jimseabee
Completely Boxer Crazy
If you do a search on google there are some natural recipes for flea and tick repellents. Here are a couple you can try. I cut and pasted these from a web site.
apple cider vinegar is a good repellent. It is inexpensive and highly effective in the war against fleas and ticks. There are several ways that you can use apple cider vinegar (ACV). One easy way is to wipe your animal’s coat with a saturated cloth or paper towel. You can also spray ACV, diluted 50% with water, directly on your companion.
If the fleas were really bad, apply ACV twice daily for three days in a row. When the scratching stops and when run the flea comb through, looking for fleas . Once the fleas decide that they didn’t want to stick around any longer, cut back to once a day, and then every other day. Usually once a week treatment with ACV is sufficient for the cats. Dogs requires more frequent applications because she swims in the creek every day.
Another method of flea and tick repellent is to add a teaspoon of ACV to your companion’s drinking water every day, but my animals, especially the cats, wouldn’t drink the water.
There are many other uses for ACV other than flea repellent. Because of its antiseptic qualities, ACV can be applied topically for hot spots, skin infections, dull coats, cuts, and wounds. It is best to use it in diluted form in these situations.
Brewers or nutritional yeast and garlic are other effective flea repellents. There are chewable yeast and garlic tablets at almost any pet store. One disadvantage to these tablets is that some animals are allergic to yeast. There is also a flea repellent called teminator
Keep in mind when working with flea prevention that if the food you are feeding has corn in it, your companion’s blood becomes sweeter and more appealing. So it’s a good idea to avoid all foods that contain any form of corn or corn products.
Dr. Pitcairn recommends a homemade skin tonic that is used as a flea repellent. It is made by thinly slicing a whole lemon, including the peel. Bring one pint of water to a near boil, add the lemon slices and let it steep overnight. The next morning, the cool solution can be sponged onto the animal’s coat. You can also use a crock pot to steep the lemons overnight.
The lemon solution has healing ingredients and acts as an antiseptic. Dr.Pitcairn says that this tonic can also be used in the treatment of mange.
There are essential oils that can be used to assist your companion with insect pests. use a few drops of eucalyptus, citronella, and tea tree oil, diluted in a carrier oil such as sweet almond, olive, or vegetable oil, to concoct your own insect repellent. You can apply this oil mixture to their collars. In The Encyclopedia of Natural Pet Care by CJ Puotinen, there is a list of essential oils that can be used as repellents. She suggests essential oils of French basil, cedar, cinnamon, citronella, clove, lemon, lavender, pennyroyal, rose geranium, palmarosa, or opopanax. This formula cannot be used for pregnant animals, who should avoid essential oils of pennyroyal, basil, cedar, and citronella. She also recommends adding a small amount of eucalyptus oil to a liquid soap or pet shampoo. Allow this shampoo mixture to stay on your companion for five minutes before rinsing. Use a flea comb or brush to dislodge eggs, larvae, and adult fleas. ( use essential oils only as mosquito repellent. This is purely a preference because mixing essential oils are more labor intensive, and would rather keep things simple.)
I am trying the lemon one will let you know the results.
apple cider vinegar is a good repellent. It is inexpensive and highly effective in the war against fleas and ticks. There are several ways that you can use apple cider vinegar (ACV). One easy way is to wipe your animal’s coat with a saturated cloth or paper towel. You can also spray ACV, diluted 50% with water, directly on your companion.
If the fleas were really bad, apply ACV twice daily for three days in a row. When the scratching stops and when run the flea comb through, looking for fleas . Once the fleas decide that they didn’t want to stick around any longer, cut back to once a day, and then every other day. Usually once a week treatment with ACV is sufficient for the cats. Dogs requires more frequent applications because she swims in the creek every day.
Another method of flea and tick repellent is to add a teaspoon of ACV to your companion’s drinking water every day, but my animals, especially the cats, wouldn’t drink the water.
There are many other uses for ACV other than flea repellent. Because of its antiseptic qualities, ACV can be applied topically for hot spots, skin infections, dull coats, cuts, and wounds. It is best to use it in diluted form in these situations.
Brewers or nutritional yeast and garlic are other effective flea repellents. There are chewable yeast and garlic tablets at almost any pet store. One disadvantage to these tablets is that some animals are allergic to yeast. There is also a flea repellent called teminator
Keep in mind when working with flea prevention that if the food you are feeding has corn in it, your companion’s blood becomes sweeter and more appealing. So it’s a good idea to avoid all foods that contain any form of corn or corn products.
Dr. Pitcairn recommends a homemade skin tonic that is used as a flea repellent. It is made by thinly slicing a whole lemon, including the peel. Bring one pint of water to a near boil, add the lemon slices and let it steep overnight. The next morning, the cool solution can be sponged onto the animal’s coat. You can also use a crock pot to steep the lemons overnight.
The lemon solution has healing ingredients and acts as an antiseptic. Dr.Pitcairn says that this tonic can also be used in the treatment of mange.
There are essential oils that can be used to assist your companion with insect pests. use a few drops of eucalyptus, citronella, and tea tree oil, diluted in a carrier oil such as sweet almond, olive, or vegetable oil, to concoct your own insect repellent. You can apply this oil mixture to their collars. In The Encyclopedia of Natural Pet Care by CJ Puotinen, there is a list of essential oils that can be used as repellents. She suggests essential oils of French basil, cedar, cinnamon, citronella, clove, lemon, lavender, pennyroyal, rose geranium, palmarosa, or opopanax. This formula cannot be used for pregnant animals, who should avoid essential oils of pennyroyal, basil, cedar, and citronella. She also recommends adding a small amount of eucalyptus oil to a liquid soap or pet shampoo. Allow this shampoo mixture to stay on your companion for five minutes before rinsing. Use a flea comb or brush to dislodge eggs, larvae, and adult fleas. ( use essential oils only as mosquito repellent. This is purely a preference because mixing essential oils are more labor intensive, and would rather keep things simple.)
I am trying the lemon one will let you know the results.
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We never had a flea problem before hurricane Katrina. Now, frontline, Sentinel, Capstar and Adams flea baths all combined still do not do the job. 