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Ammonia/dishsoap safe use around toads/lizards?
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Posted by uniquebec z7GAnorth (My Page) on Tue, Jul 8, 08 at 10:13
| We recently installed a 3 tier pond, mainly to attract toads & lizards for natural insect control. Had 2 toads & a lizard within first 24 hrs the pond was in. Now my question.... I have a book by Jerry Baker that includes recipes for using household products to repel/kill insects & nourish plants. How safe is the use of things like ammonia. dish soap, anticeptic mouthwash, etc? In the process of minimizing the negative impact from insects, I don't want to injure or chase away the toads & lizards. |
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RE: Ammonia/dishsoap safe use around toads/lizards?
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| Those products would be extremely irritating, if not downright harmful to reptiles and amphibians. And remember, you won't have any of those wonderful creatures, if you somehow manage to get rid of the insects. Let THEM (tods, frogs, and snakes) minimize the negative impact. |
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