The DE should be down for a couple days, so as long as you do it then, it should be fine. on the box it has a variety of animals on it and says its ok to use on them as well as the lady who rang me up said she uses it for her chickens. Hi Angela! Plz help me; I recently had my male dog neutered & had to keep him inside for a few days & brought n our other dog as well but after bathing & treating them good. Good luck! Like I dont want to hurt my cats or chihuahua and while this is probably selfish of me but even more so I dont want to hurt myself. Second? Its an old remedy touted by June Lockhart of Lassie fame, and not only does it help with fleas but also invigorates the health of my cats. Thorough vacuuming every three days (including all crevices) can really help control House Fleas, too. Another thing to try are Seresto flea collars. I tried everything, bathe the dogs every other week, I asked about frontline plus, which I was provided with good reviews but I had 9 dogs and that was too expensive for me. I recently purchased a 25 lb bag of DE I applied it to both of my dogs and both cats all of my pets are inside not outside animals. Food grade is placed in seed storage facilities to dehydrate bugs from eating and reproducing in warehouses. Is there any thing youve come across that will prevent this? Hi Rhonda! I understand on my mattress and furniture I use a vacuum.cleaner. I do leave Boo go outside to roam around during the day, and he mainly comes in at night to eat/sleep. If applied correctly it is very effective. Organic management methods may be employed to combat these pests through cultural, physical, and organic-approved sprays and drenches. Might be time to call in a pro, let me know if you need a couple free quotes . I sprinkle it in our bed. Hi Evie! Hello Thank you for putting together this helpful web site. I cant find an answer online. I originally purchased DE when i noticed my cat had worms. Vacuuming twice (sometimes three) times a day for weeks now and always empty it outside and in a bag. Hi. Hi Matthew, not if you dont have pets/kids/etc. Thanks for all your support! I am glad that DE has helped you and thanks for sharing those tips. It shouldnt hurt them, just vacuum it up as soon as possible and replace with the food grade variation. If the DE isnt bothering you, you can just leave it down, will prevent any further infestations as well so that is a bonus. Hi! Hi. So I am bracing for a hatching of who knows how many each day. Hey Anne! I have a few area rugs do you think it would be a good idea to sprinkle them with DE then vacuum up? Thanks for any help you can offer! I read that Food Grade DE needed to be used and the Safer Brand didnt indicate that it was in fact Food Grade. I just put down some DE and Boric Acid on the entire lower floor and the stairs (Carpet and tile) Today I woke up and thought they were dead. Have you tried making a few DIY flea traps? Though estimates vary widely, scientists believe there may be as many as two million species of diatoms inhabiting lakes, oceans, ponds, and most other aquatic environments. Hi Sharon, apologies, I meant to specifically say cats when advising about their liver. While it does kill fleas, there are some important things to be aware of before using it. 2) Use a face mask or damp scarf to cover your mouth and nose until youre accustomed to using this powder. Within 24 hours her biting and scratching had minimized to almost nothing my home is officially flea free. BlackDiamond from Home Depot, When I got this package, I immediately sprinkled the 3 inside dogs. Thank you so much for your informative article. The beetles come in some very fancy colors including black, greenish-black, brown, metallic, white-striped, or yellow and orange striped. Also, we used some Dawn dish soap homemade flea traps. I took your advice and put the DE on the carpet and will continue to brush him out daily. Scouting twice a day for these pests is a good practice in an organic program. If this is the case, let me know and we can share it with the community! Does giving DE to the cats in their food help? Rub it or sprinkle it. Secondly, since its not carpets, just leave it down for the full three weeks. The fleas seem to be thriving in it. I.E. We recently rescued a choc lab that was going to be dumped at the shelter or the pound ! Was told it was safe to use on my 13 house cats, yes 13 cos they r so ate up with fleas. what about them inhaling while they sleep.. or am I over thinking :^), Hi Laura, definitely mix it up. Hi Kim, thanks for your suggestions, love them! Below ground, the larvae feed on the roots and tubers of host plants. Gottaga is white so you can actually see them crawling all over him. You should be able to order