Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Pets

Botany

(70,503 posts)

2. Very bad idea ..... insects are our friends

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Mon Jul 23, 2018, 06:50 PM

Jul 2018

treat your pet with an oral med such as frontline

we have something like 1 billion insects per square acre of earth and >97%
are beneficial ..... we really need the bugs for our ecology to work

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

7 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Yard spray for fleas [View all] SHRED Jul 2018 OP

Perhaps you might want to read the following: hlthe2b Jul 2018 #1

Very bad idea ..... insects are our friends Botany Jul 2018 #2

I hear that SHRED Jul 2018 #3

Talk to your vet .... I bet he or she can come up with something Botany Jul 2018 #5

I haven't used nematodes but have used other Phoenix61 Jul 2018 #4

The fleas we have around here are resistant to most everything. hunter Jul 2018 #6

NexGuard is a chewable tablet that works very well. Kills both sinkingfeeling Jul 2018 #7