Flea Control: Flea Control using Lavender Oil

Fleas and ticks can drive you and your pet crazy if they get out of control. Show those fleas the door with this simple home remedy using a lavender oil infused mist that's safe for the pet and for you. Note: I would use this remedy once every 2-3 days. However, if the problem is bad use it once a day. Spray the pet and all of their feeding and sleeping areas.

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Pets & Animals

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• fleas ticks
• lavender
• pets
• allergies
• cat
• dog
• advantix
• frontline
• flea remedy
• lee williams show amarige25

[dgonthehill]

Thank you!!!Been looking for flea help for 2 years.Like you said,frontline dont work no more.Used for many years.Before that had powder that was excellent.That been gone.This is cheap and you are a blessing.May YHSHUA bless your finances forevermore. Diane, Luke 4:18 ministry.

[amarige25]

@dgonthehill Thank you. I had to dig deep to buy that Frontline. It was like $46-65. I bought it every summer and then the last two summers it stopped working as if they put sugar water in it. I found this and I am in love because I keep the solution on hand. I'll spray her one time in 2 months and she will be fine. She's an indoor cat, but she goes out on my 2nd flr. balcony, so she gets itchy every now and then. No foaming at the mouth like the Frontline used to do to her.

[TruthSmack]

How long does it last for and does your cat go outside? Thanks!

[amarige25]

@TruthSmack I would say this should last about 2-3 weeks maybe even longer. Once I got in the routine like 3 times in say a few months, I didn't have to keep doing it any longer. I would spray their bedding down, places where they like to sleep and lay and the area around their food. I would lift up their bowl, spray (my cat bowls are by wooden cupboards), wait a minute to let the scent dissipate and then I would put the bowls back. My cat is a house cat only, but still got fleas.

[amarige25]

@TruthSmack They don't get fleas any more because before I would have to wait to get the money up to buy the Frontline, but one 4 oz. mixture lasts years. Plus, it freshens up the home, too. If your cat goes out side, I would spray him once a week at first, for say two weeks and then try to stretch it out to avoid toxic overload.

[daisy752]

I think using diluted organic apple cider vinegar is a better natural choice for cats because they lick themselves and I don't think any type of essential oil should be ingested by anyone, especially pets even in small amounts.

[marlene2fly]

thank u!!!

[amarige25]

@lilithehamster i heard that infuser is much safer to use also. It just sounded too involved. You have to get a stone and everything. I might look at it later though. Thanks.

[amarige25]

@lilithehamster keep in mind, some cats have died from using sergeant's flea control, but it's on the shelves everyday. I know it had risks. I read up thoroughly and I consulted animal poison control center's website. So I was fine with it. If you are concerned, I wouldn't use it. But I think it's a lot less harmful than frontline and sergeants. You can try acv highly, highly diluted if you want something a little safer.

[amarige25]

@lilithehamster i think in everything you must weigh the risks. For example, they put flouride in the water even though it's harmful. you drink the water because you need it, but you don't want the flouride that comes with it. Essential oils do have risk. But the amount I was using and the frequency, I strongly doubt had an effect on him. I really think he was just worn out from his digestive tract being under attack so long. I got him at 9 and he had problems prior to me adopting him.