Good day. Here sometimes I am greatly surprised at how many people, when they find lice or fleas in their pets, immediately start using various chemicals.
After all, this option is not always justified in terms of risk to animal health.
Take, for example, dogs: I deduced fleas from mine on the basis of folk wisdom. And the result has always been excellent. Do you want to know about folk remedies for fleas for dogs? Now I will introduce you to the most effective options.
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How to get rid of fleas in the "best friend of man"
Fleas are small insects of the Siphonaptera series, which in Latin means “wingless pump”. Worldwide, there are about two thousand species of fleas. On the skin of a dog several types of parasitic can be parasitic: dog flea, cat flea, human bed, penetrating and sucking.
In addition to chemicals, folk remedies can also be used to treat dogs. Getting rid of parasites it is important to pay attention to the processing of bedding, toilet articles and the booth in which the pet lives, otherwise in three weeks new insects will appear.
If the dog lives in the apartment, you need to clean and treat the floor and furniture with special compounds.
If not only dogs, but also cats live in the house, prevention should be carried out by everyone at the same time. To fight fleas in dogs, you can use both products purchased at a veterinary pharmacy or alternative methods based on herbs and essential oils
Essential Oils
- In fifty milliliters of liquid soap, you need to add a teaspoon of cedar and castor oil and eucalyptus oil.
- In fifty milliliters of liquid soap add half a teaspoon of lavender, cedar oil, and tea tree oil.
- In the soap base, add eucalyptus oil, tea tree, lavender and cedar oil per teaspoon per 100 ml.
- In a tablespoon of liquid soap, you need to add five drops, peppermint oil, eucalyptus and lavender.
- Add ten drops of juniper and lavender oil to a tablespoon of dog shampoos.
Eucalyptus and lavender oil kills fleas, cedar oil fixes the smell and enhances the effect, tea tree oil has a bactericidal effect, and castor oil will make the pet's coat healthy and shiny.
After the dog has been treated with a tool, six need to be combed with a frequent comb, this is an effective help in the fight against parasites.
It is necessary to carefully treat the hair around the eyes, because essential oils can cause irritation and allergies in the pet.
Medicinal plants
Sagebrush. Twenty grams of dry and forty grams of fresh leaves of wormwood, pour two glasses of water and boil for ten minutes. After the broth cools down, you need to treat it with the pet's hair. Pay attention to the fact that it is better to carry out the treatment on the street, because fleas will actively start jumping, and can settle around the house.
A small amount of wormwood can be used for bedding, or put in a booth. Fleas do not tolerate pungent odors. If the dog lives in the apartment, and there is no way to treat the housing with chemicals, you can also use wormwood grass, spreading it in those places where the animal prefers to be. Fleas very quickly leave the home.
Infusion of eucalyptus. A tablespoon of dry eucalyptus leaves, pour a glass of boiling water and insist for two hours. Apply to the dog’s coat twice a day in the morning and in the evening.
Tansy. The smell of tansy is not tolerated by fleas and bugs. It is possible to spread this grass in all corners and fleas will leave. For infusion, you need to fill in a tablespoon of dried flowers with a glass of boiling water. After the infusion has cooled, apply to the pet's coat.
Juniper fruits. Two hundred grams of juniper needles should be boiled in a liter of water and allowed to stand until morning. Then apply to the dog’s coat at the withers and under the neck.
Bow. The third part of the bar of baby soap, three on a grater and pour a small amount of water, until the mass becomes like jelly.
Rub the medium-sized onion on a grater, and mix with soap. We lather the dog, and wash off the product in half an hour. Here you can add the yolk of one egg, or a decoction of nettle and get a flea shampoo.
Salty water
This method is suitable for small dog owners. In a bucket of warm water, add a kilogram of salt, and stir until dissolved. Dip the dog around the neck in water and hold for three minutes, and then rinse.
