've been putting the olive oil on his food, but i will certainly try it topically too!!! I hadn't heard that one.

our poor pooch has been under a lot of stress with 2 big moves in 6 months, one cross country, to a totally different climate, lost his papa, became the "man of the house," changed his food twice, watching out for a stressed out kid and mama, i'm sure all that made him more suseptible too.

thank you all!

Roseann

Re: FLEAS!

Google about olive oil and fleas. When you wash it out, always leave a little olive oil in where the fleas always go, like the back of the neck and tail. I have used it for lice with great results; it worked much better than the toxic store stuff. Love and prayers,

Heidi N

> > > > > > > I could use any advice...I recently moved to a tick/flea area from AZ (no

> > fleas + tics) and now my daughters service dog has fleas (yes, in the middle

> > of winter!) Needless to say if I have to deal with this now I am going to

> > need a lasting resolution by Spring.

> > > > I'm concerned about the commercially available treatments due to my daughters

> > energetic + chemical sensitivity ( she has reacted to vaccines that have been

> > freshly given to animals near her, so she is super reactive) I must admit I

> > have not researched what options are available. I need to get a handle on

> > this, any thoughts? Anyone using the commercially available stuff, are they

> > safe or just an injectable pesticide?

> > > > right now I am attempting the tedious work of using lavender dish soap and a

> > flea comb... I realistically can not keep this up and will need something a

> > little more low maintenance. Help!

> > > > thanks!

> > Roseann > > > > > > > > > >

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