Pet Tips #2

A ratio of 1 teaspoon vinegar to 250ml water (per 40 pounds of pet weight) in their drinking water helps to keep your pets free of fleas.

A garlic clove in your pets water also deters fleas and mites.

Wash countertops, cabinets, and floor with equal measures of vinegar and water to deter ant infestations. Another deterrent is to mix 1 cup flour and 2 cups borax in a jar. Punch holes in the jar lid. Sprinkle the contents around the house foundation. This also gets roaches.
Keep borax out of the reach of children and pets.

Lemon also works on ants. If you can find a hole where ants are entering the house, squeeze the juice of a lemon in the hole or crack. Then slice up the lemon and put the peeling all around the entrance.

Make your own fly paper by boiling sugar, corn syrup, and water together. Paint mixture onto brown paper and hang or set out.