DE from your local Home Hardware or a farm store or feed store in Canada. Or will the fleas just move to the linoleum? We are giving DE a shot. I have read your complete article and many of the comments as well. We have released bug bombs and had out yard treated. So far, no scratching for the cat except once today and outside of two flea sightings this morning before treatment Nothing. So is that safe enough to use for fleas in the carpet? Sounds like you have a couple good flea fighting tools at your disposal (in the next couple days). Fortunately they dont seem to bother my kids or husband, but I probably got 15 bites in an hour and caught about 10 of those and executed them. Hi Justin! Now, though, im concerned that the Advantage wont work if there is still DE in their fur. Experts say a small amount can go a long way. Good point about the food grade DE and where to locate it, Thank you for pointing that out! Lisa's Landscape & Design Where do they get their victims? Came home and vacuumed each room a few times over and rubbed the diatomaceous earth over every inch (even under and all over furniture) by hand. It is also much more expensive than buying in bulk on Amazon. Just a regular vacuum with a bag works well. The cats bring in the fleas. How do I apply DE on hardwood floors and how much do I use? I think its important to remember that pets are no less vulnerable to these side effects, says Hanna. COPYRIGHT 2023 ASK THE EXPERTS LLC. Hi Jamie! At just about the same time when we begin to emerge from our homes in springtime, so do they. Any suggestions? The sales person, said that, while the packaging did not refer to the terms Food Grade on the packaging, she said the instructions indicated that it could be added to feedso I am assuming this is the right product? Could I put some DE in bag with bedspread, shake it around, let it set for day or two, then wash in warm water and warm dryer. Good luck, and sorry for the delayed response. Of course, you still want to get rid of them asap so that you dont encounter those nasty bites, trust me when I tell you I know how horrible they can be. Ive purchased food grade 100% DE online and it came with a brochure with basic DE info as well as Guidelines for Adding Food Grade DE to Animal Feed. Diatomaceous earth is extremely effective for killing fleas that are hiding in carpets, either in your home or even outside where your pets might enjoy taking a rest. Traps act like low-tech security cameras! 2 questions: 1. is there any value in adding DE to my dogs food? I bought some DE a week ago, all my furniture is in the middle of the room and Ive used a sieve to evenly spread over the carpets, Im 38 weeks pregnant and only managed to do one room at a time, is this any good or do I need to do the whole house in one? Diatomaceous earth can and will kill fleas in your home, says Ramsey. I sprinkled it on carpet and sofas.. Is it safe for my 9 year old daughter to be me in the same room that I sprinkled carpet in? Hi and thanks for all your helpful information. We have an exterminator coming next week to spray the house and both our dog and cat will be getting groomed and flea baths. God should never have given us fleas. My vet has me using the DE alone. Although diatomaceous earth is nontoxic to humans . I put down DE last night and after reading your article I went around and used a broom on the carpets. Thanks for sharing, I actually have an article on a trap like that, it is filed under my fleas category at the top. Hey Joan! Hey Annelyse! DE is really magical, just always got to make sure that its 100% pure otherwise it could cause major issues. Do you think I should have my husband cut all of it down and then spread DE within our yard and also on the outside?? Yes, you dont need to keep washing them to kill fleas if you have DE in place, just make sure its food grade. ), please keep them away from DE as due to their small body mass, it can be dangerous.. Hi Marty, diatomaceous earth will work for chiggers and a great defender is keeping grass mowed regularly. Also, Im thinking of just leaving some under the places my cats cant reach, like under the stove. You can apply it in wet or dry formapplying it in wet form allows it to cling to a surface easier, especially in the wind. Hi there, my 6 month old kitty got out a bout a month ago and weve noticed a few weeks ago that she broughtback fleas and now my 3 cats are infested, ive done alot of reasearch and my plan is to use dawn to bathe them should i sprinkle some de on them afterwards? I have used diatomaceous earth as an effective method of insect control for years (decades) I have a technique that I use for the application of it that I want to share. I researched DE years ago using different web sites to gather information and was pleased to see an article on this subject featured here along with the diligent attention/details you brought to this topic. 