Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning
I really have not had any problem with fleas or ticks so far, just buffalo gnats and now that the weather is warmer, they seem to be gone. Possible problem: I have 3 that do not go out at all, don't even ask. Also, we have an open floor plan meaning no doors except bathrooms and the cats can open them. Mostly I am worried about the cracks under the baseboards. Guess I could put the inside guys in carriers while I was doing this, but how long? Could I maybe use a wet Swiffer mop to get any off the floor and leave what fell between cracks? Most of the house is quarry tile and bedrooms are wood laminate. Lee Evans moonsiste...@yahoo.com wrote: It does have a drying effect on human skin so be sure to wash your hands, arms, whatever it contacts. That's how this stuff works. It dries out the fleas. Their underside is soft and it simply dehydrates them like prunes. Don't use a flour sifter. What I did was take a tablespoon and place it on my shed floor (where the fleas were really rocking and rolling and the cats were itching and scritching) and with a regular broom swept it slowly and gently from side to side and into the baseboard around the floor. I have lino but it's also old and slight separations between the each glued down part. So then I kept the cats out for 24 hours (do in good weather if you have an outside enclosure attached to a cat room) and next day, no polka dots on my pants, no flea bites. Yes, you can spread it outside but again, don't poof it into the air if you are sensitive and don't do on windy day. Flea Busters is also good but it's boric acid or borax, not good for cats to lick from their fur. With diatomaceous earth, you don't have to wait several days. Fleas are gone over night. However, make sure you don't inhale or you will get all dried out. Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors too! From: dlg...@windstream.net dlg...@windstream.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, July 1, 2013 5:50 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning I was really thinking of using it in the yard and on the deck and seeing how that worked. So far last year and this year we have had NO FLEA OR TICK PROBLEMS. The cats only go out on the deck, except Harley. He goes into the woods, but has only had 2 ticks and no sign of fleas. KNOCK ON WOOD. nOW IF THERE WAS A SOLUTION FOR BUFFALO GNATS. They raise huge welts on me and so I spend most of my time indoors until they are gone. They usually disappear when it starts getting hot. ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning
It's food grade DE. It is perfectly safe to consume - cats, dogs, horses, people, etc.. It's usually mixed with wet food or water. It works by microscopically scratching the bugs//worms which then dessicate. See http://wolfcreekranch1.tripod.com/defaq.html or just google. Sounds like some can have reaction to breathing it, so extra care to avoid stirring it into the air is.needed. I wonder if the mask could stop the tiny particles. I haven't ever needed to use it indoors but I appreciate the cautionary tale shared. On Monday, July 1, 2013, C PQ c...@hotmail.com wrote: I know someone that FEEDS it to her cats. That can't be good after hearing your experience. If it's a desiccant, then I would think it might cause internal damage. Anyone know anything about that? - Fight back spam! Download the Blue Frog. http://www.bluesecurity.com/register/s?user=Y3BxMzc0NQ%3D%3D Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 17:50:19 -0500 From: dlg...@windstream.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning I was really thinking of using it in the yard and on the deck and seeing how that worked. So far last year and this year we have had NO FLEA OR TICK PROBLEMS. The cats only go out on the deck, except Harley. He goes into the woods, but has only had 2 ticks and no sign of fleas. KNOCK ON WOOD. nOW IF THERE WAS A SOLUTION FOR BUFFALO GNATS. They raise huge welts on me and so I spend most of my time indoors until they are gone. They usually disappear when it starts getting hot. janine paton patonjan...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I am sorry, I haven't been following this thread but caught the diatomaceous warning. Hoping they still make this, but 1-800-flea busters out of FL. is my favorite product to use. It's a little work, but I think I was over zealous the first year. Third yr I used it, I was not so diligent, but it worked just fine. It is safe, and it lasts a year and that's the real bonus. Takes a few weeks to work, but it really does. Janine From: Lorrie felineres...@frontier.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, July 1, 2013 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning Very scary Beth, Thanks for the warning. On 07-01, Beth wrote: I don't want to start a barrage of OT emails with this post. Just a quick warnng to be careful I tried the food grade diatomaceous earth this weekend to try to stop the fleas. I have all hardwood floors - really old ones, with lots of crevices for the flea eggs to hide in. I wore a good sanding mask which blocks small particles. I opened the windows (as many as I could without danger of the cats getting out). I sprinkled it in the product on the floors using a sieve. I gently swept it into the cracks in the floor in my bedroom hallway. If did not create any visible dust clouds, etc. I went outside, took the mask off sat for a bit. When I went back inside I could not breath. My mouth immediately became parched my throat started closing. I grabbed some water went back outside. I spent the rest of the day with the mask back on washing the floors trying to get rid of the stuff. Please be careful. I am a very active, relatively young person. I don't have breathing issues. This was quite scary. In addition to the breathing issues, some of it got on my skin it just burned. Again, yes, this was the food grade kind. I know people on this list use it have no problems. That's great. But if you have not tried it, please be careful if you do. Try it in a very small area, first. I guess I will go back to vacuuming flea combing. I may use the rest in the yard since most of the problem seems to be my dog bringing them in from outside. Beth ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning
There's a good bit of info out there about it. People do actually eat it. I dd not mean to clog up the list with this post. Just wanted to send out a warning of my experience. I did not use a flour sifter to apply it. I gently spread it on the floor gently swept it into the cracks, creating no visible dust , but it still affected me enough I was afraid I was going to have to call 911. I am still having breathing problems this morning as I did not get it all out of the house. I imagine that will take a long time. It burned my skin. Someone had mentioned that you could actually put it on your animals. If it burned my skin, I cannot imagine putting it on one of my animals. I do have very sensitive skin (I have to have fragrance free lotion) I do get flu-like symptoms around cleaning products, so maybe my body is just extra sensitive. Just wanted to make sure people are cautious when using this test a small area 1st to make sure it does not adversely affect you. If it works great for you with no problems, that's wonderful. I would keep using it. I wish I could. Beth Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org From: C PQ c...@hotmail.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, July 1, 2013 8:48 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning I know someone that FEEDS it to her cats. That can't be good after hearing your experience. If it's a desiccant, then I would think it might cause internal damage. Anyone know anything about that? - Fight back spam! Download the Blue Frog. http://www.bluesecurity.com/register/s?user=Y3BxMzc0NQ%3D%3D On 07-01, Beth wrote: I don't want to start a barrage of OT emails with this post. Just a quick warnng to be careful I tried the food grade diatomaceous earth this weekend to try to stop the fleas. I have all hardwood floors - really old ones, with lots of crevices for the flea eggs to hide in. I wore a good sanding mask which blocks small particles. I opened the windows (as many as I could without danger of the cats getting out). I sprinkled it in the product on the floors using a sieve. I gently swept it into the cracks in the floor in my bedroom hallway. If did not create any visible dust clouds, etc. I went outside, took the mask off sat for a bit. When I went back inside I could not breath. My mouth immediately became parched my throat started closing. I grabbed some water went back outside. I spent the rest of the day with the mask back on washing the floors trying to get rid of the stuff. Please be careful. I am a very active, relatively young person. I don't have breathing issues. This was quite scary. In addition to the breathing issues, some of it got on my skin it just burned. Again, yes, this was the food grade kind. I know people on this list use it have no problems. That's great. But if you have not tried it, please be careful if you do. Try it in a very small area, first. I guess I will go back to vacuuming flea combing. I may use the rest in the yard since most of the problem seems to be my dog bringing them in from outside. Beth ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning
It is created as a calcium supplement (the same as ground up egg shells). It's used as a calcium supplement for farm animals and dogs. As long as it's being mixed into wet food it's not a desiccant. It's only when it's inhaled or spread as a powder on skin that it has that effect. However, I have never tried feeding it to the cats to prevent fleas. Years ago, brewers yeast was supposed to be good at preventing fleas when fed to cats. It did absolutely nothing except annoy my cats and get me scratched a few times. Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors too! From: C PQ c...@hotmail.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, July 1, 2013 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning I know someone that FEEDS it to her cats. That can't be good after hearing your experience. If it's a desiccant, then I would think it might cause internal damage. Anyone know anything about that? - Fight back spam! Download the Blue Frog. http://www.bluesecurity.com/register/s?user=Y3BxMzc0NQ%3D%3D Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 17:50:19 -0500 From: dlg...@windstream.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning I was really thinking of using it in the yard and on the deck and seeing how that worked. So far last year and this year we have had NO FLEA OR TICK PROBLEMS. The cats only go out on the deck, except Harley. He goes into the woods, but has only had 2 ticks and no sign of fleas. KNOCK ON WOOD. nOW IF THERE WAS A SOLUTION FOR BUFFALO GNATS. They raise huge welts on me and so I spend most of my time indoors until they are gone. They usually disappear when it starts getting hot. janine paton patonjan...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I am sorry, I haven't been following this thread but caught the diatomaceous warning. Hoping they still make this, but 1-800-flea busters out of FL. is my favorite product to use. It's a little work, but I think I was over zealous the first year. Third yr I used it, I was not so diligent, but it worked just fine. It is safe, and it lasts a year and that's the real bonus. Takes a few weeks to work, but it really does. Janine From: Lorrie felineres...@frontier.