anyone know a home remedy that works for fleas,flea shampoo or frontline are not working?

Answer 1

Flea Treatment of Yards:
Flea eggs fall off in areas of the yard where pets spend time. Fleas can reproduce in areas that are warm and moist throughout the day, so if you are treating your yard for fleas, focus on those areas that stay moist and warm and around the doors of the house.

* Remove dead plants and excess brush from your yard, since they harbor critters and parasites.
* There are chemical-based yard sprays made specifically for yard treatment, as well as companies that apply such products. Commercial treatments include Archer and FleaFix. You can obtain more information by doing a web search.

* If you plan to use a commercial product, first read the label to make sure it?s safe for use around pets.
Do-it-yourself approaches that can help you save money and avoid chemicals:
* Spread beneficial nematodes in affected areas of the yard to naturally control fleas. These worms help eliminate fleas by feeding on flea larva. They are nontoxic, harmless to humans and pets, and even help control other nuisance insects. You can get them through some veterinarians and from several internet-based companies.

* Other alternative bug repellents can be found on the internet. They include BugBand products that use all-natural Geraniol instead of DEET to repel mosquitoes, fire ants, flies, gnats, ticks and lice. For details, visit www.bugband.net. You can find details about NaturVet herbal flea repellent at www.naturvet.com .

* Ivory Liquid Soap approach: Rather than poisoning fleas, Ivory reportedly suffocates fleas, gnats and other bugs. To spray Ivory in your yard, use a garden sprayer attachment such as the one made by Ortho Sprayer. Fill it with Ivory and set the dilution dial to 2 tablespoons. Saturate the area, then let it dry before allowing your dog or anyone else walk on the treated ground. Using this method, people treat their yards every 4 to 6 weeks.

* Homemade solution to repel insects from from Hints from Heloise: Make a solution of 1/2-cup of liquid dishwashing soap, 2 tablespoons of ammonia, and 5 to 7 cups of water. Use a bottle spray attachment to apply the solution.

* Outdoor/indoor bugzapper alternative: Pour some water in a white dinner plate and add a few drops of Lemon Fresh Joy dish detergent. Set the dish on your porch, patio or other area. Mosquitoes reportedly flock to the dish and then die at or within a few feet of the dish, soon after drinking the mixture. Joy was the specified detergent, but other brands can work.

* A fairly safe way to keep mosquitoes away is to spray your yard once a week with Simple Green, which is available at home and garden stores


FOR YOUR DOG:
Dietary additions for boosting immunity and repelling bugs:
** A half teaspoon of nutritional brewer?s yeast daily can provide the B complex vitamins a dog needs. Dr. Michael Fox has recommended brewer's yeast or nutritional yeast (but not baker's yeast), giving 1 teaspoon per 30 pounds of body weight mixed with the animal's food.

** B complex vitamins ? 50 mg once a day for cats and smaller dogs, and twice daily for larger dogs.
** Use Omega 3 and 6 fatty acid supplements.
** Add a tablespoon of organic apple cider vinegar to the dog?s water bowl.
** Add .a teaspoon each of safflower oil and powdered kelp or seaweed to the food bowl.
** Fresh garlic in small quantities can help repel fleas by making the animal taste unpleasant to fleas. Grate a small amount of fresh, raw garlic into your pet?s food at mealtime, about one-half to 3 chambers of the clove (chamber, not a whole clove) depending on the animal?s size. One vet recommends one crushed clove of garlic (not a whole bulb; a clove is just one chamber) per every 30 pounds. Some holistic health practitioners recommend heating the garlic for easier digestion, and to not to give them garlic every day.

Answer 2

If Frontline isn't working, it's because you approaching the problem the wrong way. Home remedies are not going to succeed where Frontline has failed.

For starters, stop using the flea shampoo. Flea shampoo is an outdated and ineffective product, and you shouldn't be washing the dog in anything when you're trying to use Frontline, because you're washing the natural oils that Frontline requires to work off the dog's skin.