1 cup of food grade DE, 1/2 cup of yarrow powder and neem powder and 20 drops of eucalyptus oil. Its a pleasure, glad you have found it useful I recommend that you leave the DE down (rub into the carpets, etc.) Also, do I need to treat hard surfaces.such as bookshelves, our fireplace, etc? There are a variety of generalist predators and parasitic wasps that can help in the effort to manage a flea beetle population. Hi Danny! I already have shoes dedicated to walking around the house so Im not too concerned with appearance or tracking and there is no dust. Thank you so much for your help!!! Is method dangerous for a vacuum equiped with a HEPA filterwill it kill the vacuum? Time to relax sweating my butt off, have to love Florida bugs haha, Hi Chris, thanks for sharing your success story and best of luck with the rest of the treatment. Do you know why? Please let me know. Hi Lori! Our beds are wrapped in mattress cover protectors after we vacuumed them of DE. Most of the time when someone does not get results from DE, it is because they did not apply it properly or they failed to use additional flea control measures such as daily vacuuming. Would the DE get the fleas and larvae, and washing would rinse away eggs? Within 24-48 hours of application, 85% of my flea problem was solved!! I just put advantage on them last night, and i am going Diatomaceous Earth crazy all over my house lol. Ugh. We put down DE on the couches and carpeting on Tuesday. You can definitely add stuff like that (it would probably help) but its not absolutely necessary. When using diatomaceous earth for killing fleas in your home, dont put any household fans or anything that creates a draft as it can blow the fine granules all over your home, making it a nightmare to clean. Hey Daniel! Since this substance also absorbs water and humidity, it also keeps things nice and dry. Thanks for the heads up, yeah while it depends on the amount of DE being sucked up, it is definitely hard on the vacuums. Diatomaceous Earth- Is made from fossil materials of marine creatures. Its labeled Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for human consumption. I went on a trip to Chicago. How. I find that it distributes it quite nicely. That wont be a problem at all, let us all know how it goes! Hi Allison! Thank you for all the wonderful information on DE. You can dust her once or twice a week, just keep an eye on her skin because it can dry it out on some dogs. My kids are itchy, Im itchy and yes, the poor dog is itchy too. How do I use DE on hard surface floors? Hello! Every website ive been to that talks about Diatomaceous Earth states that FOOD GRADE DE must be used as opposed to POOL GRADE. Can the cats remain in the house when the carpets and furniture are treated with DE? They love a warm lamp, even on the bottom of the lamp. I had DE food grade on hand. Thanks for the suggestion, I have never heard of that product. Natasha, many times you mentioned dawn dish soap for killing fleas on the animals. My recommendation is that you get a monthly spot on treatment for him, this will keep the fleas away and protect him from any further complications. I really like your webpages, Natasha. Is there a way to clear my patio of them? It has been a really hot and humid summer and I have no air conditioner so I am sure that does not help. There are many dangers of using flea poisons, both for your pet and the people in your home. We have enrolled numerous homes in our flea control studies, where the homes were massively flea infested, even though the owners had been using DE. Hi I was just wondering I sprinkled the pool grade on my floor is that bad? Can I combine salt with DE for a stronger effect? How young is too young to use it around kittens? The next day, my sister had used BORAX on EVERYTHING while I was work. This weekend our dogs came home from my in-laws farm completely covered in fleas so I went to work this morning. Hi Teri! Adam, it is important to wear gloves and a mask because if the material enters your lungs it can be damaging. Finally tracked down DE food grade, very hard to do. I recommend DE over boric acid, as it is easily acquired and cheap. I am just curious as to why it is important to wear gloves and a face mask when handling Diatomaceous powder, and if it is dangerous to your health in any way if it does come in contact with your skin or lungs? Also, do you know if salt works to kill fleas? They sell small and large quantities for poultry mites and parasites. I have three cats, one doesnt have fleas really but the other twoboy do they have