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Looking for a safe insecticide

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I have been looking for something to use in my snake buildings that will, specifically, take care of the damn Daddy LongLeg spiders but will not be dangerous to my colubrids. All of the individual cages are treated with Proventamite once a season which helps but, being in Florida, the insects are pretty prevalent.

Any suggestions out there?
 
We are currently using a product called "Not Nice to Bugs"
It is a natural formula pest control - no pesticides. It is safe for kids and pets!

Yeah - there really IS such a thing. :)
Go here: Safe Solutions

I hope that works for ya.

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Morgana Calvert
 
Reptayls said:
We are currently using a product called "Not Nice to Bugs"
It is a natural formula pest control - no pesticides. It is safe for kids and pets!

Yeah - there really IS such a thing. :)
Go here: Safe Solutions

I hope that works for ya.

~~~~~~~~~~
Morgana Calvert
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Have you been using it long? Any negatives regarding the product?

Thanks
 
We have been using it for several months. We know other herpers that have used it for a couple of years - that is where we heard about it.

The only negative is the strong smell of mint. It can make your sinuses wake up - for sure! I usually run a fan for an hour to dissipate the smell.

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Morgana Calvert
 
Just for that purpose, we bought 13 bibron geckos about 5 years ago. They were happily running around the house for a few years, but they have all passed on now. The spiders and escaped feeders were their targets, and it worked well. We plan to get more geckos in the future.

Currently though, we need to keep the ants from invading. When it rains - the ants want in!!! And the geckos don't eat them. Those darned ants get in all the feeder cups for our chameleons and drive me nuts near the kitchen.

Maybe someone could cross a sticky-foot gecko with a horned lizard..? :D

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Morgana Calvert
 
John any follow up on the product. I have a problem with Box Elder Bugs here and with the unseasonably warm weather they are finding their way into everything including the reptile room.
 
Dragondad said:
John any follow up on the product. I have a problem with Box Elder Bugs here and with the unseasonably warm weather they are finding their way into everything including the reptile room.
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It works great as a contact killer and deterrant but does not seem to have much, if any, residual killing strength. The smell is pretty potent as well. All in all....not bad
 
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