Home Remedies for Fleas
You know your pet has fleas and the moment you find one you usually swat it out of existence. So, what’s the big deal? Well, consider yourself lucky, if the fleas haven’t already taken over your home.
You’d be astonished to know that had they done so, they’d have produced 222 trillion eggs in just nine months! And these pests are so hardy they can withstand the most frigid winters and can go without eating for months. The bad news is a flea bite can cause anemia, diseases and parasites.
So what do you do for flea control? Well, the first thing you’d do is to reach out for a pesticide and spray it around, unmindful of the consequences. However, as studies have indicated, these strong chemicals can adversely affect the occupants, especially the toddlers. The good news is there are some safe and effective home remedies for fleas available.
Home remedy for flea control
There are a number of home remedies to kill fleas, but to make them lasting, it’s most essential to disinfect your home, so that these fleas don’t find a suitable environment to exist in. The favorite haunt of fleas in your home are your pet’s furnishings. So, wash your dog’s bedding regularly by adding eucalyptus essential oil to the final rinse. This oil is so effective it kills 99% of the house dust mites too! Also, by vacuuming the home thoroughly and sprinkling a fine layer of ordinary table salt over the upholstery and carpets, you can evict these unwelcome guests safely.
Let’s see what other home remedies for getting rid of fleas are:
a. Citrus repellent:
You can make an effective flea repellent from lemon by cutting it into quarters and immersing it in boiling water. This is then steeped overnight to get you the repellent. By spraying this all over your pet, especially behind the ears and generally around the head, and also at the base of the tail and the ‘armpits’, you can rid it of fleas.
b. Aromatherapy repellent:
This repellent is made by adding lavender and cedarwood essential oils to pure almond carrier oil as the base. This is then shaken well and spread over the pet’s skin to keep the fleas away. You can also make effective flea collars by rubbing an essential oil of eucalyptus , tea tree , citronella , lavender or geranium on webbing, rope collar or even a doggy bandanna .
c. Essential oil bath:
If your pet is badly infested, it’d need an essential oil bath. So, draw the bath using a few drops of tea tree or lavender essential oils. An alternative is a herbal flea dip made from fresh rosemary leaf .
d. Internal flea repellents:
Garlic when fed to your dog works wonders. This is because its smell is excreted through the skin making it ‘inhospitable’ for the fleas. Brewer’s yeast tablets also help in controlling fleas. Another good alternative is natural apple cider vinegar that makes the skin more acidic and unpleasant to fleas and ticks.
e. External flea repellents:
Sprinkling diatomaceous earth, generally in the filtration system for swimming pools, all over the yard is an effective way to keep the fleas at bay. You can also put cedar chips along your fence to keep the fleas out. Planting a herb, called tansy, around your pet’s pen will also keep the problem in check. All these external repellents are effective natural home remedies for fleas.
If you have a pet, total eradication of fleas is generally next to impossible, but if you’re diligent and persistent enough, you can control these pests and not only give relief to your pet, but also make your home safe for kids.
I used diatomaceous earth, it’s a clay, that is organic and naturally kills the fleas. I feel that it is safer then that chemical powders that are used on pets.
Bathing a pet in vegetable oil will smother any fleas or ticks the animal has. i’ve done this with my cat and my dog. just make sure that you use a de-greaser like dawn to finish the bath. most regular shampoos won’t get rid of all the oil but dawn (or any other de-greaser) will get all of it out of the coat. you can then use flea and tick shampoo to prevent more fleas and ticks from getting onto your best friend.
I have used Palmolive dish soap on my dog following a nice oatmeal bath to replenish the oils to his skin. This seems to work well without pricey flea sprays or irritating collars
I use one cup of pine-sol with one cup of vinegar to a water hose sprayer and spray the yard once or twice a month. My grass looks great and it really keeps the fleas down.. I also dip my dog and cat in it.
I have found with my dog, if I add a few drops of eucalyptus oil, Lavender oil and tee tree oil to her bath, it seems to keep the flees away and it keeps her smelling nice too!
moth balls will help get rid of fleas, sprinkle moth balls all over your yard , and put some out in your house but be careful not to put too much in the house for the smell can be harmful if too much is used
Last year I was covered in fleas.So we called th pest man and all was well.Know,they are back.What do I do?Its like they have came back twice as bad in my home.I dont have any insind animals but I do have one outside dog.If you have any ideas PLEASE let me know.
Thanks
I have a dog that is a siberian husky and I think he is bringing the fleas inside knowing that he goes outside.And I found some fleas on my cat while I was bathing him.What do you suggest I do to get rid of the fleas because I think they already got into the house. Thankyou
I use Touch of Mink oil shampoo for pets.
I HAVE USED RID A LICE SHAMPOO ON MY INSIDE DOG .IT SEEMS TO KEEP HER FROM GETTING FLEAS.IT IS A SHAMPOO USED FOR KIDS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND IS PRETTY GENTLE ON PETS.IT USUALLY HAS A CONDITIONER WITH THE KIT.
I have to thank you all – My dog Simba had fleas bad and they were in the yard and the house! I used some of your remedies (moth balls, lemon wedges, and the borax & salt) they have worked and are still working. The lemon wedge solution even worked to rid the house of flies. I sprayed it and within 5 minutes they were gone. The borax and salt mixture for the carpet – 10 minutes later and they weren’t jumping on us at all. Simba actually slept for hours without having to scratch! Again thank you for your helpful hints.
I have fleas on my cats and in my carpet! What is the borax and salt rememdy? Hurry, I’m being eaten alive!
I had was feeding my dog garlic, (powder) 1/8 tsp with his meal. he enjoed it and we had no flea problem however some one told me that this was very harmful to Max and that I should stop so I did Now we are loaded with fleas Can anyone the truth about garlic and fleas and what about a garlic rinse
We have had it! The entire house is a nest. If we could, we would walk three feet off the floor. We bomb once a week, spray, sweep, mop, bust and vacuum daily. We have even resorted to bathing twice a day just to find relief from these monsters. Can anyone suggest a simple remedy for remediation of household FLEAS? We have no pets. The landlord is not agreeable to simply flooding the apartment. Maybe a quick move to Bora Bora leaving all our belongings behind. Please help…The Itchy Ones.
We have recently been attacked by fleas and I tell you – it is horrible!!! i have asked everyone I know for advice and was told of one solution that works — Skin So Soft from avon works on dogs to rid them of fleas. I did not attempt this route – my dog had to have all his hair cut off – then I treated my home with salt. i swept the kitchen and bathrooms to rid of fleas and each time the bucket was full of blood-red water, the salt was their worst enemy.
Hello I was wondering what I can use on a female Blue heeler ready to deliver puppies any day, for fleas? Any help would be greatly appriciated.
