Comments on: Organic Flea Control: Assessment

By: Melody

Melody — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:13:47 +0000

I really recommend food grade diatomaceous earth. It’s so safe that it’s regularly added to grain to keep out infestations and to cattle food to kill parasites and there are people who swear by it as a supplement. I killed off a flea infestation by sprinkling it around the house and on my kitties.

By: angel

angel — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:15:40 +0000

I totally agree. There are a lot of ways for flea control such us regular grooming and frequent vacuuming. We could also use borax to kill fleas. There are tons of products available in the market. I’ve used one of them and it’s really effective.

By: Dee Loralei

Dee Loralei — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:56:36 +0000

Thanks for the info wearbear. I’ll try the flea trap thing. Luckily my sofas are leather and the curtains are shear , so I only have to worry about the carpeting being infested. I did put garlic powder in the dogs dry food today and will continue that experiment for a month or so. I also put olive oil on it, taking your advice about compromised skin. Their skin seems a bit dry from all the scratching. I’ve been treating them with oatmeal spray, but not every day for the same reason. But will ramp that up to at least a daily thing. I have a bactine spray for where they’ve broken the skin nibbling and scratching at their fleas. Neither cat seems to have any fleas, so that’s a good thing. But if I don’t get this under control soon, we’re all going to be infected. (sigh)

Now to find something safe for the yard.

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:59:49 +0000

You must be careful though, as some other forms of pet medicines do not always react well with natural and organic flea preventatives. A friend of mines cat got really sick after her body didn't like the mixture of organic flea medicine and the antibiotic she was on. .-= Robert´s last blog ..Living A Natural Life? Your Pet Should Too! =-.

By: Naamah

Naamah — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:41:18 +0000

Good post. I am a huge fan of Advantage spot treatment, but it’s the only flea treatment I’ve found that works reliably, and it’s really expensive. Some people don’t like to use it, too, because it’s a chemical. AND, it can’t be used on very small or sickly cats. I don’t know how effective it is for indoor/outdoor cats; we only use it on our indoor cat.

Flea combs are wonderful. I still miss this one comb I had when I was a kid with incredibly thin and close-set teeth. Never yet found one as good; most are too big and let the really tiny fleas get through. I kept five cats flea-free with that thing. I’d just comb them whenever they got into my lap. I got used to doing it with my fingers, too, grooming them like a monkey. The cats loved the scritching, and I could kill scads of fleas that way.

The flea traps with light and water work really well, too. The number of fleas you find in those things in the morning can be really alarming!

By: Margaret Elmendorf

Margaret Elmendorf — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:52:44 +0000

Well glad you wrote this cause my cats, dogs, and house are all infested with fleas. I am using flea traps and that does work. And I have used the stuff you put on their necks but I sure don’t like to do that. And the only way to treat the yard, is with horrible poison. I don’t think I am going to do that. Will just keep trying to keep the fleas off the animals in other ways. Good blog