What can be used for flea's that is non toxic?

Answer 1

Lavendar, eucalyptus, and neem are suppose to work really well.

If it isn't a really bad infestation then you can mix these items together (along with the rosemary mentioned above) and bath your pet in it. It is important to keep your pet immersed for up to five minutes. Now if your talking a cat, this is almost impossible since most of them hate water, but it can be done.

You should also get out the flea comb and comb them out in the water this releases the fleas into the water and allows them to drown. Anything with an oil base to it (like the rosemary, ecalyptus, and lavendar) that coats the fleas is most likely going to kill them. You have to constantly comb your pet out, vaccum the rug and treat pet bedding, blankets, basically anything with cloth in order to get rid of the fleas.

If you have a really bad infestation I would recommend using the Zodiac products to get rid of the fleas or going to your vet. If the fleas get under your pets skin to lay their eggs then you've really got a lot of problems and you will need to get an antibiotic from the vet as well in order to get rid of them.

Also you can sprinkle garlic into your pets moist food on a regular basis. Don't go overboard with it. It's suppose to help repel fleas from the inside out.

Answer 2

The old stand by was to sprinkle baking soda into the carpet, let stand "a while", then vacum WELL. This is suppose to descicate either the nits or the eggs. The vacum cleaner bag must be removed and tossed upon vacuuming as it is likely to have some survivors in it. This was done once to thrice a day until the fleas were gone. - They can burrow into the padding where is very difficult to extract them using a vacuum. Fleas can survive on a number of products other than just their host animal and/or critters. Among other thing, they will turn canibalistic (dead, live, nits, eggs) when stressed in order to produce more eggs. When stressed, their main purpose in life is to produce and release eggs. Out of frustration I discovered that regular, old-fashioned, amber anti-bacterial soap does a number on fleas, nits, and eggs. (I was rinsing a badly infested cat after the second application of flea shampoo with only fleas on point in its skin depositing eggs and none in the water. My mumble was that a degreasing, hand dish soap would have done a better job when I knocked the anit-bacterial soap into the water.) If you use anti-bacterial soap on an animal it is CRITICAL that you get it ALL rinsed off/out. Digestive systems rely on bacteria to function and, ingestion could kill your animal. Likewise, septic systems rely on bacteria to function. But, we washed everything cloth that this cat was on, about, and near with some anti-bacterial soap in the water too; and used the hottest water and hottest dry we could get. - We did this at the laundry mat. - I do not particularly have carpet in the house, I have hard wood floors and some throw rugs. But, I did do a throughal sweeping, dust mopping, and washing down of all the floors and baseboards. I made sure that the clean laundry did not come in contact with that which was not washed and came in contact with the cat. At the same time, we put some flea drops from the vet on the cat (undoubtedly not particularly natural) and encouraged it to go every where it had been before. The concept being that the fleas would again go after the cat and then be killed. We were fortunate enough that by the second weekend that the friend and cat came to live with us a while, I started anti-flea measures. But, in our area where we do not have particularly hard winters and ornamental garden beds covered in beauty bark, the bark itself can become flea infested and in turn re-infest any indoor-outdoor animals. A number of people use these same measures with Tea Tree oil, another anti-bacterial.

Answer 3

Hi there!!

My cat had HORRIBLE fleas this spring even though she is a completely indoor cat. We tried everything from Advantage to Frontline, flea bombs and carpet sprays and nothing seemed to work. I read on a website to try Head & Shoulders dandruff shampoo to wash the pet with, and it worked! It's safe and non toxic, and kills the fleas quickly. You can use Dawn dish soap too, and that works as well. Hope this helps!! :)

Answer 4

You could buy something form a pet store or the vet but if you just want to bath him to get rid of the flea you can use dawn dish soap. It does not hurt the dogs just do not get it in thier eyes and it kills all the fleas just leave it on for 2 min before you rinse.

Answer 5

Frontline is non toxic to dogs and cats and is rated number one. If you mix one cap full of Avon Skin So Soft in a spray bottle with water shake well the mist your dog with this rub in it will keep fleas away

Answer 6

Brewers yeast added to a dogs diet is supposed to help control fleas BUT- as another person has already said -getting stuff like Advantage from the vet is the best way to go. I have used it on all my dogs and they are flealess and happy. It is well worth the cost of the med from your vet.

Answer 7

I have been told to use 4 T vinegar to one gallon water and use this for dogs drinking water. I have no idea about cats. Also use a few drops 3-4 of Palmarosa oil on the dogs collar. Those little cloth dog collars. Replenish with a few drops of oil every 5-7 days. Do not give internally. You can usually find Palmarosa oil in a health food store.

Answer 8

take a bowl of warm soapy water and place it under a night light, where your pet usually sleeps before you go to bed and turn the lights off except for the night light. when you get up the next morning dump the water out, there should be fleas visible in the water, and repeat it every night. we do this when our dog has fleas, it works unless your dog has a lot.

Answer 9

products purchased from your veterinarian are nontoxic to your animal but get rid of the fleas. Some topical examples are products like Advantage, Frontline, and Advantix (dogs only). Other oral medications are things like Program and Setinel. Good luck and just go to the vet they can give you the best information.

Answer 10

If you can't get it from a vet I have heard that putting garlic powder in their food keeps fleas off of the dog

My dogs do super great with Frontline from the vet..