Dose anybody know a home remedy to get rid of fleas on dogs and in kennels?

Question

I have tried 7 dusts on them & in kennels too. I have been bathing them in Happy Jack too. Once I bathe them , they get them right back on them. Everything I have tried is not working. Please help in solving my problem. I need to get them out of the kennels.

Answer 1

I've been giving my dog a supplement called Brewer's yeast with garlic. It worked at keeping her flea free. I also use Frontline on the dog once a month.
What you really need to do is get their environment flea free. The fleas and their eggs will live in the carpet and just jump right back onto the dog. Try using a flea powder. You can buy it at WallMart; you just sprinkle it onto the carpets and vacuum it up 30 minutes later. It also helps to vacuum frequently and change the vacuum bags every time. It may take a few flea powder treatments, but in a few weeks, you should be able to get it under control. You may have to do periodic treatments of both the dogs and the carpets to keep the flea problem under control, though.

Answer 2

Fleas can transmit disease and tapeworm. Keeping your pet and his environment clean is the single most important part of a successful flea-control program.


Steps:
1. Understand the life of the flea. An adult female can lay one egg per hour for every hour of her life (usually three months). Fleas thrive in heat and humidity and are most active in summer and fall.

2. Help prevent fleas indoors by vacuuming your home thoroughly and frequently, paying close attention to corners, cracks and crevices. Dispose of vacuum cleaner bags conscientiously, as adult fleas can escape.

3. Remove fleas from your pet using a fine-toothed comb, and drop the fleas into soapy water to drown them.

4. Wash pet bedding in hot, soapy water weekly; this is the most likely site for flea eggs and larvae.

5. Prune foliage and keep grass trimmed short to increase sunlight, as flea larvae cannot survive in hot, dry areas. Remove piles of debris in areas close to your home.

6. Bathe pets weekly if possible. If bathing is not an option, speak to your veterinarian about appropriate alternatives.

7. Watch your pet for signs of flea trouble: excessive scratching and biting, especially around the tail and lower back; 'flea debris' (black, granular dried blood) and fleas themselves on the skin; and possibly raw patches where the animal has been biting and scratching himself.

8. Talk to your veterinarian about various treatments for your flea-plagued pet: a flea adulticide applied monthly to the skin; a monthly pill that prevents fleas from reproducing but doesn't kill adult fleas; and multipurpose products that prevent flea reproduction and control heartworms, hookworms, whipworms and roundworms. Also consider flea collars and flea powders.

9. Look into chemical flea-treatment products to apply by hand around the environment in spray or powder form. Ask your veterinarian for a recommendation on the best product and how to use it.

Tips:
Be diligent in your exterminating efforts. A flea pupa while in the cocoon is impervious to treatment and can live for eight months without feeding.

Veterinarians are skeptical of homemade flea remedies such as garlic, vinegar, vitamin C and kelp.

Call on a professional exterminator for severe indoor and outdoor infestations.


Warnings:
Be very careful with all insecticides to be used on pets or around your home. Read directions carefully.

Never apply a flea product to a cat or kitten unless it is labeled as safe for cats. Cats are very sensitive to insecticides.

Ingesting fleas could give your pet tapeworm (see related eHows about preventing worms).



My tip is a little strange, but I swear by it. Use a good flea shampoo on your pet. Here is the strange part; spray your carpet and floors with Pine-Sol. Half water, half Pine-Sol mixture. Spray until the carpet is moist. Do this every day or so for about a week, also remember where you are getting the fleas from. Outside, plant some penny royal, or get a good insecticide to treat the yard. If all else fails, try a flea bomb, they really work.

Answer 3

Try salt, shake a little on their coats and flooring.It kills the fleas, i've heard they eat ie & explode, i don't know abotu that part but it sure worked for my dogs

Answer 4

follow what is said above and also make sure u r killing the fleas around ur home-vacuum them up! to make sure they die-chop up a flea collar and put it in the vacuum bag

Answer 5

take orange peel and make crushed in mixer with 2 spoon of water then rub it on the dog

Answer 6

try cebacil from Bayer. it doesn't cost much and it's the best solution for people taking care of too many pets

Answer 7

my dad used to dip his rabbit dogs in crude oil to get rid of fleas.....it's kinda stinky though LOL