fleas. Hello, I read a post up above not to use the Safer brand of DE.. however, I have already put it down in a few areas, mostly room perimeter and a window seat where the dog hangs out. A stray cat adopted my family and we treated her w/ drops (like we do our other pets every month) less than a week later. Check out my fleas on dogs article on this blog , I have reduced the amount of fleas caught in my flea traps to just 1 or 2 in the last few days, last week I caught 42 in just a few days, YUK. DE is a powder that is spiny on a microscopic level, and it has a desiccating effect on small insects. I had a bad flea infestation in my home. Flea Infestation Guide: How to Kill and Get Rid of Fleas, 'Natural' Methods for Controlling Fleas in Dogs. Thanks so much! Does DE dry out eggs and larve too or t least eggs? Also can you recommend a way of spreading it lightly without using a duster? Hi Diane, I have dropped you an email with a link to my ebook. Thank you so much for this site. Is the Safer brand really that bad? She was so sick from it I thought she was going to die. , Hi Lee! Thanks for your kind words and for sharing those valuable tips with the community, its really appreciated! The dog is much more comfortable. So Boo was put outside for the night. I am not sure what specific brand that is, but as long as it is food grade, it doesnt really matter. However, my wife and I foster dogs (eight) for a non profit organazation and I recently fostered a dog that must have been dumped up here because she had flees. I recommend purchasing some 40 mule DE, its affordable and pure. Weve tried everything..from dawn dish soap to nexgard. I have used the DE in my house and I have all wood flooring. Not seeing a big difference as far as the bites we are getting yet unfortunately. They are good for nothing! I just bought a box of DE from Diatomaceous Earth.net for a basement flea problem. Wow that is incredible, thanks for sharing that experience with us . Kate. I used the flea bath soap, Dawn dish soap, flea powders while my cats are locked out of rooms, flea sprays, small amounts of essential oils, you name it. Been going to them for years for both my cats and reptiles. My friend just sent me this article-my cat is highly allergic to the traditional back of the neck flea products, and I have tried all the herbal remedies (shampoos with cloves, Rosemary, etc), And now my bed is flea-ridden. Hi Neal, awesome, thanks for sharing that with the community. Bathe them and then use DE around the home, not on them. Instead of poisoning the buggers, it actually cuts their exoskeleton (their hard outer shell) and sucks the water out their bodies. A flea that ingests diatomaceous earth will be torn apart, explains Dr. Costantino. The DE particles stick to the lipids on the epicuticle (protective layer), which disrupt the lipid barrier, allowing water to exit the insect., But most pet experts are not optimistic about the use of diatomaceous earth for flea control. I have bought DE, and have scattered it around the bedroom, but as I understand it, the fleas are just waiting for a body to hatch from larval stage and then leaping on me! Its an important note to be sure. I have a tile bathroom and have washed the bathroom rug 100 times! Hi Connie! I recommend using an icecream container (those plastic tub ones) and after punching small holes in it, use it to sprinkle the DE in the places that need it (kinda like a salt shaker). Have you actually physically seen the fleas, not just felt them? This is my first time to your site and you are a life saver, I have been getting eaten up So, for me, my house and my 3 dogs I am heading next to Amazon.com to order a large bag of food grade DE and a container of Cedarcide for starts, I have been putting my battle plan together today and also on how to stop all this intense itching from all the bites LOL Ill keep you updated on my progress and thank you again and your community for this awesome site youve all created together! Hi Pete, thanks for helping Sharon with that great suggestion! (1 part DE mixed with 2 parts water), to spray a fine mist onto the carpets and soft furnishings as well as under furniture. To be fair, I capstard the cat that had been frontlined. Yes it can, and I suggest that you combine the DE treatment with nightly DIY flea traps, they work fantastically together. Hey Karen! The strange thing is the bigger cat has stiff type fur, so I cant pop them like I do on the little cat BUT what I am finding now is black dots of ? Should I, could I, use this ON my two dogs and the house because I have it already? I took almost 30 fleas off my American Toy Eskimo this morning. My house is old, I live with my grandfather, and he refuses to get rid of all his old