SO satisfying :)
I use diatomaceous earth (food grade). Just don’t wave the powder substance so that the dog can breathe it in. I also use the Mercola Flea and Tick Collar. www.Mercola.com I’m not big on chemicals around the house so I use diatomaceous earth outside as well. I use it in my garden, too.
That’s for cut worms
Diatomaceous earth will kill any insect it touches. The diatoms its made of are like tiny razor blades and are a natural desiccant. It sticks to the moist joints between the insects exoskeleton, shreds them and starts them to leaking precious bodily fluids. Food grade can be used for internal parasites like worms. Externally it works great on fleas and ticks inside the house and in the yard. Sync your useage up with the insects egg cycle of the critter bugging you and their strangle hold on you is over!
Absolutely right! DE kills bugs in 48 hours. And if you use it in the yard; bug free. Safe for pets. Since it’s ground Scalia, it like razors on bugs bodies. They crawl on it, it slices them up and they just dry up. Great for bed bugs as well. Sprinkle around baseboards and carpets to get rid of them and fleas. Vacuum in 48 hours and gone.
If you add the DE to a spray bottle of water and spray it on the dog and your home, when it dries, it’s just as deadly as the dry powder form.
Southern States used to carry it ready-made and it was viciously effective, but they went out of business in my area, decades ago.
I also use the AdvantageII yard spray to knock them back. We haven't seen a flea yet this spring, and only 1 tick, and it was on the cat.
SO satisfying :)
I like DE. you can dust your animals too. It’s a mineral and won’t hurt them but kills the fleas and ticks.