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| Modified on May 30, 2025
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Discover the numerous benefits of using borax for pets, including its effectiveness when used externally in treating mange, yeast infections, and flea infestations. When used internally in a pet's water, borax can help ease arthritis symptoms. Earth Clinic's popular remedy, Ted's Hydrogen Peroxide and Borax treatment, has helped countless pet owners improve their pets' skin health.

Learn how this affordable, safe, and easy-to-use remedy can address a variety of itchy skin issues and enhance the well-being of your furry friends.

Borax for Demodectic and Sarcoptic Mange

Since 2004, thousands of people worldwide have used Ted's Mange Treatment for their dogs. This remedy is not only safe and effective but also very inexpensive. The borax and peroxide solution has been used by our readers to treat conditions like ringworm and similar conditions.

Borax for Yeast Infections

Borax is effective for treating yeast infections in pets because it prevents sugar from reaching the yeast, starving the yeast, or reducing the severity of the problem. A saturated borax solution is made with 1% hydrogen peroxide to use externally to kill the yeast. Dietary changes are also necessary.

Borax Added to Drinking Water

A small amount of borax, typically a pinch, is added to a dog's water dish for internal use. This is another way borax helps treat skin conditions and other issues, including ringworm, yeast overgrowth, parasites, and more. See Ted's post below for measurements.

Note that 1/8th teaspoon of borax contains approximately 56.5 mg of boron. Twenty Mule Team Borax powder contains about 11.3% boron, which is how mg is calculated.

Borax for Fleas

Borax sprinkled on carpets dries out flea eggs so that they can't hatch and perpetuate the flea infestation. Outside areas can also be treated for fleas with a mixture of 4 parts of borax, 1.5 parts of salt, and 1.5 parts of baking soda.

Continue reading below to learn more about the use of borax for pets, and please let us know if you've tried using borax on your pet!

Related Links:

Cat Mange Natural Treatment
Photos of Mange Dogs Cured with Ted's Remedies
Ted's Borax & Peroxide Mange Treatment for Dogs
The Powerful Health Benefits of Borax: Natural Remedy for Wellness

The comments below reflect the personal experiences and opinions of readers and do not represent medical advice or the views of this website. The information shared has not been evaluated by the FDA and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or prevent any disease or health condition. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional for medical concerns.
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Severe Skin Allergies

Posted by Lifebetweenthecities.com (Wheatfield, In) on 07/20/2018
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Borax Demodectic Mange Remedy for Skin Allergies

Any fears I had about Borax injuring my dog are eliminated after using this miracle treatment!

My 4.5 yr old Old English Sheepdog, Bentley, had been cranky and full of itchy skin since we got him at 9wks old. He's had multiple vet visits, being prescribed antibiotics and antibiotic ointment, and skin scrapings with no relief. His resting respirations would be very rapid and he was very aggressive and annoyed. He hated me grooming him and would require a muzzle, though I tried to be easy, any brush stroke or clipper pass would be uncomfortable for him. I had heard BORAX was bad for you and didn't want to further injure my dog, BUT THIS SOLUTION HAS CHANGED HIM!

He now after 2 treatments has a slower resting respiration rate (not laying in constant torture of being bit all the time, totally brushable fur—with a fine tooth comb—without a muzzle (never been done before- OBVIOUS SKIN HEALING! )

I'm sorry it took so long to find this remedy for my poor miserable doggy!

Arthritis, Fluoride Poisoning

Posted by Jim (Sherman, Tx) on 02/07/2018
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I have a 10 yr old boxer. I put a very small amount of borax in "our" bottled drinking water (He got sick from tap water $177 vet bill). Cheaper to give him bottled water. After 3 months he and I are doing better. So there you have it from two old bachelors. Parts are starting to work better. We don't look at the stairs and then look at each other, we just climb them.

Borax Dosage

Posted by Sharec (Texas) on 05/22/2016
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I have used Borax in my RO water at a rate if 1/8 teaspoon per gallon and also add a pinch of grey salt. In my entire immediate family, there are 19 canines and 5 cats. All of them have been drinking this water for 21 months and we have not had any issues.

In fact, our older dogs seem to move less painfully. Hope this helps :)

Borax Feedback

Posted by Theresa (Mpls., Mn) on 03/12/2015
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Hey Lisa!

You are definitely missing something :-)

Borax has the same toxicity as table salt; take in too much table salt and you will get very sick. Same with water; drinking too much water *will* kill you.

If your dog ingests borax by licking it off it's coat, if it gets *too much* it might get diarrhea. 1/4 teaspoon borax in the drinking water - a common dose for humans and pets alike - may cause stomach upset if you take it all in one go in 8 ounces of water, but in a liter of water taken by a sip here or there throughout the day generally poses no upset.

I use borax both in my laundry - and orally and externally for me and my pets and all with good result.



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