Sarcoptic mange is contagious, so if that's what your Doberman had, yes, the Sarcoptic mange mite can live off the animal
in cedar chips or bedding or even dirt for a while.
Not exact matches
If pests are a real concern
in your area, you can add a few
cedar chips, which are available at most general merchandise outlets.
In the effort to provide clinicians with better information about their patients, we've announced a program with
Cedars - Sinai Medical Center that combines their expertise working with stem cells together with our Organs - on -
Chips technology.
Hair loss: Hair loss may be caused by skin parasites, bacterial infections, fungal disease, and allergic reactions to bedding,
in particular
cedar / pine
chips.
«Anything that predisposes the pet to a respiratory infection (such as dusty cage litter, irritating aromatic
cedar chips or high levels of ammonia from urine accumulation
in dirty litter or a dirty cage) should be corrected to lessen the incidence of respiratory problems.»
Sawdust should never be used, and while
cedar chips are a popular bedding choice, they do tend to make your guinea pig's coat a bit reddish
in color.
You can create little parcels of dried leaves from the plants and hang them
in choice areas if you so wish, you can use tinctures and oils and leave them
in water bowls or around plants, you can spritz lavender and orange perfumes, spread
cedar flakes and
chips...
Not all materials will work, however: wood flooring is difficult to disinfect, newspaper will blacken a ferret's feet, and
cedar chips hold
in bad odors and may even cause respiratory problems.
You can use Cedarwood essential oil (diluted of course),
cedar chips in bedding, kennels and resting spots, and there are also a number of natural products whose active ingredient is
cedar oil.
This is a
cedar litter and they make a pine litter that's very similar
in that it's a bunch of
chips.
One more natural flea treatment is to disseminate
cedar chips in the entire lawn or yard.
Do not use
cedar chips as aromatic oils
in cedar bedding have been shown to have adverse health effects on small pets.
Stay away from litters made from softwoods, like pine or
cedar shavings or
chips, as these products are thought to cause liver damage
in rabbits who use them.
One part organic
cedar chips and one part organic peat moss; mix together and put
in a container.
Developed by Toyokogyo Co.
in Osaka Prefecture, the toilets use bacteria that attaches itself to
cedar chips which breaks down the waste into nitrogen and water.
In Chip's words, the
cedar siding «came back to life,» and relatively little of the original wood had to be replaced.