Anyone here take diatomaceous earth?
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I have given it to my animals from time to time. It is supposed to be a good natural wormer. I have never taken it myself.
One thing you need to be cautious about with DE is breathing in the fine dust. Breathing it even in low doses over an extend time can cause silicosis. Most folks are not going to get a high enough concentration using it medicinally to get the disease but it always good to be aware.
I'm very aware of the dust lol our dogs brought fleas home one day so I put it all over our carpets. Bad move! It took many, many times aroundthe house with the vacuum cleaner to get rid of the clouds. Alsogot rid of the fleas though!
Use boric acid for fleas sprinkle all over carpet, couches, hard floors and leave for several days before vacuuming. I also put about a teaspoon in my drinking water daily. It has many benefits. Just ordered 5lbs pharmaceutical grade from Florida labs for $16.
Interesting. Never heard of this, but I'll be looking into it.
I think Borax, slightly different than boric acid. I think borax is ok to take internally, measured amounts, but not boric acid. They are different.
I could be wrong but I hear people take borax internally and not boric acid. Double check to make sure.
If you need something to get rid of the fleas in carpets use plain old table salt. It dehydrates them, and it is easy to vacuum out.
This is the safest.
same happened here.. it ruined the vacuum though
Use Borateem instead for fleas
That's why the only vacuum worth owning is a true HEPA vacuum because otherwise you are sending micro particles in the air to be re breathed.