Secondly, you need to treat your house as well. Where fleas are present on an animal, they WILL be in the house too - no exception. It's part of the flea lifecycle. You need to get an appropriate housespray - from your vet, that is. Flea products from shops are fairly useless.

You need to Frontline the dog, making sure you're getting the product on the SKIN not the fur (very important - part the fur and put the drops in a few different places so the liquid doesn't flood onto the fur). I'm assuming you're using the spot-on Frontline.

You need to spray your house, including sofas and pet bedding, and your car if your dog goes in it, then vacuum the next day and repeat the process a few days later. You must use Frontline every 2 months (for dogs) to continue effective flea prevention.

Fleas are hard to get rid of once they're present because they lay eggs all over the place and just when you think you've got them, the eggs hatch and their are fleas everywhere again. But believe me, no home remedy is going to do what Frontline can't - not Dawn Dish soap, not combing, and definitely not garlic (just to pre-empt other people's answers)

Chalice

Answer 3

Many of the answers here are correct...the only issue that I see that wasn't address is...the Frontline is working. You probably have such an infestation that your seeing new fleas when others ARE being killed by the Frontline. Don't switch from one "spot on" to another or use a home remedy if you have just used Frontline. It will take weeks for it to weaken before you use another type of treatment. If you don't wait and mix 2 products you could make you dog extremely sick or kill it from a toxic combination. I had a customer do this...they used Frontline, because they still saw fleas they used a flea powder, then a spray...the dog went into sezuires. Stay with the Frontline, treat the house with a bomb or spray from the same company, also treat the yard. The house and yard may need to be retreated in 2 wks. Only apply the Frontline as directed..don't put on more or put it on sooner than instructed. You may want to ask your vet about a pill called Capstar...this is a knock down killer that can be used along with a spot on. Fleas can be very hard to get rid of..they are on a 14 day life cycle, eggs can be hatching daily, a female can lay up to 40,000 eggs, eggs can lay dormant for up to 3 mos.
Good Luck

Answer 4

If Frontline did not work, switch to Advantage. Sometimes fleas develop a resistance to one or the other. If flea resistance develops again later on, just switch back to Frontline.

No good home remedies. Many animals develop digestive problems or are allergic to garlic and it does not work long-term. Baths with Dawn dishwashing soap will kill the fleas initially but won't keep them off. All of the other products out there (such as the Hartz stuff) are way more toxic and not very effective.

Answer 5

Avon has a product called "skin so soft" baby oil. It works great on horses, so I don't know why dogs would be too differently!

Also, there are naturopathic solutions to ridding your pet of fleas. Garlic and yeast work well, as do certain supplements. You can also buy tiny little worms called nemotodes. These little buggers eat flea larvae, thus helping you just get rid of the fleas in your area in the first place. You can also set flea traps.

Grooming is also very good. Brush your pet daily...depending on your flea problem, perhaps even twice daily...and give him regular baths. (even cats can learn to take baths!) Good luck!

Answer 6

Dawn diswashing liquid about once a month. The vet has a pill its about $2.50 the that will knock off the fleas for 24hrs at that time would be a good time to put the drops on him. Thats what I do when they get to bad here in the south.

Answer 7

If you have a bad infestation you may need to treat the house and grounds, not just the dog.

Wash all the dog's bedding, clean sleeping areas. Talk to your vet about flea bombs or getting a service.

Home remedy? You can put stuff in the carpet to dry fleas out, Diatomaceous Earth....but it can dry bare feet also.

Answer 8

your flea infestation is probably really bad so the fronline isnt goign to work you are going to need to bomb your house and then reaply the frontline or advatage. the advatage might work better for you too becasue it works on killing the fleas on and around your dog. also you can give you og vitimne b-12 and you can also take it. b-12 puts off a spell that they do not like.

Answer 9

Try this site:
http://www.caninecrib.com/dog/articles/flea-control.asp

Answer 10

Yes, many pet stores carry these kinds of things, such as Petco or Pets Mart.

Here's a website I found though for fleas: