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Fred Ellis - 08 May 2008 01:46 GMT
I would like to know what brand of insecticide is safe to use around
your feline companion.  I need to spray for ants and cockroaches in my
kitchen and I was wondering what insect spray is the safest to use?  I
don't want to use something that will harm my cat Ginger.  Does anyone
in this NG have any recommendations?

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Ted Davis - 08 May 2008 02:30 GMT
> I would like to know what brand of insecticide is safe to use around your
> feline companion.  I need to spray for ants and cockroaches in my kitchen
> and I was wondering what insect spray is the safest to use?  I don't want
> to use something that will harm my cat Ginger.  Does anyone in this NG
> have any recommendations?

Not a spray, but 5% sodium borate decahydrate (Na2B4O7·10H2O) in a sugar
solution will take care of most common 'sugar' ants.  It's used as a bait
and you put it in places the cats can't readily get at.  I make my own
with Borax and honey.  Terro is a common commercial brand. It's slow, but
through: it wipes out the entire colony.  Borax also works on roaches, but
I don't know how to apply it. Google for instructions.

Borax is relatively nontoxic to mammals when ingested.  I don't have the
50% LD rating for Borax, but for boric acid, it's 0.20 to 0.50 g/kg.

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William Graham - 08 May 2008 21:47 GMT
>I would like to know what brand of insecticide is safe to use around
> your feline companion.  I need to spray for ants and cockroaches in my
> kitchen and I was wondering what insect spray is the safest to use?  I
> don't want to use something that will harm my cat Ginger.  Does anyone
> in this NG have any recommendations?

Probably none of them......Any chemical that kills insects can't be good for
either cats or human beings.

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