Hey Shannon! How long will this go on? (My house will be empty, no pets.). My problem recently has actually been with ticks. I have article on it, check it under the fleas category and let me know how that works out for you. Will it decrease effectiveness? Its a pleasure. Hi Catherine! I usually remove tapeworm from my pets using a tablet so I suggest grabbing something like that from your vet, not too sure why they recommended a liquid, very strange lol. After reviewing the cautions for using DE (in this article), simply sprinkle the powder where fleas are usually found. That is a great question, let me go ahead and answer that! I had bought food grade diatomaceous earth before and sprinkled it around for fleas, but no one ever said to vacuum it up after 12 hours, and I never knew anything about the pureness factor in the concentration of the product. Its time to get down to business! Hi Susan, I have never tried to use both at once because to be quite frank, it is not necessary. I recommend that you apply it on a hot day just to be sure. I plan to leave the dust for at least a month till i dont get bit anymore, heard the eggs take weeks to hatch unless they sense carbon dioxide. at the end of cleaning a dusted (with an applicator) the entire coop pen and both goats (not the chicks) I will dust again in a week (at this time I plan to wash the chickens) Question: ongoing how often do dust? So thanks for posting! Plant your trap crop around the perimeter or in between rows of your main crop for best results. I have two questions. Hi Kim, thanks for this tip, appreciate it. Thank you thank you! Safe for Humans & Pets which should arrive in 2 days time. Thanks for any help you can offer! You say not to rub directly on pets skin on a daily basis is it OK to sprinkle it on cats say, once a week? I use DE in my chicken bedding to prevent investations from bugs. i dont know WHAT HAPPENED!!!! These are razor sharp and while they are too small to even have a small effect on humans, they are deadly to pests. Three days should be sufficient to kill those fleas so you dont need to reapply. Hope that helps. I washed floors with apple cider vinegar deleted ,flea traps with dawn dish soap and water.vacumed floors ,even salt ,and borax, in areas where they hide.we have 3 cats.2 female 1 male .we keep 2 upstairs the male on main floor.we also have tried the boiled lemons.and put in spray bottle .so now I have just purchased a bag of diatomaceous earth food grade and going to try it soon ,by the way the best place to find it is a hydroponic store.the guy said to wear a mask when you use it .i will keep you updated on my results. Trying to locate the right one. I had to share that it works so well since it was a really horrible year for the mites and our neighborhood is dense with old oak trees. She said yes. If there are fleas on your dog, I suggest a topical spot on treatment. Would the DE get the fleas and larvae, and washing would rinse away eggs? Took her to the vet only to find out she had fleas. I have lived here for 5 years and this is the second time I have seen them in this apartment. But it doesn't have to only be ingested to be effective. I then tried DE a week ago, left it down for 3 days before vacuuming and it seemed to kill a lot of fleas. I recommend keeping her off the ground for a day while you leave it on the floor and vacuum it up at night. Its a pleasure I havent done it myself but I have had a couple of my readers saying that it does have health benefits. Would love to know your feedback. Hi Tonya! What if I placed the DE down and left it for days, weeks instead of vacuuming everyday and redoing the process. Let me know how they work for you! Hope that helps! Thank you for all the information in this blog. Ive been spraying a Peppermint oil & Clover product on all the fabric furniture (its suppose to kill fleas and fleas eggs). We have a book shelf with books and some of the kids toys.. how do we know if the fleas have gotten into the books? Use some common sense. When this flea-war is over then I will just put new filters in. Please share it with your friends! Guess Ill never know! Finally, I can get my house back under control! Emily Brooks from Amazon, I had some fire ants who had decided to move in to our house and I also have been trying to kill the fire ants outdoor with various poisons and nothing had a very good success rate, I heard of diatomaceous earth and that it is safe to animals and kids, so I gave it a shot and it killed off ants inside and out in two days. Yes it will, provided they come into contact with it. Just make sure you use a shopvac or a sturdy vacuum to suck it up, as it can get clogged up easily. 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. As for human fleas, its possible but fleas cannot actually live on human blood permanently, they need to find a better host (such as a pet) otherwise they will die. Ive read all the posts on this page, and found the probable explanation for my three dogs itchy tummies too frequent use of DE directly on their skins. I recommend that you just keep an eye on the situation and vacuum everything really well. Their pets appreciate it! Hi Natasha, I shared your website address with Next Door Neighborhood Online Community Network because I found that DE also kills Oak Mites which we have all been suffering from here in the Midwest. Hi Shelby! It wont help kill fleas though but its still very useful . Lisa, can you please tell me which to use in the backyard? Thanks. If my eyes got irritated, so did my animals eyes get irritated. Was that a terrible mistake? I hate pesticides, I fell like I have it all over me and like I am eating it for weeks after using it. Im waiting on my DE order to arrive and will dust their room again once it arrives. Ive tried diatomaceous earth to tackle my flea problem before and had great results, but I wound up with a cloud of dust over everything. Hi Mary! I have a article on making them yourself on this blog, under the Fleas category. Very informative and good article Natasha! Hi Kathy, glad you have had success with it. I got fleas about a year and a half ago., Now here is the problem, the fleas are living on my body.. I ordered 10 LBS and need to do 4 rooms and a hallway, do you think that is a good amount? She lives with her husband, daughter, three cats, one dog, and a pet dove. Hey Mary! A ton on the back patio I need to do but there are only so many hours in a day. It has a long thin nozzle and you squeeze the plastic container and the dust puffs out the tip, directly where you want it to go. Also works great on those gray kissing bugs and stinkbugs. I