Fleas love the color white. So I put down paper towel squares and when the fleas jump on the towel I sprayed them with dawn dishsoap and water. It helps to tell if you have any fleas in your house or not. Also bathing your pet in dawn will kill the fleas on the spot. It is the only thing that will relieve my dog from scratching for a while. Good Luck!
Can someone PLEASE send me the recipe for borax an slt to get rid of fleas in my house and the lemon recipe for spray.
PLEASE hurry we can’t find our bdies anymore because of flea bites!!! We are misserable and DESPERATE!!!
I haven’t had a dog in our home in 12 yrs. For the last 2 yrs ( only during the summer months) I have become broken out with some sort of bites that itch me to death. My husbands not getting them.
After I get the bite, I also get large welps . My moms 2 inside dogs have fleas, which she says they don’t. I’m thinking that when I visit her , I’m bringing them home. Only we never see them on us, no one else gets bitten, nor do we see them anywhere else . Except once I thought I saw 2 on our bed ( dead ones). How can I find out if it’s fleas? How can I visit with out bringing them back home? How do I keep them off me when I’m visiting? If it is, why am I the only on ebitten?…Vicki
need help cats and me are getting eaten alive by fleas!!!!
I know that Head and Shoulders, or any dandruff shampoo will kill fleas instantly on a dog. The debate about garlic, at least where it concerns horses is that they believe over time that it thins the blood greatly. I used to give a dog of mine, parsley and garlic mixed in a capsule and it sure helped her.
We have been taken over by fleas since we finally got some rain. My poor little dog was covered in fleas and nothing seems to help. I do know that I eat alot of garlic and they do not bite me, however they eat everyone else in the house alive. I was told to use listerine mouthwash so I tried it. You mix half listerine and half shampoo,let it sit for about five minutes. It did not get rid of all of the fleas but it did kill a lot. I went to my local garden center and they told me that if I had an indoor pet that I would have to use something inside and outside my home as well as treat my dog. They said fleas lay lots of eggs at one time. They also told me that if I thought I had got rid of them to treat one more time because it takes awhile for the eggs to hatch.
for the past 3 months my husband and i have fogged the entire house almost every 2 weeks, we’ve put that stuff on the carpet, we vacuum every day yet we’re still getting eaten a live by fleas, does anyone know what we can do, what’s the thing about the salt, is that just regular table salt? do we just put it on the carpet? HELP!!!
Honest! This works for ridding fleas in your home! No smell! No gnats! No bugs of any kind associated! Take a banana peeling & split it several times. I usually use 2 peels at a time. Place on floor, inside facing up, where your pets will not chew on it. Under furniture is a good place to hide them from guests. I do not even bother hiding anymore since so many people know about my remedy. Not sure why, but fleas are gone in about two days. Leave peelings there until dried & replace a couple more times to be on the safe side. We have 3-4 dogs at any given time & I have used this method for 37 years. My mom first used it on sand fleas that she brought back from the beach. Fleas seem to stay outside when the dogs come in also.
How much water is needed with the lemon for making the flea spray?
Thank you for your great advice and information.
Can Somebody give me the instruction and recipe for the Borax and Salt remedy. I have 2 dogs and 1 cat. Thay are infested with the fleas and I can’t afford the prices on flea meds. Someone please help and give me some ideas.
I read how garlic and salt are suppose to be good home remedies…well I just sprinkled garlic salt on my carpet, and I mixed a little bit with warm water and olive oil and sprayed it on my cats. So far I have not been biten….you won’t hear from me again unless it does not work.
Tried the garlic and salt thing…Did NOT work…in fact it has gotten soooo much worse!! I’m probably going to call a terminator. I’m sure I have wasted more money on home remedies and store bought products than just paying $70 for two sprays.
My poor kitty is struggling with these damned things. As are the rest of us in the house. I apprecxiate all the good words…will try several of these……thank you all….
my mum told me about the vinegar remedy for killing fleas. just put a bowl of vinegar in each affected room at night and next day you will find it full of dead fleas.also she told me to make up a solution of 20 drops of eucalyptus oil with a pint of water in a spray bottle to spray on my lower legs and clothes to deter the fleas from biting me.
i had been trying to kill these fleas for weeks with conventional powders and carpet sprays but nothing work until i used the vinegar method.
now i am going to make up a solution of vinegar and water to spray on my mattress and bed base to kill the fleas that nest in there as i get bitten a lot at night. i will also use it to spray in the corners of my lounge furniture and the floors around my house.
To see how bad your flea problem is::: Plug a nightlight in close to the floor and put a small bowl of water under it. Go to bed wake up and see your surprise.
I need a remedy now my dog is really infested bad I tried the dawn dish soap it didnt work I tried to bomb the house it didnt work will someone please help me my poor dog isnt sleeping and he his tearing himself up at night, my house is also infested I can git rid of them now matter what PLEASE HELP tell me what to do, I am moving soon and dont want the fleas to follow
I do not have any pets at my home, but I did have my granddog with me while my son was on vacation. He had been ill for about a year and he died in my house while staying with me. I never saw fleas on him, but a few days after he passed I started getting flea bites. I have used powder on my carpet, furniture and floors and vacuum every day. Fleas still get on me, especialy in my kitchen and bathroom. I have so many bites my feet are swollen. What can I do?
Well I also am in desperate need of help. I just recently put my cats outside as I had fleas that I never had before I had my cats. We got them 8 months ago and my house is now infested and my five children are being eaten alive. The fleas have put us out lots of money and nothing seems to be working. I really want to know more about the salt remedy. Any ideas or answers would be greatly appreciated.
I know that my husband and I used moth balls under our house every year for scorpians, but this year we didnt, and we are covered up with fleas!We didnt have them before and now my cat is completely covered! I tried the apple cider vinegar and Ive started cleaning my floors with it too and it works pretty good!! The fleas do not like vinegar at all!! I spray my dogs with it to and and they dont have as many on them either!!! The only bad thing about the vinegar is that it stinks but it goes away after a few minutes! So try the moth balls they stink just as bad but they do work so does the vinegar!! I’m gonna try the lemon deal and see if that works to!!!
I would like to know the ration for the garlic, water, and olive oil mixture? Could someone please send that to me?
Thank YOu very Very much!!!
I have a 6 year old giant beagle/dingo/ausi sheppard mix he has really long thick hair. I live in a newer mobile home and every year i have the same problem with flea’s I use garlic in every bowl of food. I have bombed and used the carpet stuff. I am getting ready to use 3 more bombs and got him a flea collar. I have also been useing bowl of water with a drop of dish soap under a light they all seem to help but I just can’t get rid of those little buggers, any other thoughts i might try to consider before I burn my couch and replace carpet again?
I have tried almost all these remedies and none have seemed to work for me. Is there something else? I really have a bad flea problem and there everywhere even on my two dogs PLEASE HELP!!!!!!
