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MOMFUDSKI

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1. Do This:
Thu Nov 10, 2022, 09:21 PM
Nov 2022

Sprinkle 20 Mule Team Borax (you will find it in the laundry aisle at the supermarket) at all the baseboards in your house. Put it under couch cushions if they are removable. Also sprinkle it on ALL of your carpet for your first treatment. Then take a stiff broom and broom it in. Do not vacuum for a week. Then repeat the process twice a year. The borax is safe for people/pets. If a flea lays a batch of eggs the borax will dry them out and they will not hatch. I live in Florida and we have lots of fleas here. I did this the last 25 years while I had dogs. Works like a charm. I sprinkle Borax around the edges of walls in my garage every 6 months. I have seen Palmetto Bugs (they are like large cockroaches) on their backs dying in my garage. They walk on the Borax and then lick their feet to clean and it kills them. Once I started using it on my carpet I never saw another flea.

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Fleas! [View all] Aussie105 Nov 2022 OP
Do This: MOMFUDSKI Nov 2022 #1
I learned from you today - thanks! jmbar2 Nov 2022 #5
Borax is toxic to dogs! SheltieLover Nov 2022 #9
Borax is toxic to dogs! SheltieLover Nov 2022 #8
In the US there's a medication, Capstar, AndyS Nov 2022 #2
That is a NeoNic pesticde IbogaProject Nov 2022 #7
Capstar is not a topical. It is a tablet AndyS Nov 2022 #12
It still gets In the watershed IbogaProject Nov 2022 #14
Diatomaceous earth Iwasthere Nov 2022 #3
This is what I use. SheltieLover Nov 2022 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author jmbar2 Nov 2022 #4
Borax and diatomaceous earth, good ideas. Aussie105 Nov 2022 #6
Borax is toxic to dogs! SheltieLover Nov 2022 #10
Don't forget to spray your yard. iscooterliberally Nov 2022 #13
I won't list brand names... CrabbyAppleton Nov 2022 #15
I go scorched earth when fleas show up I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2022 #16
Here's a relatively cheap, sure remedy (kills all small insects like bedbugs) -- edible grade diatomaceous earth. It's ancianita Aug 2024 #17
Just an update from the person who started this thread . . . Aussie105 Aug 2024 #18
The diatamaceous earth. .and be sure to put a few bay leaves under all niyad Aug 2024 #19
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