Pine sawdust
Fleas really do not like coniferous shavings. In order to get rid of parasites, the dog's litter must be made from fresh pine sawdust. Under the litter, you can put several branches of wormwood. Fleas will be forced to leave.
Fleas very quickly adapt to medicines, so do not forget about alternative methods.
How to remove fleas from a dog and get rid of parasites
Fleas not only bring trouble and discomfort to the dog from their itchy bites, but can also cause the disease that the flea suffers from the bite of another infected animal. Therefore, prevention is very important in the treatment of fleas.
Folk remedies in the treatment and prevention are still quite a long process, but after it our dog will not have more than one flea.
This will alleviate your dog’s pet and will serve as an excellent preventive measure for killing parasites in the dog’s coat. On the way to removing fleas in a dog, we need:
- A comb for dogs, sold in a pet store, the comb is from fleas.
- Soapy water in a basin
- A well-walked dog - the less energy the dog has, the less it will withstand this flea disposal procedure.
A comb for dogs that is designed for fleas is a rather old invention, it is sold in any pet stores and is very effective in combating fleas in dogs.
To do this, you need to comb out the fleas of probable fleas. After every 2-3 combings, moisten the comb in water. Pay special attention to the back of the dog in order to comb out the fleas and their eggs as much as possible.
It is likely that the purchased shampoo will help not only from fleas, but also from ticks.
How to make flea shampoo at home
If you like to make a shampoo yourself at home to fight fleas in dogs, then read the following recipe below. Our final mass will look more like oil or soap solution - let's call it shampoo.
In order to prepare any of the shampoos or when buying a ready-made shampoo, the following oils are welcomed as part of it:
- An oil that contains high vitamin E, cedar oil is ideal for this. In our consistency, it should be at least 2% of the total mass.
- Castor oil is contained in 3% percent.
- Cedar essential oil should be approximately 3-4% of the total mass.
And now we turn to ready-made recipes. The base is a regular soap base, it can be, for example, liquid soap. Based on the length and amount of wool, you will calculate how much soap base is needed.
Recipe number 2. As a basis, we take the same soapy mass and add 3 oils to it: cedar essential, lavender, tea tree oil. The proportions are equal.
Recipe number 3. Lavender oil, citronella, tea tree oil can be used both without a soap base and with it.
Recipe number 4. In a soap base, mix cedar essential oil, eucalyptus and tea tree oil.
How are oils good for dogs and bad for fleas? Lavender oil and citronella are some of the worst enemies in the fight against ticks and fleas, as well as resist mosquitoes, which in turn are carriers of infections.
Tea tree has antibacterial properties. Cedar oil - not only repels fleas and parasites, but also acts as an odor fixator.
Mint - it carries a pleasant smell and gives a significant blow to fleas. Eucalyptus oil repels parasites and kills them.
Your dog may be allergic to one or more of these oils, so you should contact your veterinarian before consuming them and having problems.
Prevention after swimming
In order to strengthen our flea treatment, use a spray bottle. Without using a soap base, pour 500 ml of water into the spray bottle. Then add cedar essential oil, lavender oil, then mix the entire consistency.
It is not in vain that we paid more attention to folk remedies in the fight against fleas, since they help to better and fully remove fleas from wool and relieve our pet of suffering.If your preference falls on the choice of a purchased shampoo or anti-flea remedy for dogs, then we also suggest using the following recommendations.
Which commercial flea shampoo or remedy is effective?
Flea shampoo for dogs. If you read the entire article from beginning to end, then you already know which substances are excellent fighters against fleas. If you buy flea shampoo for your dog, then pay attention to the composition. Also, for each dog, different types of shampoos can be effective, so a consultation with the seller will be appropriate.
I would like to note that no matter how good the shampoo is, it will provide flea protection for a maximum of 2 weeks. It is also worth noting that flea shampoo is more effective in use with bath sprays, which you can do yourself or also buy in the store.
You will not bathe the dog every day, so the spray will be used as a treatment and prevention.
