As mentioned in my main Typhus article, keeping fleas away seems to be the best chance for not becoming infected by the disease named Murine Typhus.
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Flea eradication using environmentally safe methods via two initial orders from Amazon, and one previous one. I’ll update the blog here with my results from using them:
- Nematodes: beneficial bacteria to kill fleas (click link to explore)
- Cedar Oil: concentrated spray, apparently gets rid of mosquitos too but that’s another blog entry (concentrated means it needs diluting with water before spraying) (click that link to explore).
- Diatomaceous Earth: sharp, stabby dust that scratches hard-bodied insects and … dehydrates them to death. Doesn’t hurt anything else. I’ve already used it to reduce the ant and spider population around the house, including seeming to have a very good effective result of “removing” ants from the walls. MAKE SURE you buy food-grade DE. Don’t use the variety for swimming pools.
Protection:
- Garden gloves for quick projects: new ones to replace our existing ones. Still looking.
- Garden gloves for her, gauntlet-style
Pest removal
- ?pest exterminator / remove / re-locator?
- ?calling the city of San Gabriel (will they do anything about the opossum?)
