Hey Jessica! Whats the minimum amount of time to leave it down for and is it generally safe for my cat to walk around on straight after application? While it wont hurt your cat (if its the food grade one as I mentioned in this guide), I recommend alternative natural methods like dawn soap and warm water for treating fleas on cats. She had 2 baths. What are your thoughts on that? If you do use DE outside, keep in mind that it needs to be dry otherwise it wont work at all. OH! Could I do that every morning and expect it to last the whole day? Our dog has brought us the summer gift of a flea infestation. Question 2, How long should I do the Salt/Soda combo, 3-4 weeks? Or maybe because i used a battery operated tea light candle instead of a real one and wasnt effective? Also I wondered if you could feed it to your pet and yourself to deal with bugs and or worms? I found dead fleas on the carpet and on the hardwood floors. As temperature warm, they get busy. They sell small and large quantities for poultry mites and parasites. Yes, unfortunately you will experience a similar situation with DE. and for my pets, I either use a natural treatment (check out my articles on specifically killing fleas on either dogs or cats) or a spot on treatment like Front Line. Nothing was helping. It is also great to use on their food to get rid of worms, and supposedly the Food Grade is safe for humans for the same purpose! Im thinking another round or to will do the trick. Hope that helps! Im weak and ripe for the eating!. help no matter what I do I cant get rid of the fungus flies I have used diothermacous earth I used mosquito larva killer sticky traps cinimmon powder I am desperate. Hi Connie! Please remember that my guides are for informational purposes only, and that you agree to the terms of use when reading content on this website. The DE is a pain to vacuum up because it will clog your vacuum cleaner filters quickly. can i apply this to my dogs/cats i hear every day is a no.but how about once a month in place of topicals. I have bites all over me and no end in sight. Do you put it on and leave it (and if so does this harm them if they start to lick the DE/clean themselves? Are they dead fleas? Living in Florida, fleas are a huge problem! We put a pretty thick layer on the carpet, beds, basement, animal areas and animal then went camping for three days. I think its important to remember that pets are no less vulnerable to these side effects, says Hanna. or is the carpet cleaning even necessary? Apologies for the lengthy post but this has been a nightmare. There is no carpet just hard wood flooring and tile. If you leave the DE down for a couple days and brush it in, yes, it will kill everything. Thanks. Adults find a healthy host and begin chowing down after a long winters nap. Dont be fooled. They never go outdoors, but since moving to New Orleans, they have picked up fleas. The cheapest brand is the best lol, just make sure its food grade Hope that helps! Will it work on an upholstered bed or should I get rid of it? I left my door open whilst I was away and he slept on my bed. I wanted to plant grass so I tilled up the yard, pulled out all the weeds, and planted grass seed. Another thing to keep in mind is that DE only kills adult fleas. I hope you dont mind if I offer some answers/suggestions/info for some of the previous posters questions: 1) DE goes a long way. Should every square inch of the floor be covered lightly? As a bonus, brush it into the carpet, etc. Would using dawn be more effective? Shd I have done the floors anyway? Its safe to do so but it can dry your pets skin, thats why I dont recommend it. Two of my dogs got the worst of the fleas and had some really bad skin problems and tons of loss of hair but they recovered fantastically. Because the particles are so small . My other younger son has a few bites but nothing compared to myself and the other sons. What about a 9 lb. We are going to be using Capstar daily x 5 days per our vet, followed by Nexguard (they said that the topical flea prevention isnt regulated and fleas have become resistant to most). Hey there.. so excited to finally try DE. I found DE at the local farmers store but it says it is for killing bugs and spiders (yuk). Hi Mary! However, I am sure that removing them, applying the DE and once it has been removed, bringing them back should not harm them. Any ideas? Hi Natasha, well week 3 is upon my flea battle and after a lull Ive had a few stragglers pop up. is it safe to sleep in that room ? Cheers! If they are in the garden (which is possible), it is usually a good idea to get a professional to treat that. Leave it down for a day or two and then after vacuuming it up, repeat a couple times over a few weeks. I stomp around to activate the pupae to hatch out and get dozens on my ankles. Wow thanks for helping my readers, I really appreciate your time! You can use it outside but it looses effectiveness if it gets wet so yeah. How long does it stay on pets? It does say Ant & Crawling Insect Killer, but it is only 77% DE with other ingredients added, so I dont think this would be the right brand of DE to buy. Their pets appreciate it! Going into a little more detail, the diatomaceous earth is formed from algae with siliceous shells. Also give my flea trap article a look at, I think you will love it. Help! It also makes them invigorated! I also appreciate your kind words and hope to see you back again soon Let me know if you have any further questions! I will run out and purchase some the first chance I get. Is there a specific brand youd recommend? Its more of a home and garden type situation, says Dr. Chris Reeder, DVM, DACVD, a board-certified veterinary dermatologist with BluePearl Pet Hospital in Franklin, Tennessee. I recommend that you check information available about the product before using any product inside your home. First, thank you for the article. This stuff completely wiped them out. I never want to be without it! Safer brand. Found out about this product through a pest control friend. I know it says its okay to vacuum after 12 hours but I did it 4 days ago just