Here is what I did yesterday. I went to DG and got 4 bottles of original Dawn dish soap, two 32oz bottles of vinager, 4 cans of salt, and a swiffer and extra wet and dry pads. I then went to the farm supply store and got some spray for the yard. We put all the dogs outside while we did inside the house. I did one room at a time. I picked everything up off the floor, vaccumed really good, sprayed vinager and water on the floors all over, let dry then sprinkled salt on the floor. I did this in every room in my house. Don’t forget to get inside couch cushions too. Sparyed the dog beds with the vinager and sprinkled with salt as well. Then we bathed each dog outside with the dawn before they could come in the house. We then washed our own hair with the dawn. Sprayed yard with insect spray and went inside. This morning fleas are gone. No itching, no fleas jumping on us, dogs can take a nap with out jumping up to scratch. Total cost about 25.00 We did not use all our stuff and will do this again in a couple weeks. Salt will probably always be in our carpets and they may get sprayed with vinager every few weeks. Dogs water has apple cider vinager in it and we may start giving them brewers yeast. They had some at the farm supply store for pretty cheap. Good luck everyone!
PLEASE….SOMEONE SEND ME THE BORAX-SALT RECIPE…I AM IN NEED OF THIS!!! WE HAVE BOMBED OUR HOUSE 2 TIMES THIS MONTH AND THESE FLEAS KEEP COMING BACK…….PLEASE SEND ME THE RECIPE!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH
I went and bought a general insect killer like Ortho’s Home Defense Indoor Outdoor spray.( Since it says it will kill flees and ticks) I then went and sprayed my dogs sleeping area and my carpet baseboards under furniture under beds any place I thought they might be or eggs might have been laid and just repeated the process every other day for 10 days since I was told it will take roughly 10 days after the flee eggs are laid for them to hatch and this way I got babies as they hatched. Then as just for safety and paranoia I went and sprinkled powder under my furniture and on the outside of my doors and after a few days just vacuumed up the powder under the furniture and have not had any more problems since. And since the Ortho spray last for 9 mos I just repeat twice a year and am loving a bug free and flee free home.
Dear Koop,
And to everyone else. A natural and some what quick way to get flees when nothing else works. I tried this when I was bombarded. Take an aluminum pie pan feel it with soapy water (it does not have to be bubbly). Put it by a night light or a small low light on the floor, is what I did, for several nights. Fleas love white and light. They jump in the pan and drown because the soap is slippery and well, we all know what water does. And there you have it. Good luck and let me know.
Any concentrated lemon dish soap seems to kill fleas on my cats and is safe for kittens too
I have tried everythin u have listed and nothing works? What am I doing wrong? Are which one actually works?
Nancy or anyone else who might know, what is the dose in setting for the one cup of pine-sol and one cup of vinegar? We have a Yorkie and she is allergic to the Frontline so we are trying everything else we can think of to get rid of the fleas. if anyone has anymore tips or tricks it would really help to know. Thanks.
I have also tried everything but nothing works. I am bitten all over and am feeling quite ill. I cannot use the bombs or foggers as I am agoraphobic and cannot leave my home. I’ve even tried phyllis’s remedy with the banana peels. Got to the stage where I’m thinking of getting a priest to excorsise (sp) my flat.
I have realised that vacuum cleaners are not powerful enough to get these little buggers out of the carpets. I’m totatlly at a loss as to what to do now. Cannot afford to buy anything else as I am on a small benefit. Btw I only have one cat.
Anyone got anymore ideas please? Thanks.
I have a little papillon who’s name is Tank. I’ve tried alot of things on him to kill the flea’s but nothing was working so i went to petsmart and i was told by a vet that was there that day that if you use the blue dawn soap it will kill the flea’s in a heart beat so later that day i gave tank a bath and sure enought it worked like a charm. i mean it kills them in a blink of an eye. So try the blue dawn soap and it has to be the blue one other wise it won’t work.
I have two cats. Mostly indoor. This summer we ended up with a major flea problem. I couldn’t relax in my own living room without being bitten. At the pet store we were told there is a flea epidemic right now. The clerk suggested Bio Spot spray for cats. With the cat that WOULD let us spray her there was a noticable improvement. Problem is the other one hates water so he’ll never sit still to be sprayed. At their yearly vet appointment we had them treated with Advantage. That, along with treating the carpet with Hartz brand carpet flea powder(it took about two hours to scrub it into the carpet and under the couch cushions), and cold weather, took care of the problem. There are plenty of Natural carpet flea powder solutions in the store also.
What is dawn soap please? I am in UK, do you know of an equivalent? Thanks in anticipation.
Dawn dish soap or any other dish soaps do work, but try the lemon home remedy, it works GREAT!! I have two small inside dogs that got infested, and the lemons killed them almost immediately.
I need help. I just can’t do this my self, the fleas are bad in my house. In my 40+ YEARS this has never happened.
I have just had a baby and we had to put our dog and cat outside. Now we have fleas inside. I have bombed the house 3 times and still I see them every once in a while on my socks. The baby wakes up with a few bumps on his face and body…I think it may be flea bites. I am so feed up with these things. Does anyone have any suggestions? What is the BORAX-SALT RECIPE and how do you use it? I am in need of help badly. Thanks
I have a 5 week old Kitten It has Fleas What Can I Do?
I have already Bathed It alittle and it isn’t Helping. Help me Please
I am looking for a way to kill fleas in a dirt floored pen where we let our dogs play during the day. Any ideas please let me know?
In addition to these remedies I also use a home made flea trap. Wrap a board or a piece of card board with white masking tape (sticky side up)and place on floor next to a night light. This traps many many fleas over night.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE BORAX & SALT MIXTURE AS WELL AS THE LEMON SPRAY….WE HAVE 4 DOGS AND I HAVE BANNED THEM ALL TO THE OUTSIDE BECAUSE OF THE FLEAS…I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THEM BACK IN THE HOUSE…JUST FUSTRATED WITH CARPET SPRAY AND FLEAS SHAMPOO THAT DOESN’T SEEM TO WORK AND IS COSTING US A FORTUNE…PLEASE HELP!!!!
I have a male and female Chihuahua in the house. They had 4 puppies. From them going outside to go to the bathroom they bring in A LOT of flea’s. And when the mother would feed her puppies they got a lot of flea’s on them.
They was probably about 2 or 3 weeks old and I took the BLUE DAWN DISHSOAP and bathed all of them (the male, female and 4 puppies). What I do is load the dish soap only on them, rub it in and leave it on for a few minutes and then I add small amounts of water on them with the dishsoap. Then I just rinse it all off. It works GREAT!!! NO MORE SCRATCHING FOR THEM!!! EVEN THE PUPPIES ARE HAPPIER!!!
