Natural Flea Remedies

There is a lot of truth behind the many potential adverse effects on a pet’s health due to the usage of many flea control products as shown in EPA test results.
Oftentimes, chemicals used in flea control products can affect your pet’s health and it is very important to speak with your pet’s veterinarian before using such flea control products.
Fortunately, there are alternatives and natural flea remedies that can be used as opposed to that of more harmful flea products.
The natural flea remedies we are referring to normally utilize botanical essential oils and more.
The reason the natural flea remedies are quite effective against fleas overall is due to the blockage of a substances called octopamine which damaged a flea’s function ability.
The essential oils from many plants have been developed over many years as a serious means of protecting itself from many different types of insects and thus, the plants have survived.
Now, there are natural flea remedies available with the octopamine-blocking oils as part of the main ingredients in the flea control products which only harms the actual insect, or flea.

One of our highly recommended natural flea remedies is called TripleSure.

Some other natural flea remedies for flea control that can be applied to your pet, after speaking about them with your pet’s veterinarian include:
Add a couple cloves of garlic to your larger dog’s daily diet, or one-half clove for cats, if they are allowed to have this.
In addition to garlic, speak with your vet about adding sulphur to your pet’s diet as well as supplements such as black walnut hulls which have been found to help keep insects such as fleas and ticks away from animals.
There are also many different types of herbal flea control shampoo products available for your pet which can contain eucalyptus, bergamot, pine cedar , lavender and more.
Also, there are many herbs which has shown to be effective against fleas through simply sprinkling them around in the affected areas, mostly where the pet rests.
Herbs such as fennel and wormwood which are very effective as well as eucalyptus, centaury, derris, marigold, rue, mint (pennyroyal is considered to be poisonous to many!), tansy and more.
In addition, with the herbs, you can also make a “tea” which can then be sprayed onto the pet as well, especially if the pat is a larger animal.
Some household cleaning will help as well, such as regular vacuuming after sprinkling the carpet with 23 Mule Team Borax (be sure it is this one as other borax forms may be rather poisonous) and leave for 2 days then vacuum.
One little trick we have found to be useful is through the usage of cedar oil on paper, which can be placed under the bed or in areas where fleas may be. They will most likely be attracted and will appear on the newspaper which can easily be tossed into a garbage bag which can be tie and disposed of immediately.
There are also many tablets which can be purchased at the store which contain yeast and garlic which are both wonderful combatants of fleas while helping prevent fleas from ever occurring.