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I volunteer with a humane society and often am asked this by folks unable or unwilling to purchase traditional flea control methods.
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4 Responses to “Are there alternative methods for canine or feline flea control other than collars or flea spray?”
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April 17th, 2010 at 1:26 am
Sprinkle a little bit of garlic powder in your animal’s food. Dog’s love the flavor, and it acts as a natural flea repellant. (Only a half a tsp or so is needed.)
April 18th, 2010 at 8:55 pm
Yep try K9 advantix for canines and frontline or advantage for felines. Also you can try bathing them with Adams flea control bath soap. Im pretty sure you can use that with canines and felines!
April 21st, 2010 at 2:43 am
There is a treatment for the inside the house and surrounding area and it works with the pet, you give it a bath while you treat the house.
One company’s name is Flea Busters, they come out and spray and its a guarantee that the fleas won’t return, if they do, they come back for free.
I used it when I had a big house and it was great.
The product they use is Diatomacious Earth which is a fine non toxic powder that is also used in swimming pool filters (not in the pool). It’s incredible, you spread this fine powder over the inside of your house and then you “rake” it into the carpet and sweep over the wood floors and linoleum. Wait for about 2 hours and then come back and clean up. It literally chokes the fleas to death and smothers the eggs so they can’t hatch……NO MORE FLEAS
It’s not that expensive especially if you compare it to the sprays and bombs not to mention how toxic everything is. We’ve had happy flea free dogs for years!
April 23rd, 2010 at 12:18 am
Diatemacious earth is non-toxic, and is also put into cattle feed to kill certain parasites. Thus it is can be ingested by your animals. It chemically reacts to any insect with an exoskeleton so you can sprinkle it on your lawn and even directly on your animal. Its an amazing thing that is unknown by the general public, which is why pest control companies make so much money. You can buy it at your local hardware store in bulk. gulf courses treat regularly with the stuff…