For the person with the 5 week old kitten….I just came from the vet with my 5 week old kitten who had 25 fleas on him. They said in about two days he will be anemic if I don’t get rid of the infestation (professionals coming next week). They said I MUST use a flea comb and dip it in water to drown the fleas….keep doing that every single day. The fleas will suck the life out of a kitten. So that much you need to know – you MUST do whatever it takes to get rid of the fleas or give the kitten away.
The next thing is to get rid of the infestation in the house – otherwise it’s all for nothing. I’ve tried the borax but I know it’s deadly to cats, so don’t do that.
I used Dawn soap and it worked on my 6 week old boston terrier.
I need the receipe for the lemon water home remedy for eleminating fleas…
I don’t know what’s going on! I managed to get rid of my flea infestion that I had for 8 weeks. Only to find a flea on my cat today! It’s fickin January for goodness sake. Here in UK its cold and there shouldn’t be any fickin fleas! It can only mean that I didn’t get rid of the eggs and they are now hathing. I can’t go thru all that again, but I suppose I got no choice. I never used any insectide last time. I used lemon on the cat and around the home. Salt on the carpets and furniture, and believe it or not ‘Oust’ around the home as well, its an air freshner here in the UK, I sprayed it on curtains, my bed, my wardrobes, everywhere!
Good luck to me and good luck to everyone with this problem. I think that the fleas have got used to all these remedies and they got it in for us!!
I have 7 indoor cats and a big dog. I treated all with revolution then i bathed in blue dawn and peppermint oil/. I took cotton balls and soaked them in peppermint or eucalyptus oil and place them in all corners of house in drawers under cushions where ever. I have no BUGS of any kind; no roaches no spiders no fleas……… I buy my peppermint oil in a big bottle at GNC. Best remedy yet! Every month i replenish and replace my cotton balls.for 20 dollars a month it works excellent.i also spray my bad cats with vinegar and water for punish and it works with punishing and fleas lol… good luck. I live in Florida and wow the fleas are bad but not at my house. Also important. Do not let other peoples pets in your home once cleaned.
I babysat a puppy that was a Christmas present for a friend of mine. Her husband was surprising her. When he brought the puppy to me… he was covered in fleas from head to toe. I called my vet, she suggested Johnson’s baby shampoo. It was unreal. When I put it on him… it was like a bomb went off on him. All the spots where the fleas were literally began to become blotches of brown like they were blowing up.
Anyways.. it completely worked. The fleas all died and that was that. I wend to bathe my own dog recently and saw he has fleas. He’s a long hair maltice… poor baby! I must now have fleas in my carpet which is what brought me to the site to begin with. I am going to try the vinegar solution in each room in a bowl. Hopefully that will work. My vet also suggested sprinkling borax powder on the carpet works great. I am going to try. I haven’t seen them anywhere in the carpet… but my dog picked them up from somewhere. I am guessing while I was babysitting they decided to move in to my apartment. Wish me luck!
My cat has a fleas. I tried a flea collar and she started foaming at the mouth and running around like she was rabid. The drops you put on her back burned her skin and she was missing hair and had a big spot for months. Does anyone have any suggestions? I don’t want to traumatize her anymore. She is an indoor cat and has never been outside.
Cleaning the bedding regularly is a very good strategy. But I also heard that letting your dogs play outside in the winter will kill most of the fleas.
Please help us! I recently adopted a cat from the animal shelter. I brush her coat every other day. But had never really focused on the area under her chin near her id collar. In the last week, I noticed that she scratches this one side of her neck near her id collar, and I have found 3 ticks climbing up my walls. They say that female ticks do that when about to lay eggs. Any solutions out there for ridding her of any remaining ticks?
I recently got a rabbit for my birthday and we let it out and it came back in the house with flees. She has been scratching like crazy and I don’t know what products to use on her since she is not a cat or a dog.
Can someone please send me the lemon recipe or something else that might help? Oh by the way we have rooms full of stuff and clothes and it all can’t be washed because it is soooooo much.
Is there any other way to get rid of these things without having to wash EVERYTHING?
What happens to a kitten when they don’t eat for 2 and a half days
I live in Florida and the fleas are amazing here. Not until this year have I had a problem. Sydney my inside pup (she is not a pup but I call here it) has not used anything but holistic remedies. Up until now, a clover or two of fresh garlic mixed with her chicken or beef at night seems to do the trick.
Recently I have to resort to doing more. I believe that the lemon spray will do the trick and if mixed with Tea Tree Oil will complete the fix. I will let you know how it goes….
I have had my house (inside and out) sprayed twice for fleas. I did as the exterminator said – vacuumed, washed all linens, pillows, bedspreads, etc. in hot water. The first time nothing happened. Ten days later he came back to spray – I had three days of relief (they only bite me, not my husband or son) now they are back again.
My dog was treated the first time with a flea bath and FrontLine and the second time they couldn’t do anything because it had only been ten days. I feel like something is always crawling on me – I’m going to try the salt but is borac powder alright around dogs? My dog is an inside dog.
I just wanted everyone to know what Ive learned about the Salt remedy. I talked to a vet tech who gave me his opinion about it. He said that salt will kill the fleas eventually by crystalizing them. I use regular table salt from a shaker and just shake it everywhere and just leave it on and then I re-salt after I vacuum. It’s not the cure-all but it does help.
I just wanna say thanks to all of you that gave advice here, im going to try out a few over the next few days and see just how and if any of them work and then i’ll come back here and let ya’ll know what i think. As of yet the only 2 things i have found as far as home remedies go is:
1) Sprinkle ground cloves around your house and out in your yard, i know this works because a year or so ago the fleas were so bad here that we couldn’t even get outta bed in the morning and put our feet on the floor without getting bit by fleas and so we sprinkled the ground cloves out in the yard and around the house and within days if even that there was a huge difference!
I’ve tried sprinkling the ground cloves directly on my animals here but that doesn’t seem to do much good except for pissin the fleas off, “lol”, at the moment I have a puppy that’s only 2 weeks old and he’s covered with fleas. I am going to try out the dawn dish soap idea first thing tomorrow and the lemon and the boric acid and salt ideas *crosses fingers* cuz this puppy is an adorable lil brindle pit bull that i have totally fallen in love with and that is very odd cuz i completely dislike pitbulls. Even his mom has grown on me since my son got her (i think thats cuz she tried climbing in my lap while she was in labor as if she was sayin plzzzz help me!)
2) If you have a problem with ants in your house sprinkle baby powder where you see the ants and they leave on their own
By the way i live in Texas and the house i live in has a lot of sand in the yard, so we get infested by them nasty sand fleas here, even the dogs do, the poor things.
