How to get rid of fleas in your home without insecticide or poison

Get rid of fleas in you house with out insecticide or poisions

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Table Salt & Borax powder

1. I have 2 Labs & a Mixed bread , During the warmer times of the year , fleas can be a problem. Seeing that I have 2 kids , 3 dogs & 2 aquariums in the house. I hate to spray poison around the house in fear of harming one of the kids , dogs or any of the fish. Not to mention the hassle of finding a place to keep the dogs while you spray or flea bomb the house.

2. A safe & inexpensive way I keep the fleas under control in you home is by using table salt & borax powder. Both are cheap & safe to use around kids & pets.
   I use the salt & borax in a 50-50 mixture ( half salt - half borax)
   The amount will depend on the artea yopu are treating.
   
   The salt & borax dry out the fleas & kills them within a day or so.
   I have had the best results if the salt & borax is in a fine powder. I mix them together & put them into a blender & let it run for a few minute till it has the consistency of fine powder. Then I take a old jar with a screw-on lid & poke a many small to medium sized holes in the lid , a PRINGLES chip container also works well.
   It's like you are making a large salt shaker.
   First I vacuum the whole house very well , ( Floors, Furniture , Dog bedding)anywhere the fleas are a problem.
   
   Then I shake a very light dusting of the powder all over the carpet , hardwood floors , tile , on any furniture & dog bedding. I take a broom a kind of sweep it in & around to get good coverage & to get it down into the fibers of the carpet or furniture.
   Then I let it sit for a about 24 hours , I know it is a bit messy , but that is why I said a LIGHT DUSTING of the powder.
   
   After 24 hours I vacuum everything , go over the carpets & furniture 2 or 3 time , it will pick up the powder ,fleas , eggs & the larva. They will be dead or in a weakened state & will vacuum up easy.

3. Sometimes this will need to be done every week or so till you have the fleas under control. But it is cost effective & there isn't any poison residue all over the house.

Tips & Warnings

• I know the whole idea of this is not to use any poison , but I do recommend using ADAVNTAGE or FRONTLINE on your dogs or cats. It is pretty harmless in most cases & it is only put on a small spot on the back of the pets neck. If the pet goes outside & they are not protected. The fleas in the yard will hitch a ride on your pet & get a free ride right back into you house.
• #1 Be Careful when the powder is on hard surfaces like hardwood floors & tile. It can make the surface slippery. So just be careful & try not to let the kids run & slide on it.
• #2 If you have aquariums , DO NOT get the powder in the water , It will harn or kill your fish. I cover the aquariums with a towel when I'm appling the powder to the area around the aquarium.

[booyah]

on 9/4/2009 What is borax and where do I buy this from?? My friend brought her new puppy over a couple days ago and after we bathed him and had him running around we saw he had fleas. I'm not looking forward to using chemicals, but I can't afford for the cat, ferrets, and birds to get fleas.

[derekam47]

on 3/16/2009 is powderd sulphur a good way to kill fleas in my yard??

[pianistic]

on 7/31/2008 Great!