is there a home remedy for flea's?

Question

my long haired pomerainium crossed is around 10 kilos and we have problems with fleas over the summer. we get him clipped twice over the hot season, and buy expensive flea treatments but is causing a financial strain. Is there something I could further do to prevent fleas?

Answer 1

Actually, there are several things you can do. Add a garlic tablet to your dog's diet, for starters, then add eucalyptus and/or cedar chips to your dogs bedding. My dogs have bedding composed of burlap bags stuffed with a mixture of rabbit food and cedar chips. Also, there are many commercial products which contain D-limonene, which is an organic chemical derived from citrus. These products are relatively inexpensive, and are highly effective. Last, but not least, treat your yard and home. It doesn't help to de-flea the dog if his environment hasn't been
de-fleaed, too.

Answer 2

Here's a guaranteed solution to your flea problem. It's well known among professional dog people, and couldn't be easier.
I raised dogs for over 20 yrs and never had fleas.

It's garlic powder, or granules.
I don't know what you feed your dog, but here is a great diet, and combination flea repellent.

In addition to what you usually feed him/her, add 1/4 of a hamburger patty (more if your dog is larger), on which you have sprinkled garlic powder, and then lightly cooked either in the microwave, or fried in a pan (it should be on the rare side).
Then crumble the hamburger into the dry dog food, and mix well.
Your dog will soon learn to love it with the garlic, and if you ever run out and offer him his dinner without it, he will look up at you like "what's this?"
Give it a couple of weeks to take effect.
Meantime, spray around his bed, and other places to get rid of existing fleas.
The reason it works is that after a short time, the garlic gets into their bloodstream and when the fleas taste it they literally don't want anything to do with it, and will not stay on him.
A great thing about this is that its all natural, no chemicals involved.

Answer 3

I usually give them a good wash & brush which gets rid of the already present fleas. Use a fine tooth comb to to get rid of eggs also. Then spray a solution of 1 part tee-tree oil to 2 parts water along his spine & around the back of his neck. You can purchase the tee-tree oil from a local supermarket & mix up the solution using a cheap garden spray bottle. Continue to give him a spray @ twice a week. Also wash his bedding & put it in the dryer for a few minutes as the heat kills any unhatched eggs. Then spray the bedding also. Make sure that he is not sleeping on a sanded surface if outside, as this is the perfect breeding ground for fleas, particularly when it's hot. The fleas don't like the smell so it acts as a detterent. You can add a couple of drops of lavender too which will leave your pooch smelling lovely. Hope this is of some help & more cost effective.

Answer 4

Make sure you wash EVERYTHING. And vacuum atleast once a day for the next few weeks. Never ever buy a flea collar. All it does is stops the fleas from reaching the head and eats away at your pets skin causing irritation and could possably lead to infection.


OH and NEVER shave him!!. You can get his belly clipped and his fur can be trimmed a BIT. But if you shave him you will ruin his fur!! Any good groomer, heck any half assed decent groomer would not shave a pomeranian.

Answer 5

lived on the farm and took my indoor cat out walking at times on a leash and he picked up fleas from the grass due to a lot of barn cats on the place. checked with the vet and got 2 bombs to put in upstiars and main floor, took Bambi with me for some hours and never had another problem but as long as yhou have your dog outdoors, it will happen,otherwise, get him clipped,deflead (by the vet if need be)-use the bombs and for me, that sure did it.

Answer 6

eucalyptus leaves in his bedding. I heard that Will deter the little fleas from his area.