Granny's gone and done it again

[Granny Hatchet]

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I'm with you. I only use apple scented dawn. Gave up trying to find detergent that doesn't either make DH sick or give him a rash. Even the Dr says to stay away from chemicals when I clean, that includes lotions and perfume. Sucks when you've got fleas in the house!

I use the same one!
what about some sevin dust?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I'm with you. I only use apple scented dawn. Gave up trying to find detergent that doesn't either make DH sick or give him a rash. Even the Dr says to stay away from chemicals when I clean, that includes lotions and perfume. Sucks when you've got fleas in the house!

My GC, who worked in a vet's office for a while recently, told me that Dawn dish soap kills fleas! When puppies that are too young for normal flea remedies would come in with fleas, they would bathe them with Dawn and she said it would kill the fleas instantly. And in fact we just used it on her Ryder puppy after my DH said he saw one on his arm. We use the original blue formula with the baby duck on the label.

 

[Cynthia12]

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Maybe his best friend was his brother.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Maybe his best friend was his brother.

You're charitable.

 

[Cynthia12]

My GC, who worked in a vet's office for a while recently, told me that Dawn dish soap kills fleas! When puppies that are too young for normal flea remedies would come in with fleas, they would bathe them with Dawn and she said it would kill the fleas instantly. And in fact we just used it on her Ryder puppy after my DH said he saw one on his arm. We use the original blue formula with the baby duck on the label.

Change of subject. Sort of, still bug related.
Back in the 90's kids were getting the dreaded lice. My Richard came home with it. I had heard that the stuff they had used on luce for years was not working as well anymore. Mayonnaise! It suffocates them. I smothered that kids head with Mayonnaise. It worked! No one else got them but I sprayed my furniture, bagged stuffed animals, a s washed all of the bedding. Yuck.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I didn't mind. The chickens never flinched. I don't get the..covering their head up thing working on that. They healed up every time.
Maybe you should do an article on what you do and how. A lot of folks are still doing the cutting. Sure was good to see them not limping anymore. That has to hurt walking on those hard lumps. Better even walking on the bandages. Which had to be changed a few times before not wearing them. Work. View attachment 3965670

Thanks, Cynthia, good idea, I'll take it under advisement. I'll start taking pics of Rojo's other foot and logging the process. If /when it heals, I may write an illustrated article. The scab at the moment covers almost the entire surface of his foot pad. I'll take a pic tomorrow night and post it here Thursday.

 

[lovesfarms]

I use the same one!
what about some sevin dust?

For Beetles, especially potatoes beetles, I use lime. Rabbits I use lime. For blight, I add a little bleach (chlorine) in water and spray both the plants and surrounding soil. Both lime and bleach have to be readministered frequently. I also use a lot of baking soda and vinegar for cleaning.
I've used sevin.

 

[microchick]

Re: Perfume. Used to wear just a touch when I went to church, etc then one day I went into the doctor's office and they had saw a new sign on the wall in the waiting room that said: For courtesy towards our patients with breathing problems, asthma, COPD, etc, please refrain from wearing perfume in the office.

Thought it was a great idea. I know there are brands of perfume that will set off my asthma in record time, even small amounts. Some I can wear without difficulty but others, nope.

Speaking of waiting rooms, I set in that doctor's office waiting room with every hacking, sneezing, sniffling kid in Kirksville wandering in and out and waited for an hour.....Appointment was at 11.....without food since 6 pm the night before. Got out at 12:20 and attacked a box of crackers I had in the van. Then got home and baked a platter of brownies and fricking ate two of them along with a chicken sandwich and a big glass of iced tea. DH was trying to shove more in my face. He said I'd lost enough weight and needed to gain some. I was 117.8 on the scale this morning. Oops.

Mocha was a kick broody. Funny thing is, my Egyptian Fayoumi hens are worse. I have one that will make your ears bleed when she is sitting on a nest and she thinks you are going to raid her eggs. Mocha and the EF hens make Screech sound like an amateur.

 

[lovesfarms]

My GC, who worked in a vet's office for a while recently, told me that Dawn dish soap kills fleas! When puppies that are too young for normal flea remedies would come in with fleas, they would bathe them with Dawn and she said it would kill the fleas instantly. And in fact we just used it on her Ryder puppy after my DH said he saw one on his arm. We use the original blue formula with the baby duck on the label.

I used dawn at first for fleas but the puppies shouldn't be bathed constantly and if the fleas are in carpets or surrounding areas, they jump back on then and you end up having to bathe them to often. When DH got the extreme itches, I got flea medicine from the vet. I sprinkled borax and baking soda on the carpet and swept it in. And then I would vacuum it. I hadn't seen any flea for a long time but will continue to treat the puppies over winter. I hate doing it but what will I do if DH gets sick?