Wow i am shocked! Thank you very much to those of you that suggested the blue dawn dish soap, it works amazingly! I have a 2 week and 3 day old pitbull pup that was covered with fleas and i used the dawn on him yesterday and wow did it work! I then used it on his momma which when i was done i made sure she was rinsed really really well cuz of her nursing the pup. I also have some banana peels layin around the house at the moment and will be sprinkling some salt and borax powder in the carpets here and im plannin on boiling some lemons tonight so i can spray the house and the dogs tomorrow with it. Ohh also i made homemade snap button collars for the 2 week 3 day old pup and my miniature pomeranian then swabbed some tea tree, lavender, and cedarwood essential oils on the collars and already i can tell you if it’s not killing the fleas its atleast pissing them off very well and i’ve already noticed a lesser amount of fleas on these 2 dogs! Tomorrow i’ll be spraying my yard with pinesol and vinegar and probly bathing all the dogs again using the dawn. I’m hoping after doing all of this i wont feel like im in a war between myself and the fleas, of course fighting this war for my dogs lol
I am in need of a flea solution. Please somebody tell me how to do the salt and lemon solution? I have a new puppy in the house for my son birthday. Now we have fleas everywhere!!!
Hello to everyone thats is battling flea problem. Here is what my vet told me to do’ if you want to get rid of fleas. Frontline does work, it is all about how bad the flea infestation is but anywho, apply the Frontline first.
Wait for about a day or so and then bathe your pets with a shampoo called Ecto-soothe 3x and then after three weeks re-apply another frontline application and to treat your lawn gardens go to home depot ask for lawn & garden. I can’t really recall the name, just tell them that you want treat your insde and outside. Also make that you thoroughly clean your pets belongings.
Can you use the eucalyptus essential oil directly on pets?
We just moved to Florida and are dealing with sand fleas so will try all your suggestions thanks.
All of the above…
We moved last year bringing our inside cat who had never set foot outside…had NEVER had a problem at our old residence. A neighbor 2 houses up has outside cats….yep, we feel like we are under seige. I bought 3 Promeris for Cat treatments (similar to Frontline)…they said use Raid Flea Killer plus, gone through 3 cans of that, have fogged the house 3 times, sprinkled borax all over the house, all hardwood floors except for a rug in living room. Put out dishes of dish detergent and water…they do actally hop in those and drown…when I pick them off my body and clothing, I immerse them in a jar of alcohol. I’m vacuuming every day, moth balls in the bags, tying the bags up and tossing in the trash. I feel like I need to call Bruce Willis and let him take out the little suckers. Oh, use Off or one of those sprays on your lower legs, shoes, pants legs to keep them off your body. WE WILL WIN THIS BATTLE!!!!
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im 13 years old and noticed we have fleas i havent told my mum yet,
but im afraid if i dont the poblem will get worse. So im gonna tell her but we live in a rented house so there is not much we could do. can somebody please help me.PLEASE!! We have no pets or grass in our garden, and we havent been bit yet. Well my mum has but she nows she has them at her workplace, i think she has brought them home with her!!
Please help me.
Great tips! Be careful washing your animals in soaps not PH balanced for them because it will dry their skin out and them they will be itching because it’s dry. No one mentioned the lime peel remedy. Boil the lime peels and then let them steep until water is cool and use as a rinse that you don’t rinse off. Good Luck Make sure to make margaritas with the limes before you boil the peels. lol
I tried Essential Oils, Cedar, Diatomaceous Earth, fogged the house 3 times, sprinkled borax all over the house, put out dishes of dish detergent and water with a lamp over them…they do actually hop in those and drown. I’m vacuuming every day and nothing seems to work short of burning the whole house down. My poor pets and family are getting bit so bad, one of my family members had an allergic reaction to the bites and was rushed to the emergency room.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
Last night I realized my little 10 pound short haired white dog had fleas. I have been religious about using Frontline Plus so I was truly shocked to see them on her. It was almost a week before she needed another application.
I gave her an early application of Frontline, then coated her really well in Avon Skin-So-Soft oil. I was careful to cover her entire body and she was good and oily, so I let her marinate overnight.
This morning I checked her over and she was completely flealess!! Went out and bought a bottle of Dawn dish detergent and gave her a good scrub so she wasn’t so oily.
I don’t know if it was the Frontline alone or the Avon SoS oil or a combination of both, but I don’t care. I will do the exact same thing next time because it works!
please do not think this is a joke ….it really does work..slice a lemon…put it into a bowl…pour boiling water on the lemon slices..let it set over night..strain and put it in a spray bottle..then spray your pet and all places they are at..your whole living area…just try it..you will see it does work..will not hurt pets or humans …i have had many pets over the years..and it really does work…also you can put a few drops of lemon juice in your pets shampoo.. it will help..good luck
i have aixture oil that i purchased for myself at bath and body works called Relaxing massage oil, it has eucalypistis and speriment essential oils.
will this work just as well,
also
i added a little more pure eucalyptis oil to the mix
i have 2 dogs and 3 cats outside an they are outside animals. i just wondering how to kill fleas in my house and outside.
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just wanted to put that out there cause I have seen it mentioned.. It is poisonous to cats and dogs, so just be careful if you are using it.
Also, I want to thank everyone for some GREAT tips on here!! I was so depressed today when I found out my doggy has fleas.. I immediately put some advantage on her and have vacuumed everything and sprinkled salt all over.. Hoping it will work, I’m going to try the dawn dish soap too.
Don’t give your pets garlic. Garlic contains the toxic ingredient thiosulphate, which can cause haemolytic anaemia. Even though it might take a large amount of garlic to harm your pet, it is a gamble that I wouldn’t take.
After getting our puppy for Christmas, we also got some roaches along with it. Do any of these things help with the roaches as well. How can I train my 10 month old puppy to use a litter box inside the house instead of him going outside. Do I sprinkle the salt all over my furniture and wood floors as well. Should I sprinkle the floors and furniture with salt overnight and them mop it in the morning with dawn and hot water? Help our poor puppy s suffering so much. Thanks
We’ve had a really bad problem w/sand fleas this year. Wasted $$$ on foggers, powders and even $125 w/Orkin who came out 3 different times and still have the problem. Tried the lemon dish soap in a bowl w/night light and nothing. We have used cans and cans of table salt after vacuuming at least once usually twice a day and empty the vacuum’s cup flushing away dead ones w/salt. (This has worked the best so far) We’ve been doing this for 3 weeks and they still keep hatching, it’s taking forever. Our 2 indoor cats have been treated and don’t show any signs or fleas on them, just us HUMANS. We’ve even sprayed vineagar w/dawn on the beds and put bowls of rock salt under the beds. THEY’RE STILL HERE!!! Help!!!
