| The natural way: | | | | dog will be free from fleas in just a couple |
| | | | of days. |
| - Vacuum your home frequently and seal vacuum | | | | |
| bags before disposing. | | | | Ingredients are: imidacloprid -- a |
| | | | chloronicotinyl nitroguanidine integrated |
| - Wash the bedding of your dog weekly in warm | | | | from the nitromethylene class of a compound. |
| soapy water. This is where fleas usually | | | | This joins the nicotinyl receptor sites of |
| breed. | | | | insects, thus upsetting normal nerve |
| | | | transmission which causes death. |
| - Bathing your pet weekly with a mild dog | | | | |
| shampoo prevents flea invasion. | | | | A set of two vials costs 15-20 dollars. |
| | | | |
| - Use cedar shampoo for your dog, and put | | | | - Frontline. This product is very similar to |
| cedar oil in their sleeping mats. Cedar will | | | | Advantage, but is not water soluble, so |
| repel fleas and other insects. | | | | alcohol is needed to wash it off. This can |
| | | | safely be used in pups, dogs, cats and |
| - Fleas are attracted to dry skin, so to | | | | kittens. |
| avoid it, give your dog Linatone oil mixed | | | | |
| with its food. Excessive shampooing should be | | | | Efficiency in repelling lasts up to four |
| avoided. | | | | months. |
| | | | |
| - A mixture of brewer's yeast and garlic, | | | | Active ingredients include: Fipronil 5-amino |
| available in powder or tablet form can be | | | | -1- (2, 6-dichloro-4 [trifluoromethyl]phenyl) |
| given in small doses to your pet. This | | | | -4- (1,R,S)- (trifluoromethyl0sulfinyl) |
| creates a certain odor in pets, and fleas are | | | | -1H-pryazole-3-carbonitrile 0.29% inert |
| surely to avoid them. | | | | ingredients 99.71%. |
| | | | |
| - Fresh or dried pennyroyal leaves is a | | | | Fipronil works as a nervous transmission |
| natural flea repellent. Use this in carpets | | | | interruptor, which causes quick death to |
| to avoid the abundance of fleas in the home. | | | | fleas and ticks. It is proven to kills 96% of |
| Do not use it if you have small children | | | | fleas for the first two hours and 100% within |
| around, as this could be toxic. | | | | 24 hours. Ticks die sooner than they attach |
| | | | themselves to the host. Fipronil is from the |
| - A mixture of 60 ml of lavender oil with 2.8 | | | | new phenylpyrazole class. |
| liters of rock salt can also be placed in | | | | |
| areas where dogs usually come in contact with | | | | Very effective and can be considered safe, so |
| and this solution could also be used to wash | | | | long as dogs are not allergic to fipronil. |
| your dog. | | | | |
| | | | - Knockout. Performs like Frontline and is as |
| - Planting marigolds in the yard is helpful | | | | effective, but can only be used in dogs. |
| too, it repels certain types of bugs as well | | | | Active ingredients: Pyriproxyfen: |
| as fleas. | | | | 21[1-methyl-2-(phenoxyphenoxy)ethyoxy] |
| | | | pyridine....0.05% cyclopropanecarboxylate |
| - Boiled lemon or orange peel in water can be | | | | 2.00% inert ingredients 97.95% Also has |
| used as a dip for dogs and can be used too to | | | | NYLAR, which is flea growth regulator. |
| soak in dog bedding for a few hours, then | | | | |
| washed with warm soapy water. | | | | - Biospot. This is for topical application |
| | | | and kills up to 75 percent of fleas, eggs, |
| - Lukewarm water with little shampoo and | | | | and ticks. It also is a good repellant of |
| detergent is a good way to prevent fleas. A | | | | mosquitoes and works for about a month. |
| dog's body may be dipped into the solution | | | | Temporarily, at times, it turns white hair to |
| for fifteen minutes and then rinsed. This | | | | yellow. This can not be used in cats and |
| only works if flea infestation is light. | | | | contains permethrins and IGR. |
| | | | |
| The natural way of treating fleas is | | | | - Proban (cythioate) and Prospot (Fenthion). |
| effective only if the level of flea | | | | While not to be used in cats, they are widely |
| infestation is average to very few. This | | | | used in dogs. This is absorbed by the |
| method usually is recommended for prevention | | | | bloodstream and fleas die due to the poison |
| only. | | | | that is present in the blood. For it to work, |
| | | | it requires the bitting of fleas. There are |
| Different commercially available products | | | | certain conditions to be considered though. |
| with chemical contents: | | | | You are injecting a small dose of poison into |
| | | | your dog's body and side effects are not |
| - Advantage. Active ingredient is | | | | known. Then this does not help if a dog has |
| imidacloprid. This is a flea poison, from | | | | flea allergy, and can not risk to be bitten. |
| Bayer. It is in a liquid form and applied to | | | | |
| the skin, at the back of the dog, and works | | | | Generally fleas abound during the summer |
| for about a month. This works by upsetting | | | | months, when it is their breeding season. |
| the nervous system of fleas when they come in | | | | These commercial products can greatly help in |
| contact with the liquid. This product is fast | | | | fighting heavy flea infestation and needed |
| acting and is not absorbed into the internal | | | | where severe invasion occurs. However, it is |
| organs and bloodstream of the dog. | | | | always best to consult with your veterinarian |
| | | | as the choice of flea control will greatly |
| Studies indicate that this product is highly | | | | depend on your life style. |
| toxic to fleas and other insects as well. A | | | | |