to be sure :p and Im going to clean and reapply tomorrow. I cant wait to try this its January in NC and for the first time I still have a flea problem during winter. It is called food grade, as in it talks about using it as an anti caking agent in animal foods, It also says Food Chemical Codex Grade, it has Diatomaceous Earth and Calcium Bentonite, guaranteed analysis says moisture maximum 8%, ash (mineral matter) maximum 95%. Ive tried washing the friends, Ive tried freezing the friends, Ive even submerged them in a tub of soapy water for days and those little black jumping devils keep coming back. I could not believe how infested that poor dog was, he is a 112 pound chocolate lab and seeing that many fleas was impossible. Hey Debbie! It will be alot of work. I had used de last year for flea control and i will never use anything else since this worked wonders and did rid my flea infestation. Do you think that the DE will absorb the Advantage and prevent it from spreading over the cats? I read in a couple of your comments saying fleas on humans are not that common (or something along that line). 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. In all fairness, my cats had them on when they became infested. This product is everything the previous reviewers stated and then some. So I am bracing for a hatching of who knows how many each day. Hi Sharon, I am sure that those steps will definitely help. I dipped the flea combs in DE before using them, then shook them slightly in the bag so that there was a very minimal amount transferred to the cat, and combed them. I sprinkle it in our bed. Situations where you want to use natural methods for flea control. They are inside outside cats, so if I get ride of the fleas, do I still have to keep on applying it on a regular basis, even after they are gone, or can I stop using it when they are gone, and start up again if they come back? It worked its way into the bloodstream so when she was bitten by both fleas and mites, they died. So I have my dog take a summer vacation to my daughter while I take care of the unwanted guest that is residing on my carpet. I was so desperate back then because my dogs were infested by fleas, we even had fleas inside the house. Since flea eggs hatch after about a week of being laid by female fleas (in most scenarios), its recommended that you repeat this process once a week for a total of 3-4 weeks. I recommend that you keep using DE, its a fantastic product, especially in homes where there are lots of those cracks, etc. Thank you for your help. You might try that if you have one. Plant well hardened-off transplants as soon as the threat of frost has passed in your region. I just wanted to add that the Diatomaceous Earth has to be food grade (not the kind used in pool filters, which is dangerous to animals and humans). At least then Id understand why theyd want to be in my home. However, if thats what you have, be sure to do the emptying outdoors away from any open windows. This is my 2nd flea infestation on my dog! They feed on tick larvae so break their life cycle and kill off the parasite. What do you think of that?! Julie. Hi Natasha, glad I have come across your article. The DE should be down for a couple days, so as long as you do it then, it should be fine. Thanks bunches. Hi Sheryl, it is not dangerous for them so you can give it a try. Do i put this on her fur. This will push the tiny granules into the carpet, without causing a dust cloud. 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. Hope that helps, please share this on Facebook if you appreciate my time . How did it even get up there?! I really wanted DE to work, but after more than a week, Ive still got fleas on all 3 cats. Hi Natasha. My poor dog, and daughter I got the DE, have used it once a long time ago and it worked great. We had treated them with Advantage and its time to retreat. Hi Michael! Hi Suzanne, I have only ever used the white one, so probably go with that. Reapply every couple weeks when you think fleas might be invading. Cheers! Rock material, not concrete. I used DE on them tonight only to read one of your points which was not to use them on kittens!! Really appreciate your comment, it contains some great information that I know will beneficial to my readers! Hello! I am actually rubbing DE into all of my clothing which works for about half a day, then I can feel them crawling in my clothes. Any suggestions? I am not sure what model you have but it might clog it up. I placed less than a 16th of a teaspoon in a jar, when a flea got on me, I placed it in the jar, within an hour each flea was dead., and the areas I scattered it in my carpet and used a broom to get it down deep into the fibers, I had no fleas in that area after applying it 3 hours before I went to bed, had to give the dust time to settle. I CANNOT find ANYWHERE on the internet ANY demonstration on how to put this stuff down, or in what amount!! Which is questionable. Hi Natasha, I came across this site a few months ago when I was looking for a solution for the fleas that were in my home. Now that is summertime, it seems they have come back, I just applied frontline again on all my dogs and treated the house with DE, unfortunately two of my dogs, the ones who had the worst results last year as to the skin problems, where the first to show signs of allergy again, hopefully it is controlled soon. This is definitely an option as boron based products are very effective for flea control, and I have personally used borax powder to kill fleas around my home over the past couple years (with great success). Jon. Thanks everyone. Could this be that i found the fleas early enough? It says it is 85% silicon dioxide, 10% other oxides, 5% moisture. Now, Im interested in using Borax. Try a spot on for your pets and continue the DE on the floors, etc. Have a question. Will using DE for a month take care of the problem or will we be battling this forever or until the fleas are nearly gone in the environment next winter. It is used by hotels to control bed bug infestations also. 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