I currently have 2 adult cats I’ve given them liquid promise flea repelent a bath and we bombed the house! my cats still are infested as are the rest of the family! the house is just a big nesting spot! as well my one female had 4 kittens all had been infested and died within a few weeks of being born it was HORRIBLE it breaks my heart I’ve tried so many dif flea brands collars sprays bombs shampoos and even sprayed the yard I swear its just getting worse = ( I feel so bad for my kitties someone PLEASE HELP!
Hello all, I gave my 2 dogs away and got infested with fleas outside and in my garage, So bad that when you walked in the garage and looked at the floor you could see those little things jumping all around. We tried Orkin, the Ortho products from Lowes, and bought the sticky traps and a light bulb on the ground, which actually trapped alot of them, but they really didnt work much, We now are trying the 1 Qt. Sevin Ready-to-Spray Bug Killer(you hook it to a water hose) and Sevin powder from Lowes. So far it really seems to be working. Little by little we’re not getting as many fleas on us when we walk in the backyard or garage. I will be treating my garage and yard every week until I know they are completely gone. I’m also going to try the vinegar in a bowl in the house, the moth balls in both the house, garage and yard, and the salt. We’re hoping to be flea free in a few weeks!!!
I have read all the comments. Doesnt anyone post the recipies for the alternatives you have recommended. We cant use them without this info. Thanks!
Instead of Frontline or Advantage which I recently used on my two cats which caused the hair to fall off where I applied the drops and didn’t get rid of the fleas, try using Burt’s Bees insect repellent. It has lemongrass, citronella and other essential oils that I used on my cats when I first brought them home from the shelters.
I put a little bit in with some lavender dish soap to bath them and then also put a few drops between their shoulders and they have been flea free until this year. They are indoor cats so I didn’t treat them this year and now I have fleas in my apartment. Any suggestions to treat rugs that can’t be vacuumed? (Flokati rugs) Can’t afford to take them to be cleaned right now.
I cannot use any chemicals because of sensitivity to them, but we have had a terrible flea infestation this year. What has worked for me is Dr. Tichenor’s Antiseptic/Mouthwash in an empty spray bottle(I use the straight stuff, not watered down) with about 1/4 of the bottle filled with lemon juice from real lemons. I spray that on my carpets, furniture, and myself (no inside pets). (Be sure to test your fabrics to make sure it does not stain – but it has worked fine for me.
It smells nice (lemony peppermint) and the fleas disappear. The peppermint oil and alcohol in the Dr. Tichenor’s with the lemon oil all deter and kill fleas – much better than chemicals!! I have heard that clove oil and cinnamon oil will also help get rid of them. I haven’t tried that, but probably a mixture of all of the above would do some real flea controlling and probably smell yummy!
Here is the lemon recipe…
Take one large lemon, slice it and place all of the slices (you will probably have 6 to 8 slices) into one pint of very hot water and let sit all day. Will be ready to use that evening. Not only does it repel fleas but it soothes and heals your pets damaged skin. My dog was bleeding from wounds caused from fleas and scratching and the lemon works wonders for him.
Diluted eucalyptus oil works VERY well, too. Make SURE you dilute it though because it will sting any open sores your pet has. I get a small bottle, almost a vile size at Whole Foods and I dilute it with a half a cup of water in a mister and spray it all over my pet. Make sure to do this outSIDE because the fleas will start jumping off. Some will die on the pet and some make their escape!! I also spray my pet and get him nice & wet BEFORE i let him out to play and to go potty in the morning. This way he won’t pick up any new fleas. Good luck to you all!!
Forgot to say that I use cotton balls to swab it onto my dog and sometimes I really soak one up and ring it out on his paws and on wounds. Someone else said they spray or mist it onto their pet so you could try that, too.
Go to the vet and pay the 16 dollars for FrontLine Plus. It will kill the fleas and their eggs on your pet within 4 hrs. Also if you sprinkle reg. table salt on your carpet and vacuum once a day for 3-4 days the fleas will die. Please don’t ever use a Hartz flea collar on your pet, it almost killed mine. Oh, I tried the oil and dawn and the fleas lived.
i didnt relize waht a flea problem we had until my cat had three kittens, i picked one of the babys up within hours of it being born and wham when i turned it over it had about 6 fleas that i saw, so i looked on the net and found some good ideas, the lemon one didn’t work very well but man the baby oil did. it slows them down to the point you can pick them off.
what i do is(wear a white shirt cause its esaier to see the fleas when they jump off)i take a cotton swab and apply the oil that way i fill the cap with the oil and dip the swab in and cover the areas, underbelly, armpits, at the base of the tail and around the genitals on the back of the legs, around the neck and under the chin. then take your flea comb and start combing the kittens and they will cry and squirm but you are doing it for their own good.the first day i got about 10 off of each kitten and three days later im only getting 10 for the kittens and their momma now.
i did the table salt around the box and vacuum and change the bedding everyday, and i do this all about three times a day but those cute little faces are sooo worth it and it really seems to be helping its getting better for all my cats, and yes i comb them all(3 adults and three kittens now 5 days old)and they all seem so much happier and more spunky.even the kittens are getting louder when i comb them lol.
Talked to my vet about Dawn, you have to use the old Dawn, the plain blue one that our mothers use..haha…put the soap directly onto pet..do not dilute! Let soap sit for 5 – 10 minutes then rinse thoroughly off. This works great but you will have to keep retreating once a week until you are sure you have gotten all the eggs and so forth.
what i did was shave my dog. shave everywhere the fleas nest(usually mmoor hairy places,under the neck, around the eye area, on the head,on legs, or under the belly.)then i used dawn and i used pretty much and let it sit for a couple of minutes. i rinsed with warm water.every flea was dead!!! i know this cuz i took a flea comb and went down her back with it.but you have to repeat if u let them in infested areas.it works though!
is it true that fleas leave in the winter?????
I am using the water and light at night with the soap. Also, the salt around the house and on the furniture. I feel great already, all this in an hour and I think this really is gonna work for me and the cat and the family of course.
Never put harsh chemicals in your house around the family and animals. I believe in home remedies only and now you go for it!
THIS BEATS THE BALL-OUT ANY DAY… SAVE MONEY SO THE GOVERNMENT WON’T TAKE IT AND VOTE PLEASE.
Like many of you, for the first time, my yard and now my house and my poor little pug dog have been infested with fleas. First, if you want to get rid of the little boogers for good, you have to be sure that all of the eggs have hatched. They aren’t going to hatch until it gets over 80 degrees fahrenheit. They’ll wait and hatch later. But I have had good luck by spraying upholstery and carpet with a product called Hartz InControl. You have to repeat it and vacuum like crazy. But it wasn’t until I tried the lemon juice and water that my little pug began to get relief. I’m too lazy to do the thing you guys are talking about. I got a spray bottle, dumped in a pint of water and the equivalent of 3 lemons worth of RealLemon juice out of the bottle. Then I soaked her, got the flea comb, combed out the fleas, swished the flea comb in a cup of water, and flushed the water down the toilet. I am assuming I can do this as often as necessary. Please let me know if I’m wrong.
