Home Remedy For Fleas
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by: Vanya Hartwell
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Fleas are the most annoying and troublesome insects for both humans and their pets. While we can use various products to rid ourselves of fleas, old-fashioned, preventative home remedies relieve us of ever having to have them in the first place. Various techniques and products are available in the market to get rid of these fleas, but we don’t often get the expected results. Even if we do manage to rid ourselves of the scourge of fleas, this is often not long-lasting or accompanied by side-effects. For example, the use of prednisone and corticosteroid drugs helps to give relief from flea bites, but at the same time, weakens the immune system. Similarly, chemicals containing poisons are often successful in killing fleas, but they are unsafe on pets in the long term. Keeping all these factors in mind, it is best to use home remedies to get rid of these annoying creatures. For the adult dogs, you could try an olive oil bath. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the fleas will drown in the olive oil. Start from the head and work your way back so the fleas don't move to the face where it's really hard to pluck them off. You then just shampoo the oil out and the dog fleas wash down the drain. It will take a few shampoos before your dog's coat feels oil free. Other people say garlic works wonders to prevent dog fleas. Some users of this solution suggest using a garlic supplement while others use a fresh garlic clove and mix it into the food. Garlic is controversial so check with your vet. The vinegar spray bottle can also be used to spray down your furniture and bedding to kill the fleas, if you prefer you can add a few drops of your favorite essential oils for a nice smell. You can also wash your bedding and clothing in vinegar to get rid of the fleas, vinegar makes a wonderful fabric softener too Did you know that in addition to flea collars that contain chemicals you can buy herbal flea collars? They use various scents to drive away fleas. Use a fine comb and go through your pet's hair - while you will not get rid of all fleas this way, you can combine it with other home remedies for fleas. Vacuum the household entirely. Take special care on corners, cracks and the basement. Fleas thrive on hot and humid area the basement could be that. Corners and cracks may also be a place for flea to hide because their spiky body may keep them in the crack or corner. Vacuum the household entirely. Take special care on corners, cracks and the basement. Fleas thrive on hot and humid area the basement could be that. Corners and cracks may also be a place for flea to hide because their spiky body may keep them in the crack or corner. Once you get a flea infestation flea pest control takes a turn for the worse. Once you get a family of fleas in your house they will take over in no time. There are many ways to eliminate this problem, but I found that not all of them work. Fleas are great in burrowing themselves within your clothing, carpet, and furniture and will bite you at first sight. So you will want to take care of this problem as soon as possible. The longer you procrastinate the worse these guys will get. They have flea bombs you can use, but are a real big pain. You have to set up these canisters in every room and add water to create the smoke. You also want to spread out all your cloths and linen to get the best results. You also have to leave your house for three hours due to the poisonous smoke, which can be really inconvenient. Once you do that you will have to wash all your cloths and vacuum your carpets to make sure you get all those little buggers. Even then, you may have had a few that survived the chemical warfare and then you will just have to start this cycle over again. |
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