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| Home Remedy for Getting Rid of Ants |
| 07.26.05 (7:54 pm) [edit] |
Home Remedy for Getting Rid of Ants: With ants around, no food item in the house is safe. Though the more common black ants, or the ‘sugar ant’ as it is called, is not harmful, the fire ant’s bite can cause pain and swelling. Is there a home remedy for getting rid of ants? Well, there are quite a few home remedies. Let us take a look at them:
- Boric acid is a very effective ant exterminator. Prepare a mixture of three cups of water, a cup of sugar and four teaspoons of boric acid. Pour this mixture into five or six bottles stuffed with cotton balls. Screw the lid tightly and punch in four to five hole. Keep near the ant mound or the source from where the ants seem to be coming. NOTE: Do not forget to stick a highly visible danger sign to the bottles.
- Clog holes and crevices in walls and floors with talcum powder or baby powder.
- A non-toxic home remedy for getting rid of ants is diatomaceous earth. Spread it on ant-infested areas. In time it kills the ants by drying out them out chaffing them.
- Cucumber skin, bay leaves, cloves and ground cinnamon can also be used as ant repellents.
Any home remedy for getting rid of ants, which involves even mildly toxic substances like boric acid, should be handled with utmost care. All members of the family should be alerted before the poisonous substances are used and huge danger signs should be stuck onto bottles and sprays containing such substances.
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| Home Remedy for Eliminating Fleas |
| 07.26.05 (7:49 pm) [edit] |
Home remedy for eliminating fleas: Beware of fleas! These blood-sucking parasites can cause diseases as deadly as plague and typhoid. Is your house free of these tiny creatures? Is your pet a breeding ground for fleas? Get rid of them immediately. Use home remedy for eliminating fleas and cleanse your home free of cost.
Take your pick from the following:
- Fleas hate soap. Use soaps and detergents generously to clean flea hotspots in and around your house.
- If your pet is the primary source of fleas, then shampoo it as often as possible.
- Garlic drives away fleas. Place peeled garlic pods in or around the flea hotspot.
- You can also feed flea-allergic foods like garlic and yogurt to your pet.
- Spray Borax on furry surfaces like carpets and rugs to kill fleas.
- You can also trap fleas by using light source and soap water. Place a bowl of soap water near a light source like an electric bulb or even candle. Fleas attracted to the light eventually fall in the water never to rise again.
- Cedar wood, Eucalyptus leaves, tansy herb, diatomaceous earth among other natural products is believed to repulse fleas, though nothing has been scientifically established.
Do remember: any home remedy for eliminating fleas must be repeated at regular intervals for desired results.
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