Rosemary. Take 1-1/2 teaspoons of dried rosemary and one cup of boiling water. Add the rosemary to the water and let sit for 24 hours. Strain the leaves and put into a spray bottle, spay your animals and the carpet. Also, put rosemary into mesh netting and place around your pet’s bed and along the baseboards in your home.
i have a cocker spaniel and a cat. They both have flees. its not real bad yet but i want to stop it before it does. please if you have any tips for me let me know!!!
I spray dawn on my carpet after one hour i then vacuum, and then i spray zodiac flea spray with IGR to take care of the eggs to keep them from hatching.I repeat this every three weeks.For my cat i put Hartz ultra guard pro flea and tick drops behind her head.also i place ear mite and tick control drops into her ears to chase out fleas.I use to bath her with shampoo using a flea comb now its difficult because she hates water she puts up a serious struggle,so I replace the bath with adams flea mist.Your cat has to be over 12 month to use adams its too strong for kittens.
There is a new product for fleas on the market called comfortis. This is only for dogs! This kills fleas and eggs for 30 days. It’s a liver flavored cookie your pooch eats. You can get this on (Petmeds.com) http://www.1800petmeds.com/Comfortis-prod11039.html This really works! You also can get capstar a 24 hour flea killer. It starts working in 30 minutes..the fleas will be totaly gone…this is for cats and dogs! Use this on the day you do the house and you don’t have to remove them from the house. Your pet becomes a flea trap! Use Frontline.. on the cats!
Murphy oil soap works…but truly water drownds fleas! Soap and water is a very old pest killer. However after the bath new fleas will jump on the pet right away. You must do the pet house and yard…all the same day and keep it up for a month. Treat pet EVERY 30 DAYS and the yard on a regular basis to keep this form happening again.
However if you live in Florida like I do…you might have to move! UGH!!!
WARNING…
Siamese CATS ARE VERY SENSATIVE TO FLEA PRODUCTS!!! MANY CAN KILL YOUR CAT…SEE YOUR VET! ADAMS IS VERY HARDS STUFF…BEST NOT TO USE! MOST VETS NO LONGER CARY THIS STUFF THATS WHY WAL MART HAS IT NOW. DONT USE WAL MART FLEA JUNK IT DOSE NOT WORK AT ALL AND CAN HARM AND PET. GO TO THE VET TO BUY YOU TREATMENT OR ORDER FROM PET MEDS.
Adams nearly killed my cat!Adams nearly killed my cat!Adams nearly killed my cat!Adams nearly killed my cat!Adams nearly killed my cat!
i have 2 puppies that i have spent so much money onmeds for flees from the vet and suprise suprise they still have them and now they have itched all the skin off there butts, so thanks for all the home remidies i am goona try them save some cash and hopefully get rid of these pesky bugs for good and get some hair back on there butts.. lol
TEA TREE OIL CAN KILL YOUR DOG!!!! THIS LEMON SPRAY THEY TALK ABOUT ON THIS SITE WILL ONLY MAKE YOUR DOGS FLEA BITES BURN EVEN MORE.. IF YOU HAVE A PAPER CUT AND PUT A LEMON JUICE ON IT HOW WOULD YOU FEEL?? SO DONT PUT ANYTHING ON YOUR DOG THAT YOUR VET DOESNT TELL YOU TO PUT ON HIM. ALL OF THESE HOME REMEDIES WILL ONLY HARM YOU PET AND ALSO YOU. I PUT TEA TREE OIL IN MY HAIR AND MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN SOME IN MY MOUTH AND I WAS SICK FOR DAYS.
WHEN I BOUGHT THE OIL IN THE GMC STORE THE MAN TOLD ME IT WOULD BE SAFE FOR ME AND MY DOG. YEAH RIGHT MY DOG ALSO GOT A RASH AND NEEDED TO BE ON BENADRYL FOR 2 WEEKS POOR DOG. SO LISTEN TO ME BEFORE YOU TRY ANY OF THESE HOME REMEDIES NEVER PUT ANY KIND OF OIL ON YOUR PET NEVER JUST THE REGULAR DOG MED THAT YOUR VET TELL YOU TO LIKE FRONTLINE OR AV9, THE CHEAP STUFF DOEST WORK EITHER YOU HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY IF YOU DONT WANT THE BUGS AND 50 BUCKS EVERY 4 MONTHS WILL SAVE YOU 1000′S IN THE FUTURE IT MAY NOT BE SAFE TO USE FOGGERS AND SPRAYS BUT IT CAN BE SAFE THEN HOME REMEDIES!!!!!! SO DONT DO IT!!!! IT COST ME MORE MONEY TO CLEAN UP THE MESS BY USING HOME REMEDIES THEN IF I WOULD HAVE JUST BOUGHT THE SPRAYS, WELL JUST CLEAN YOUR HOLE HOUSE IN 1 DAY TOP TO BOTTOM VACCUM AND WIPE DOWN ALL YOUR WOODWORK, MOP YOUR HOLE HOSUE, MORE YOU STOVE ANF FRIGE, AND VACCUM ALL BED WIPE DOWN THE BED REALS IF YOU DOG GOT REAR YOUR CLOTHES YOU HAVE TO WAS THEM ALL IN HOT WATER.
TREAT THIS LIKE HEAD LICE BUT 10 TIMES WORST AND HARDER TO GET RID OF THESE BUTS CAN LIVE 8 MONTHS IN THE COCOON WITH OUT BLOOD 8 MONTHS. I CUT FLEA COLLAR INTO LITTLE PIECES AND PUT THEM IN MY COUCH. IN CLOSETS ECT ANY WERE YOUR DOG CANT GET TO, FLEA CALLORS CAN HARM YOUR DOG TOO, SO IF YOU DO THIS JUST DO LET THEM GET NEAR THEM. BUT JUST CLEAN EVRYTHING I ALSO THREW AWAY MY BROOM AND MOP AFTER I CLEANED MY HOUSE AND I PUT THE FLEA CALLOR IN THE VACCUM BAG WHEN I VACCUMED EVERYTHING THEN I CHANGED IT OUTSIDE AND PUT A NEW FLEA COLLAR BACK IN THE BAG. IT HELP CAUSE IF EGGS HACH IN THE VACCUM THEY WILL DIE AND ALSO REMBER TO CLEAN ALL VACCUM ATACHEMENT WELL I HOPE THIS WILL HELP
We have used Frontline Plus to control fleas. We live in San Diego in an apartment with lots of dogs. The flea problem is outrageous. We’ve given our dog several flea baths at the Dog Wash in OB but within a couple of days they are back. The adult fleas jump on when we let her out to pottie. Frontline doesn’t seem to be working. Other’s in our building have experienced similar problems with Frontline, Advantage, etc. I was watching the Planet Green Channel ~ Stuff Happens with Bill Nye which is where I saw the natural remedy of using lemons and boiling them in water. The salt idea is interesting idea to rid of the fleas hidden in the carpet. We are going to give this a try and see what happens. It’s really no use wasting money on expensive products like Frontline Plus and it doesn’t even work. We are thinking the fleas have built an immunity to the products.
