do's anybody know what flea's dont like as in something natural i can put all over my house to make them die

Question

i have a problem with fleas ive sprayed with cem's ive bathed my cat over and over as well as moused him and sprayed with this other stuff and i brush the fleas off of him and i vacum 3 to 4 times a day but still nothing has worked i need to know if there's something i can use to keep them off me mostly because ive found them in my hair and its getting anoying please help me

Answer 1

Look, you haven't used anything helpful so far, so don't be surprised that you still have fleas. Don't turn to 'natural' products because you'll have no more luck with them!

Just pop in to a vets for some proper treatments; Frontline, Advantage, Revolution or Advocate for your cat, and a proper spray for your house, and you'll be sorted.

The products you've bought were from stores, I can tell; vets don't sell things like baths and mousses, because they don't work. Pet stores aren't licensed to sell the proper chemicals for flea treatment - anything you find in store is just going to be a basic pesticide that you can't expect to work.

Chalice

Answer 2

We had a flea infestation last summer (and our cats never go out - how fair is that?) Two-pronged approach - "Frontline" then flea collars a couple of weeks later. Vacuum all floors a couple of times a day. A small, low table lamp on the landing floor with a soup bowl of water underneath; to the water add a couple of drops of washing up detergent (it breaks the surface tension). At the height of the problem we were catching 30 plus fleas, a night, which had drowned themselves in the water. I don't know about self-protection, but I have a small canal boat and mozzies can be a big problem in the summer. A few weeks before the canal season begins we take a daily dose of a Vitamin B1 tablet and a garlic capsule - the mozzies don't like the smell through your skin. Would it work with fleas?

Answer 3

Give cleaning another try and then flea bomb the house. You'll want everyone out of the house including your pet of course. Then another cleaning and sprinkle diatomaceous earth or powdered pyrethrum (from the garden supply store) in the pet's bedding. Work it in good.

As a maintenance measure, get several green night lights and bowls of water. Plug the night light in and leave it on all the time. Put the bowl of water underneath the light. Fleas will be attracted to the light, jump at it, and land in the water and drown.

Answer 4

Seems everyone has covered your question I just want to suggest that you also treat your lawn. I had fleas bad once and had to resort to chemical flea bombs for the house but then found a product that you spread on the grassy areas of your lawn to stop them there. Sorry I can't remember the name of it, but go to the local hardware or landscaper and ask for products that stop things like grubs, and other pests. It will also cut down the fleas.

You put the power into a spreader and go over your lawn the same way as if you were mowing it. Instructions on the package.

Answer 5

Yes, no problem. They are easy to get rid of.
A Vet told me, and it works.

1. Get a little Desk Lamp with the flexable arm.
2. Bend it over about 1 foot from the floor.
3. Place a bowl half full of water, plus 2 or 3 drops of liquid dish soap, right under the light.
4. Turn off all the other lights in the house, at bedtime.

All the fleas all over the house will come to that one light, jump at it, and land in the bowl. The soap & water will kill them.

Takes about a week to get all of them, if you are heavily infested.

It works and is fun.

The Vet said NEVER to spray your house with poison.
And it doesn't kill the eggs anyway.

Answer 6

Put Garlic Powder in you pets food. Not alot. Fleas hate garlic and they will not get on the dog if he smells of garlic. You wont be able to smell the garlic but it will keep the fleas off. Someone told me this and I did not believe it but I have since tried it with my German Shepherd who goes inside and outside as well. It took about a week for the fleas to be gone ccompletely but it really worked! Cheap way to do it as well.You may use Garlic Powder, Garlic Salt or just plain chopped up garlic. Just sprinkle it on there food. Dont OD them with it.

Answer 7

fleas in human hair that is rare, are you sure they are fleas?,comb them out with pure baby oil on wet hair, then wash with tea tree oil and lice killer solution and wash all bedding, vacuum matresses and put blankets and clothing in plastic garbage bags for about 5 days, fleas/lice can't live off of a host that long and will die, also wash all combs/brushes and hair stuff, scortch them by hor ironing hair with iron or staightener, also try putting glasses of wine.champaigne in diffrent rooms they are attracted to the sweetness and will die in there, hope this helps:-)

Answer 8

Here's a good article I came across, hope it helps - How to rid your home of fleas

Answer 9

To be honest, to get rid of flea infestation, you need serious stuff from the vet to pulverize all over the house (then get out you and your pets while it works). Then a treatment for your pet.

Now, to keep fleas away although it wont kill them, try lavender, you can grow it or buy extract and sprinkle it on your pets bed. They are fond of the scent too.

Answer 10

I havent ever heard of any "natural" ways to get rid of fleas...but from the looks of it a bunch of ppl have. The only thing I can tell you is to NOT put a flea collar on your cats...i just recently learned that these are not healthy for them.