Flea products

9/24/09

I wanted to update everyone and let them know that i have recently learned that Vinegar kills fleas. It attracts them and kills them. The recipe is 1 part vinegar to 2 parts water. You use a spray bottle and spray it on your cat. You have to do it a couple times, but it works.
Also Dawn dish soap kills fleas. You can bathe your cat in it, if you want you can put a little vinegar in it to help.


Since summer is just around the corner, I thought I might discuss flea Products and Flea control.

I do not use any over the counter flea products on my cats. Last year i used the Hartz flea spray and it made my cats very sick. They got upper respiratory infection, and the chemical in there spread through there blood stream very quickly and I lost 10 of my kitty;s in a matter of a month, we tested everything, the food, the flea product and was told the food was safe and that the chemical that they use in the flea product did it. so I had to wash remaining cat's with baby shampoo. There are more people than just me who have complained to hartz and had problems with them, go to Hartzvictims.org to see other complaints.

So this is what i do to protect them.

1. The vaccum is your friend(thank you maggie) use it a couple time a day to pick them up out of your carpet.

2. Baby Shampoo (again TY Maggie) baby shampoo kills fleas safley. Do not know why it just does and it kills them right away.

3 Comb your pet daily to remove eggs. A flea lays a 1000 eggs everytime. Comb alot

4 pepermint or rosemary oil a couple drops on the neck keeps the flea's away. They do not like it.

5 you can feed you r pet a 1/2 clove of garlic every couple days, fleas don't like that either.

If you do use a flea product make sure you watch your pet for the following signs
sudden runny nose, raspety breathing, fur loss, lathargic, not eating, vomitimg, a strang grinding noise when they eat, sores or rash's. Please call the vet immediatly if you see anything like this or you pet acts not his normal self.

I hope this helps everyone have a flea free summer.