This grandma website is very useful.
Vinegar is excellent.My wife and I get bit from flea all over the body.
We used soft napkin or cotton swabs, put some vinegar on it and wipe out on the places was bit by the flea ( your body) or itching place.
We fill great in one minute.
We used to took a shower and used dawn blue soap. It was worked too, but take too long. The vineger worked faster and have no harm to my skin.
Also I use lemon method around my furniture and kitchen.
I have two dogs, They have fleas, I thought as soon as the cold weather came in the little suckers would die, But no My poor dogs, Their young and always scratching which drives me crazy!! There Large dogs but I found to give both the dogs and I relief is Benadryl 1 to 2 Tabs (depending on the size of dog) It relieves itching and knocks them out so they dont keep scratching. Hope this helps someone and their pets. I dont know how it works for Cats though.
dawn works, & so does the lemon treatment. garlic is very toxic to dogs & causes anemia. the trick side to garlic is taht at the same time is good for dogs, but i stress very small amounts, VERY RARELY.
go to a feed store and buy/order FOOD grade diatomaceous earth. cheap, safe on carpets,rugs,fur,in and around food. just google diatomaceous earth to read about how & where to use it. it's the fossilized remains of a hard shelled algae. NO harmful chemicals. or you can order direct from Perma-Guard, INC. although cheaper from a feed store i paid $22.50 + tax for 25 lbs. but you won't need nearly that much
use diatomaceous earth. NO harmful chemicals in it& cheaper than a vet. use sparingly on small/young animals. can be used on carpets, furniture, pets fur anywhere. but make sure it's FOOD grade. local animal feed stores like where they sell stuff for horses, etc
did you get the recipe for borax-salt?
hello fellow flea warriors! Lots of good suggestions here. I have to say that I am really dismayed though at how many people here have given zero thought to the amount of toxicity and poisons that they subject their family members to- scary! Please don't put flea collars on your animals- would you put a ring of pesticides on your kids neck? The idea of natural, wholistic, and especially non-toxic is very important to all involved here. Do not use essential oils full strength directly on pets or people skin, dilute with the assistance of a veterinarian or at the very least a pharmacy person's guidance. Good luck to all.
Hi, Marva. I'm Marva as well. I just added a Black Lab( Kodi) to my family and we are looking for ways to maintain his health while waiting to get his shots. He is 9 weeks old and we were told that we should wait at least until he was about 12 weeks old to administer his first set of shots, as well as, flea and tick treatments. I'm also looking for a rememdy for his skin and coat. I notice he scratches, but I am unable to find anything on him in terms of fleas and ticks. When I bathe him, shortly after, his black coat is filled with white flakes. Currently, I am trying Puppy vitamins once a day, teaspoon of Olive Oil in his food for his skin, and vinegar in his baths for fleas and ticks. We also started using baby shampoo instead of puppy shampoo, as we were told that this would help with his skin and coat as well. The question I need to know is….. Are we doing too much or too little?
The borax is a simple recipe. It can be found in the laundry section of the store for pretty cheap. First, put your dog outside and plan to have him/her out there for the day.Just sprinkle it all over the carpets nicely, as you would a scented carpet powder. Use plenty and try to coat the carpet. Leave it on there for a few hours if you can.Then vacuum. Do this indoors every day for at least a few days and twice a month until you never see another flea.. Also, when the dog is outside, wash him/her with blue dawn, and if you can, put the pet somewhere different afterward, such as the front yard instead of the back, or a friends yard. When you vacuum your house later, then bring the dog back in. I also sprinkled borax all over my grass when I did the carpets so that the fleas would suffocate and die out there before the dog went back out (hence I kept her out front instead of the back). I assume the salt remedy is the same as the Borax, it probably suffocates the fleas. Either way, the fleas went away.
I’ve been reading tips and natural remedies for about a month..I have 5 dogs and lots of sand. The fleas every spring thru fall are horrific! I’ve tried Borax (which also helps to kill them on the towels I’ve bathed my dogs with in the washer, I use it in every load of clothes) Then, Vinegar, the fleas dont like that, but neither do my dogs. Salt & Borax mixed, works well on furniture under the cushions, vacumm and repeat every couple days.
I’m desperate now, we used to use Frontline, aside from the fact that it’s pricey for all 5 dogs, it just seemed to stop working. These fleas are tough.
So, I threw caution to the wind and bought some pine-sol(regular). I’ve tried the orange kind, nothing. But, I mixed the Pine-Sol with Vinegar and Water in a sprayer and sprayed the room in my house with carpet(the most infested) with it. THE FLEAS CAME OUT OF THE CARPET! (I assume gasping for air) It knocks them down and out! So, I sprayed the back yard (sandy area) and the furniture,matresses, anything they can hide in…It seems to be working so far. I’ll vacuum them all up later and toss the bag, just in case they’re in a temporary coma from the Pine Oil. I haven’t used the Pine-Sol on my dogs, I realize it is dangerous.
Also, Use MOTH BALLS, the fleas hate them..If you can stand the smell (if you are desperate like me) use them, THey WORK!
Hope this helps..I’m pulling every trick I have outta my hat, on week three of the battle and seem to be winning with the Pine-Sol and that was only today did I use it.
We use 7 dust it gets rid of all the fleas everywhere!
I too am trying to get rid of fleas. I live near a beach however, my second dog came from an area of land and trees. Now not only do I have red fleas I also have black fleas. The black fleas bite us the red fleas not so much. So now I am wondering if there is a difference in ways to rid them from my home. I plan to try the vinegar and lemon, I have been using Borax but since we have encouterd the black fleas it does not seem to be working. I will try mixing it with salt. If anyone know if there is a difference please respond I am so tired of this flea problem and my children are dead set on keeping their pets.
i know a tip is required but i have not a one. i have 2 schawners and they are eat up with fleas and scratch constantly plus rub thier backs raw anywhere they can. i am so grateful to find this site as we live by the ocean and they is nothing to stop the fleas we can only hope to keep them down to a dull roar. i am going to try every tip in this section to try to bring some relief to my pets. i have tried all the expense stuff that my vet recomennds but NOTHING works or lasts so to see this site is so exciting. gotta go get started and again ty…babsie