posted a query on facebook asking friends how to get rid of fleas without dangerous chemicals and a couple people directed me to this site or told me about food grade DE. Great for hair breakage and thinning hair!! A couple times I must have been standing in an old deer bed because Id come home after leaving the woods and would find fleas all over my clothes. within a week I caught hundreds and hundreds of fleas. In fact, wait another 2-3 days (also brush it into the floor) before cleaning it up. Yes, although I havent used it for that purpose myself but I have also read that its fairly effective for removing all sorts of internal parasites. Hi Neal, awesome, thanks for sharing that with the community. Or do I need a lamp that produces heat? Even though she was only in our home for a day prior to starting her Revolution, we are looking for something to treat our apartment, as we dont want anymore popping up. Hello. I was pounced on by many fleas while on the deck for just a couple minutes. Any ideas? The best Ive found is 85%. Well, I noticed about 2-3 weeks ago that he was disappearing alot. Thanks for helping Hope, much appreciated! For years I have searched for a remedy for chiggers and have recently hit upon the prospect of using DE. The beetle targets tasty plants in the families Solanaceae (potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers) and Brassicaceae ( including cole crops: broccoli, kale, cabbage, collards). We went away for a week and came back, no more fleas. . Very important when handling this product that you wear gloves and a face mask at all times and be sure to apply on a still morning with no wind and when you arent expecting rain or irrigation to be an issue. Is it better to shake it, like a powder, or poof it, like a dust? These pets are allergic to flea saliva, which Hanna says causes extreme itchiness and secondary infections. Looking forward to hearing your experiences! Here is everything you need to know about using diatomaceous earth for fleas so that you can make an informed decision about whether it is the right choice for your home and pets. Unfortunately, it also wipes out all beneficial insects, such as ladybugs (who eat aphids for a living), and pollinators(bees, butterflies, etc). I take notes and pictures of what I see, so I will have a record. As mentioned above, I vacuumed and put out the DE and has been sitting for nearly 24 hours now, have not vacuumed up yet. Thanks for the information! Filter grade DE is added to pool filter systems, where it captures small particleslike dirt and bacteriathat other filters might miss. Hi Donna, you can put it anywhere you think fleas might be hiding, dont hold back hehe. The are biting my legs at night and I can take my smaller kitty, turn her over and pop fleas, so I tried a Zodiac house flea bombs (we had to stay out of the house for 4 hours and do massive clean up afterwards) . Better to clean it up?? For under the beds, just put DE or use a flea spray of sorts. Yes you can, thanks for the question! No it doesnt, a couple fleas here and there isnt usually an indication of a major problem but it should be addressed as soon as possible, just in case. She sleeps on a pair of shorts of mine on the dresser, they were covered with this small gravel like dots. Very helpful, and Im anxious to try this out and see how this helps with some of the fleas in our carpet. I tried Borax again, it seems a lot better the second time around. It will last for a long time. I hope you find these answers satisfying, thanks for taking the time to comment! Thanks for helping out Michelle, really appreciate it. Thanks for the great suggestion, really appreciate your contribution. Wow that sounds legit. I have read this but yet to find the answer i need to know can you use this in your yard i have a dirt floor kennel ??? While a history lesson doesnt help you kill those fleas that have been bothering you, its comforting to know that since people behind to extract these deposits, it has been used for a large variety of farm, industrial, and even food-based situations where it has proven to be an extremely valuable asset. I was just happy to get DE the same day since Home Depot was a few blocks away. Smart cats. I figure tomorrow i will vacuum it up, do it every 3 days or so for the next 2 weeks and it should kill anything in my house, at least thats what i am hoping! Many pets, like those who are allergic to fleas, need alternatives that will kill fleas quickly. If it says food grade then yes, it is safe. Thanks. Hi Michelle! I just treated the dogs with Pronyl (Sergeants version of Frontline) with limited success and great disappointment. Should I vacuum up the DE I put down and reapply? So I buy this DE and sprinkle it on my cat and my bed every week for a month? Her primary medical interests are preventive medicine and client education. It took me 4 months to get rid of the infestation, July-October and since then I only had to bathe the dogs every once in a while and stopped using frontline for the next 7 months, I stick to DE to treat the house every now and then and no fleas were present. (this was all in a 2 week time). 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. DE is also virtually non-toxic to fish and aquatic invertebrates, scientists say. I even use it on the dogs periodically. Yes, vacuum it up (if you are using a Dyson, be careful) and reapply every couple days for a week or two. Sincerely Desperate. Thank you so much, Love Amita. Hi Karen! Hi Gina! I would rather clean the dust than have fleas. Im going to be traveling for several weeks and I wondered if its safe to leave the DE on the carpets while Im gone. Hi Aileen! Naturally Im extremely paranoid and am doing all I can to kill them. Saw one of them buggers dance around me as I sprayed. Yes, unfortunately you will experience a similar situation with DE. Those black dots are probably flea dirt, check my article on this subject. I suggest that you give my DIY flea traps a try, just use a tea light instead of a candle if you want to be safer. Hi Lisa, it can usually be avoided by brushing it slowly and no, it is not dangerous, it just makes a real big mess hehe. You can use an plastic container with a lid. My 2 house cats AND Boo were treated with a medication called Revolution which you place between the cats shoulder blades. I notice that I have not been bitten and jump upon this buggers so therefore it works! Hey Linda! It lists the ingredients on the bag as 85% DE silicon dioxide, 10% Other element oxides, 5% moisture. And dawn takes gress out of your way. 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