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, July 1, 2013 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning Very scary Beth, Thanks for the warning. On 07-01, Beth wrote: I don't want to start a barrage of OT emails with this post. Just a quick warnng to be careful I tried the food grade diatomaceous earth this weekend to try to stop the fleas. I have all hardwood floors - really old ones, with lots of crevices for the flea eggs to hide in. I wore a good sanding mask which blocks small particles. I opened the windows (as many as I could without danger of the cats getting out). I sprinkled it in the product on the floors using a sieve. I gently swept it into the cracks in the floor in my bedroom hallway. If did not create any visible dust clouds, etc. I went outside, took the mask off sat for a bit. When I went back inside I could not breath. My mouth immediately became parched my throat started closing. I grabbed some water went back outside. I spent the rest of the day with the mask back on washing the floors trying to get rid of the stuff. Please be careful. I am a very active, relatively young person. I don't have breathing issues. This was quite scary. In addition to the breathing issues, some of it got on my skin it just burned. Again, yes, this was the food grade kind. I know people on this list use it have no problems. That's great. But if you have not tried it, please be careful if you do. Try it in a very small area, first. I guess I will go back to vacuuming flea combing. I may use the rest in the yard since most of the problem seems to be my dog bringing them in from outside. Beth ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning
Thanks for the clarification. I was worried, but not anymore. - Fight back spam! Download the Blue Frog. http://www.bluesecurity.com/register/s?user=Y3BxMzc0NQ%3D%3D Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 08:12:08 -0700 From: moonsiste...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning It is created as a calcium supplement (the same as ground up egg shells). It's used as a calcium supplement for farm animals and dogs. As long as it's being mixed into wet food it's not a desiccant. It's only when it's inhaled or spread as a powder on skin that it has that effect. However, I have never tried feeding it to the cats to prevent fleas. Years ago, brewers yeast was supposed to be good at preventing fleas when fed to cats. It did absolutely nothing except annoy my cats and get me scratched a few times. Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors too! From: C PQ c...@hotmail.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, July 1, 2013 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning I know someone that FEEDS it to her cats. That can't be good after hearing your experience. If it's a desiccant, then I would think it might cause internal damage. Anyone know anything about that? - Fight back spam! Download the Blue Frog. http://www.bluesecurity.com/register/s?user=Y3BxMzc0NQ%3D%3D Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 17:50:19 -0500 From: dlg...@windstream.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning I was really thinking of using it in the yard and on the deck and seeing how that worked. So far last year and this year we have had NO FLEA OR TICK PROBLEMS. The cats only go out on the deck, except Harley. He goes into the woods, but has only had 2 ticks and no sign of fleas. KNOCK ON WOOD. nOW IF THERE WAS A SOLUTION FOR BUFFALO GNATS. They raise huge welts on me and so I spend most of my time indoors until they are gone. They usually disappear when it starts getting hot. janine paton patonjan...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I am sorry, I haven't been following this thread but caught the diatomaceous warning. Hoping they still make this, but 1-800-flea busters out of FL. is my favorite product to use. It's a little work, but I think I was over zealous the first year. Third yr I used it, I was not so diligent, but it worked just fine. It is safe, and it lasts a year and that's the real bonus. Takes a few weeks to work, but it really does. Janine From: Lorrie felineres...@frontier.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, July 1, 2013 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning Very scary Beth, Thanks for the warning. On 07-01, Beth wrote: I don't want to start a barrage of OT emails with this post. Just a quick warnng to be careful I tried the food grade diatomaceous earth this weekend to try to stop the fleas. I have all hardwood floors - really old ones, with lots of crevices for the flea eggs to hide in. I wore a good sanding mask which blocks small particles. I opened the windows (as many as I could without danger of the cats getting out). I sprinkled it in the product on the floors using a sieve. I gently swept it into the cracks in the floor in my bedroom hallway. If did not create any visible dust clouds, etc. I went outside, took the mask off sat for a bit. When I went back inside I could not breath. My mouth immediately became parched my throat started closing. I grabbed some water went back outside. I spent the rest of the day with the mask back on washing the floors trying to get rid of the stuff. Please be careful. I am a very active, relatively young person. I don't have breathing issues. This was quite scary. In addition to the breathing issues, some of it got on my skin it just burned. Again, yes, this was the food grade kind. I know people on this list use it have no problems. That's great. But if you have not tried it, please be careful if you do. Try it in a very small area, first. I guess I will go back to vacuuming flea combing. I may use the rest in the yard since most of the problem seems to be my dog bringing them in from outside. Beth ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http
Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning
Very scary Beth, Thanks for the warning. On 07-01, Beth wrote: I don't want to start a barrage of OT emails with this post. Just a quick warnng to be careful I tried the food grade diatomaceous earth this weekend to try to stop the fleas. I have all hardwood floors - really old ones, with lots of crevices for the flea eggs to hide in. I wore a good sanding mask which blocks small particles. I opened the windows (as many as I could without danger of the cats getting out). I sprinkled it in the product on the floors using a sieve. I gently swept it into the cracks in the floor in my bedroom hallway. If did not create any visible dust clouds, etc. I went outside, took the mask off sat for a bit. When I went back inside I could not breath. My mouth immediately became parched my throat started closing. I grabbed some water went back outside. I spent the rest of the day with the mask back on washing the floors trying to get rid of the stuff. Please be careful. I am a very active, relatively young person. I don't have breathing issues. This was quite scary. In addition to the breathing issues, some of it got on my skin it just burned. Again, yes, this was the food grade kind. I know people on this list use it have no problems. That's great. But if you have not tried it, please be careful if you do. Try it in a very small area, first. I guess I will go back to vacuuming flea combing. I may use the rest in the yard since most of the problem seems to be my dog bringing them in from outside. Beth ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning
I am sorry, I haven't been following this thread but caught the diatomaceous warning. Hoping they still make this, but 1-800-flea busters out of FL. is my favorite product to use. It's a little work, but I think I was over zealous the first year. Third yr I used it, I was not so diligent, but it worked just fine. It is safe, and it lasts a year and that's the real bonus. Takes a few weeks to work, but it really does. Janine From: Lorrie felineres...@frontier.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, July 1, 2013 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning Very scary Beth, Thanks for the warning. On 07-01, Beth wrote: I don't want to start a barrage of OT emails with this post. Just a quick warnng to be careful I tried the food grade diatomaceous earth this weekend to try to stop the fleas. I have all hardwood floors - really old ones, with lots of crevices for the flea eggs to hide in. I wore a good sanding mask which blocks small particles. I opened the windows (as many as I could without danger of the cats getting out). I sprinkled it in the product on the floors using a sieve. I gently swept it into the cracks in the floor in my bedroom hallway. If did not create any visible dust clouds, etc. I went outside, took the mask off sat for a bit. When I went back inside I could not breath. My mouth immediately became parched my throat started closing. I grabbed some water went back outside. I spent the rest of the day with the mask back on washing the floors trying to get rid of the stuff. Please be careful. I am a very active, relatively young person. I don't have breathing issues. This was quite scary. In addition to the breathing issues, some of it got on my skin it just burned. Again, yes, this was the food grade kind. I know people on this list use it have no problems. That's great. But if you have not tried it, please be careful if you do. Try it in a very small area, first. I guess I will go back to vacuuming flea combing. I may use the rest in the yard since most of the problem seems to be my dog bringing them in from outside. Beth ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning
I was really thinking of using it in the yard and on the deck and seeing how that worked. So far last year and this year we have had NO FLEA OR TICK PROBLEMS. The cats only go out on the deck, except Harley. He goes into the woods, but has only had 2 ticks and no sign of fleas. KNOCK ON WOOD. nOW IF THERE WAS A SOLUTION FOR BUFFALO GNATS. They raise huge welts on me and so I spend most of my time indoors until they are gone. They usually disappear when it starts getting hot. janine paton patonjan...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I am sorry, I haven't been following this thread but caught the diatomaceous warning. Hoping they still make this, but 1-800-flea busters out of FL. is my favorite product to use. It's a little work, but I think I was over zealous the first year. Third yr I used it, I was not so diligent, but it worked just fine. It is safe, and it lasts a year and that's the real bonus. Takes a few weeks to work, but it really does. Janine From: Lorrie felineres...@frontier.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, July 1, 2013 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning Very scary Beth, Thanks for the warning. On 07-01, Beth wrote: I don't want to start a barrage of OT emails with this post. Just a quick warnng to be careful I tried the food grade diatomaceous earth this weekend to try to stop the fleas. I have all hardwood floors - really old ones, with lots of crevices for the flea eggs to hide in. I wore a good sanding mask which blocks small particles. I opened the windows (as many as I could without danger of the cats getting out). I sprinkled it in the product on the floors using a sieve. I gently swept it into the cracks in the floor in my bedroom hallway. If did not create any visible dust clouds, etc. I went outside, took the mask off sat for a bit. When I went back inside I could not breath. My mouth immediately became parched my throat started closing. I grabbed some water went back outside. I spent the rest of the day with the mask back on washing the floors trying to get rid of the stuff. Please be careful. I am a very active, relatively young person. I don't have breathing issues. This was quite scary. In addition to the breathing issues, some of it got on my skin it just burned. Again, yes, this was the food grade kind. I know people on this list use it have no problems. That's great. But if you have not tried it, please be careful if you do. Try it in a very small area, first. I guess I will go back to vacuuming flea combing. I may use the rest in the yard since most of the problem seems to be my dog bringing them in from outside. Beth ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning
It does have a drying effect on human skin so be sure to wash your hands, arms, whatever it contacts. That's how this stuff works. It dries out the fleas. Their underside is soft and it simply dehydrates them like prunes. Don't use a flour sifter. What I did was take a tablespoon and place it on my shed floor (where the fleas were really rocking and rolling and the cats were itching and scritching) and with a regular broom swept it slowly and gently from side to side and into the baseboard around the floor. I have lino but it's also old and slight separations between the each glued down part. So then I kept the cats out for 24 hours (do in good weather if you have an outside enclosure attached to a cat room) and next day, no polka dots on my pants, no flea bites. Yes, you can spread it outside but again, don't poof it into the air if you are sensitive and don't do on windy day. Flea Busters is also good but it's boric acid or borax, not good for cats to lick from their fur. With diatomaceous earth, you don't have to wait several days. Fleas are gone over night. However, make sure you don't inhale or you will get all dried out. Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors too! From: dlg...@windstream.net dlg...@windstream.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, July 1, 2013 5:50 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning I was really thinking of using it in the yard and on the deck and seeing how that worked. So far last year and this year we have had NO FLEA OR TICK PROBLEMS. The cats only go out on the deck, except Harley. He goes into the woods, but has only had 2 ticks and no sign of fleas. KNOCK ON WOOD. nOW IF THERE WAS A SOLUTION FOR BUFFALO GNATS. They raise huge welts on me and so I spend most of my time indoors until they are gone. They usually disappear when it starts getting hot. ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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I know someone that FEEDS it to her cats. That can't be good after hearing your experience. If it's a desiccant, then I would think it might cause internal damage. Anyone know anything about that? - Fight back spam! Download the Blue Frog. http://www.bluesecurity.com/register/s?user=Y3BxMzc0NQ%3D%3D Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 17:50:19 -0500 From: dlg...@windstream.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning I was really thinking of using it in the yard and on the deck and seeing how that worked. So far last year and this year we have had NO FLEA OR TICK PROBLEMS. The cats only go out on the deck, except Harley. He goes into the woods, but has only had 2 ticks and no sign of fleas. KNOCK ON WOOD. nOW IF THERE WAS A SOLUTION FOR BUFFALO GNATS. They raise huge welts on me and so I spend most of my time indoors until they are gone. They usually disappear when it starts getting hot. janine paton patonjan...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I am sorry, I haven't been following this thread but caught the diatomaceous warning. Hoping they still make this, but 1-800-flea busters out of FL. is my favorite product to use. It's a little work, but I think I was over zealous the first year. Third yr I used it, I was not so diligent, but it worked just fine. It is safe, and it lasts a year and that's the real bonus. Takes a few weeks to work, but it really does. Janine From: Lorrie felineres...@frontier.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, July 1, 2013 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] OT-diatomaceous earth - warning Very scary Beth, Thanks for the warning. On 07-01, Beth wrote: I don't want to start a barrage of OT emails with this post. Just a quick warnng to be careful I tried the food grade diatomaceous earth this weekend to try to stop the fleas. I have all hardwood floors - really old ones, with lots of crevices for the flea eggs to hide in. I wore a good sanding mask which blocks small particles. I opened the windows (as many as I could without danger of the cats getting out). I sprinkled it in the product on the floors using a sieve. I gently swept it into the cracks in the floor in my bedroom hallway. If did not create any visible dust clouds, etc. I went outside, took the mask off sat for a bit. When I went back inside I could not breath. My mouth immediately became parched my throat started closing. I grabbed some water went back outside. I spent the rest of the day with the mask back on washing the floors trying to get rid of the stuff. Please be careful. I am a very active, relatively young person. I don't have breathing issues. This was quite scary. In addition to the breathing issues, some of it got on my skin it just burned. Again, yes, this was the food grade kind. I know people on this list use it have no problems. That's great. But if you have not tried it, please be careful if you do. Try it in a very small area, first. I guess I will go back to vacuuming flea combing. I may use the rest in the yard since most of the problem seems to be my dog bringing them in from outside. Beth ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
