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May 15, 2005 at 11:52 pm #1804
Dr. Jeff Feinman
KeymasterThere are two great artcles (in pdf format) in the information center which really covers this topic well. They are:
[url]https://www.homevet.com/petcare/documents/fleacontrol.pdf[/url]
[url]https://www.homevet.com/petcare/documents/fleachemfin.pdf[/url] [url]In addition, I always recommend Chip Saymon’s little book about natural flea control to all of my clients. It covers the topic better than anything I’ve ever read.[/url]
May 29, 2005 at 9:39 am #1863Anonymous
I use lavender oil, cedarwood oil, neem oil and olive oil for a flea and tick treatment.
May 31, 2005 at 1:25 am #1865Dr. Jeff Feinman
Keymaster[quote=luv4gsd]I use lavender oil, cedarwood oil, neem oil and olive oil for a flea and tick treatment.[/quote]
Does it work well for you? Would you share the recipe?
June 12, 2005 at 8:12 am #1905Anonymous
It works on my five dogs (4 GSD & 1 mini Dachshund).
The recipe
10 drops of Cedarwood oil
6 drops of Lavender oil
1/2 tablesppon of Neem oil (pure Neem oil)
1 tablespoon of Olive oilAdd it all to 1 pint of water and put it in a spray bottle.
You can also add 1 tablespoon of Neem oil to your dogs shampoo to make a flea shampoo.
Neem oil has a smell
*Do not put this on a cat. Cats do not efficiently metabolize essential oils and their use can lead to symptoms of toxicity.
June 12, 2005 at 11:04 am #1908Dr. Jeff Feinman
Keymaster[quote=luv4gsd]
Neem oil has a smell
[/quote]It sure does!! I bet that a pure Neem spray diluted as you described would do the same job (Neem is a very effective bug repellant). Of course the essential oils are necessary to cover up the offensive smell!
June 2, 2006 at 10:26 am #2621Anonymous
[QUOTE=luv4gsd]It works on my five dogs (4 GSD & 1 mini Dachshund).
[QUOTE]Hi, newbie here trying to switch to natural flea prevention from advantage….How often and how much would you spray your mini with this solution?
thx
June 3, 2006 at 10:11 pm #2622Dr. Jeff Feinman
Keymaster[quote=batman]How often and how much would you spray your mini with this solution?
[/quote]Anytime there is likely to be exposure, e.g. before a walk in the woods.
Dr. Jeff
September 17, 2013 at 11:21 am #6751Anonymous
My dog has had a rather bad flea infestation- I applied Advantage on him in July (which I didn’t like doing) and it seemed to have little effect. He had baths. I used D Earth, I used Wondercide (a great product) I combed- vet gave me Comfortis to give him today (which I really didn’t like)- I will only use it this once (given with a full meal) to (hopefully) get a leg up on the infestation (plus vacuuming/applying Borax) but I don’t like the idea of anything like that, much less a pill- he seems fine though. He was chewing his legs and getting fur stuck on his teeth and getting another mouth infection. Vicious cycle. So now he’s on antibiotics too (shaking my head)
I guess the best way to really get on top of it- is treat the rugs/floor BEFORE flea season and use the natural stuff on him then too.
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