stuff around the house (making it very hard to deep clean and de-clutter, which makes it very hard to thoroughly clean to get rid of fleas). Will this kill fleas and eggs or will new ones hatch when we move in and walk around. Please do, you are doing well though, keep it up! Just be careful you dont get too much powder puffing into the air when you apply it to the targeted area. Hi Natasha, I was just curious I was looking to use DE on my carpets and rugs upstairs where my cat was until i found fleas. There mustve been around 300 or 400 on him when I came back. Hope that helps! Pet parents focus on flea protection all year roundand with good reason. We all have computers, and Im a bit worried about the fridge as well. I do not walk in the grass myself without boots on and mostly avoid being in the yard. But they are still around. But since Im here, of course my dog was playing in the yard and fleas jumped on him! It is greatly appreciated. I sprinkled this rather liberally throughout the house. When she's not working or caring for animals, she can be found enjoying the outdoors or reading a good book. In other words, if you have a decent model, it will be fine . We just purchased a home and it has fleas about 5 on each leg. Hello! I was pounced on by many fleas while on the deck for just a couple minutes. Thats what I will be using in about a week or to when the cold snap begins. I will add this to the article when I get some time as you make a good point . I mix mine at a rate of 2 tablespoons per 5 cups of dry dog food topped with olive oil to help with my German shepherds coat and help it stick to her food. When preparing it for consumption I mix half a teaspoon DE per cat with a little of the dry cat food that I have soaked for a few minutes in a little water to make a paste. 2. It seems that you used way to much of the stuff, just a fine coat (almost as you would salt your food) on the carpets, etc. ), this will definitely sort them out. Hi Sharon, I am sure that those steps will definitely help. This type can contain more than 60 percent crystalline silica. I recently came home from my boyfriends house to find that my cat, and now the house, is COMPLETELY infested with fleas. Hi Denise, I have never used it on a tree before but yeah sure, if there are fleas that walk through it (and its dry), they will get taken out so go for it. It caught like 4 it now I dont see any. I also want to hook up a radio loud, to keep them thinking someone is home, or whatever they say to do, to keep them hatching. Theres a vet in my area who uses a cedar spray to treat infested petspoor cat looks like she stuck her paw in a socket afterwards but it works, as long as your home is not infested and shell pick then back up. Dont forget to feed food grade de to your pets for control of internal parasites theyve picked up especially worms caused by fleas they have invested by licking themselves. I tried sprinkling borax which may have helped a bit but not much then cloves and tea trea oil, the cloves really helped in my bath but the second I sat on my sofa I was being bitten again within an hour or so, so after a few restless nights I found your site last weekend and went to my local vitamin shop and got a bucket of food grade diatomaceous earth. Electrician has not said if it was the fine powder but he has raised questions about stress on the appliance. Young and recently transplanted plants are particularly susceptible. Ive kept our cats out of all of the bedrooms for two weeks while trying to win this battle but was wondering if I should let them in to help stir up any eggs/larvae and adult fleas that are hiding? I have a question. Are they dead fleas? Yarrow powder and Eucalyptus oil added also is beneficial. Remember to repeat the process a couple times! Im thinking another round or to will do the trick. Shes very sensitive to medicines, that is why I want to try this product for her tapeworm. That will accelerate the process. Yep, dust there too and after you wash any clothes they could have come into contact with, keep them out the wardrobe. Effective against slugs, beetles, worms, fleas, mites, and most any spider or insect, it is not much of a concern for larger creatures. Hi Jen! Dont forget to can just hot wash your linen. I just sprinkled a lot of DE around my house. Is it ok to sprinkle near the headzone of my bed? If you dont, the first step will be to find out where the fleas are coming from, and deal with that with haste. I have set the soap dish traps and caught 15 fleas in 6 hours again this was 5 days after laying a thick layer of de on the carpet. So, it takes me several hours to cover one room. I CANNOT HAVE FLEAS! Hi! Hey Amanda! 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