Re: Carpets and fleas

[Guest guest]

And that will kill the fleas for cat and dogs?Tom

Good Morning all,

I rent here but have tended to about 100 strays or so. Regular salt is great to kill fleas that get into the carpet. Just sprinkle and let it sit a while and then vacuum. Just make sure to remove the vacuum cleaner bag and dispose ot it in another airtight bag outside.

Hope everyone had a nice Heart Day.

Have a great day.

Blessings,

Tone

[Guest guest]

You're welcome Suzi. The cats are outside but as you know it does not take much to bring those hard to rid of fleas inside. They love socks! Thing is that they never bite me but go straight for my son LOL

Using the salt is inexpensive and does work.

Have a great day!

Toni

[Guest guest]

this is regular table salt??

Yes, regular table salt.

Have a great day!

[Guest guest]

Hey Kit,

I use it on my floor as well as the carpets though it can be a pain to get up on there. You can always wash down the concrete with some dish detergent and water if you could as that would kill them. I know the times I had kittens I would fine comb them with soapy water or use a washcloth to wash them down with it. I only have 2 outside now and they are healthy and happy. But I do keep a carrier in my car and am always on the lookout so I can get them and get them taken care of.

And this Winter has been nutty with the weather. Yesterday it poured all day long, today was mild and tomorrow more rain before temps drop again. Always alittle sign of different things to come.

Good luck and Have a great night

Tone

[Guest guest]

The washing down sounds like a good idea. It will help with the

duck do-do all over the porch as well. I wonder if the salt will

hurt his duck feet....? These were kittens that were a month old when

I moved here. I trapped them at about 4 months and did fix-

and-release. I've managed to be able to pet and sometimes pick up

two. I have my doubts about success with the other two....maybe, tho.

I tried to get one to the vet for ear mites but gave up and am going

to try to treat myself. I much prefer the flea comb method and have

always used it on my short-haired guys. I've now got two long-haired

ferals in the house (in & out) they're not thrilled about excessive

handling of any sort. ....trials and tribulations, eh..? Kit

> Hey Kit,

>

> I use it on my floor as well as the carpets though it can be a

pain to get up on there. You can always wash down the concrete with

some dish detergent and water if you could as that would kill them. I

know the times I had kittens I would fine comb them with soapy water

or use a washcloth to wash them down with it. I only have 2 outside

now and they are healthy and happy. But I do keep a carrier in my car

and am always on the lookout so I can get them and get them taken care of.

>

> And this Winter has been nutty with the weather. Yesterday it poured

all day long, today was mild and tomorrow more rain before temps drop

again. Always alittle sign of different things to come.

>

> Good luck and Have a great night

> Tone

[Guest guest]

Kit,

I am not sure about the sensitivity of the duckie's web feet but I would be careful with that as I would think it might be irritating.If he does walk on it somewhere, maybe you can hose his little feet down too

For the ear mites you can try some mineral oil swabbed on the inner folds of the ear. Don't drop it in though I doubt it would do harm but just coat where you can see as the mites will suffocate. LOL hopefully I am not getting confused here! With having taken care of so many and done so much on my own...well. My one outside cat is my soulcat Peep was born right into my hands 7 years ago next month. I am the only human to go within 20 feet of him nevermind pet him, feed him, touch him and all that.( I feel special and blessed lol). He had a bad fur thing going on which adding alittle organic flax oil to his diet helped. That or prayer

Good Luck Hon

Tone....who wants to and needs to move to the country

[Guest guest]

Good to know about the mineral oil....I bet there's some oily front

paws to go with that...all the grooming to get it out. LOL.

That's amazing about PEEP...I guess his mom was friendly if you could

get that close. My ferals are similiar, Oliver Twisted is my

crippled feral and he might go up for a sniff to one couple of

friends...and the woman who gives him cranio-sacral...but no one

else. Ranger will not let anyone near him. Rosie and Booley the

outside guys are only now getting use to me...at least Rosie loves

to be stroked.

I'll watch out for the duck's feet. He's actually a Mallard who has

decided to hang in the hood. He has befriended the cats and steals

dry food from the neighbor...when he's not grubbing for worms. I

think he must be a reject from the flock. We've got geese and ducks

in the park across the street but they stay put or hang out at other

area ponds and lakes. I live in a small town, 13K, after having lived

for 26 years in Austin, TX. I have plenty of wildlife. There are a

pair of owls that meet at the old water tower. I can sit on my back

steps and watch and listen to them. I woke up to skunk this

AM...peeuuw...plus it makes me nervous since they carry rabies. I

looked at country properties then came within two feet of stepping on

a rattler and that cinched my choice of town-living. I eventually

would like to get a garden going with one beehive and a couple of

egg-laying hens. That'll be after school is finished. :-) Kit

> Kit,

>

> I am not sure about the sensitivity of the duckie's web feet but

I would be careful with that as I would think it might be

irritating.If he does walk on it somewhere, maybe you can hose his

little feet down too

> For the ear mites you can try some mineral oil swabbed on the inner

folds of the ear. Don't drop it in though I doubt it would do harm but

just coat where you can see as the mites will suffocate. LOL hopefully

I am not getting confused here! With having taken care of so many and

done so much on my own...well. My one outside cat is my soulcat

Peep was born right into my hands 7 years ago next month. I am the

only human to go within 20 feet of him nevermind pet him, feed him,

touch him and all that.( I feel special and blessed lol). He had a bad

fur thing going on which adding alittle organic flax oil to his diet

helped. That or prayer

>

> Good Luck Hon

> Tone....who wants to and needs to move to the country

[Guest guest]

> VA USA NO fleas here and I have many dogs.

No fleas here either and I had many cats. What I used was a flea

comb dipped in and stored in ethanol (rubbing alcohol), although

water might have worked as well. Pull the comb through the animals

fur, and then put the comb into a jar of alcohol and watch the fleas

jump outta the flea comb. Repeat this once or twice a day for a

couple of weeks, along with daily carpet vacuuming and that should

take care of the problem.

The other possibility is to hold the cat down in a water bath until

all the fleas are drowned, but most cats won't put up with that for

more than a microsecond, which isn't enough time.

I had to come up with this method since my older cats couldn't handle

the toxicity of flea dips, or the vet's flea treatment.

[Guest guest]

> No fleas here either and I had many cats. What I used was a flea

> comb dipped in and stored in ethanol (rubbing alcohol), although

> water might have worked as well.

My cats never had fleas again after I started keeping a patch of mint.

They'd self medicate/sleep in the mint patch.

I have no cats of my own now but the neighborhood cats hang out in my

yard during the summer for what I imagine are theraputic reasons.

Penel