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our senior cat can't use flea drops or stuff like that, so we've been fighting a battle with constant vacuuming, steam mopping, flea combing and what have you. i finally picked up a bag of diatomaceous earth, and yesterday started blowing it into cracks in the floor, under desks and bookcases and so on, and we put a little on the cat.
i also combed off a bunch of fleas, put them in a ziplock bag, and poured plenty of diatomaceous earth in the bag. 4 hours later, most of the fleas were still alive. 8 hours later, still alive. 12 hours later, the same, and i threw away the bag.
so i'm wondering. i know many sites recommend diatomaceous earth for fleas, but many seem to be quoting each other, and they say that it should kill fleas within 4 hours of introducing it on the cat, but my experiment with the bag o' fleas has made me wonder.
have you TCS members used it with success that was significant enough that you know it wasn't just a shift in the weather?
i also combed off a bunch of fleas, put them in a ziplock bag, and poured plenty of diatomaceous earth in the bag. 4 hours later, most of the fleas were still alive. 8 hours later, still alive. 12 hours later, the same, and i threw away the bag.
so i'm wondering. i know many sites recommend diatomaceous earth for fleas, but many seem to be quoting each other, and they say that it should kill fleas within 4 hours of introducing it on the cat, but my experiment with the bag o' fleas has made me wonder.
have you TCS members used it with success that was significant enough that you know it wasn't just a shift in the weather?