Flea collar for dogs. Flea collars are also good protection. Basically it has great protection for small dogs, with large dogs a separate conversation.
Although in practice flea collars help many dogs, so you can consider it as a useful acquisition for your pet. Perhaps it’s precisely the flea collar that will help you access the flea treatment measures as well as their prevention less often.
But both home-made recipes and purchased shampoos and anti-flea remedies in dogs are equally effective. For extra protection, consider using a flea collar while walking - additional protection will not hurt.
How to get rid of fleas folk remedies
In the market, ineffective preparations for external parasites or their falsification predominate. Even the once praised Front Line is not happy today. I don’t know whether the active substance Fipronil stopped adding to it, or the external evil spirits mutated so much that they only wanted to sneeze at it.
In any case, I want to offer some old and proven ways to get rid of external parasites, namely fleas.
I can recommend folk remedies for fleas - wormwood, tansy, eucalyptus leaves. Plants are poured with a small amount of boiling water, let it brew a little, and when the tincture cools down, rub it into the coat. Not very effective if there are a lot of fleas, but for prophylaxis.
Well-proven tool - pine sawdust. Fleas do not like it when a dog or cat sleeps on a mattress stuffed with pine sawdust. Fleas have the only positive quality - they do not tolerate cold.
And they will certainly disappear with the appearance of the first snow, with or without treatment of the animal. But, alas, only until next spring.
To combat fleas, you can use ordinary baking soda, which also kills fleas. Mix table salt and baking soda in equal proportions and spray on the carpet, and then rub the powder with your feet or a broom until it becomes invisible.
In addition, fleas do not like fresh shavings of conifers and wormwood. They can be used as a deterrent.A mixture of equal parts of 3% vinegar, camphor alcohol and any flower cologne has a good anti-flea effect.
If you don’t have anything at hand, you can treat the animal with this mixture and cover it with a plastic bag (head out) for several minutes. Then carefully comb the pet over the bathtub or basin with water. Pour water with stunned fleas into the sewer.
From folk remedies for the destruction of fleas, you can use scattered leaves of calamus, wormwood.
Here are some more good home-made recipes for getting rid of fleas:
- in a bucket of warm water, dissolve one pack of salt and lower the animal down the neck, after wetting the coat with it. Keep 3-4 minutes, then rinse with clean warm water (instead of salt, you can use a decoction of wormwood);
- grate a quarter of the briquette of children's soap, pour warm water, bring to a boil and, stirring, simmer over low heat until a jelly-like mass forms. Add a medium-sized onion grated on a fine grater and soap the animal with the resulting mixture, wrap in polyethylene and hold for 15-20 minutes. If you add a decoction of nettle, calendula, egg yolk to soap jelly, you will get a wonderful, and most importantly, effective shampoo;
- spread bunches of wormwood or tansy in different places of the apartment or house until the parasites completely disappear.
What folk remedies will help get rid of fleas in cats and dogs
Flea is the most faithful and unchanging companion of a person in life. We have not been able to get rid of this small creature for many millennia. Hordes of her ruthless accomplices occupy our homes to this day, causing a lot of problems and by no means minor troubles to people and their pets - dogs and cats.
Is it really impossible to get rid of fleas once and for all? How to protect pets from fleas? It turns out that is not so simple. Ectoparasites, including fleas, are incredibly tenacious and adaptable. Thousands of new blood-sucking creatures come to replace one destroyed.
Such a neighborhood causes a lot of trouble, and in advanced cases it is possible to evict uninvited tenants only with the full sanitization of the house.
The first symptom of a flea infection is that the animal begins to become anxious, gnaw furiously and comb the places where it feels itchy from flea bites.
Inspect the coat and skin of your pet - you will definitely notice, if not the parasites themselves, then the traces of their stay: eggs or excrement.
In advanced cases, the animal develops dermatitis, weeping and poorly treatable eczema, allopecia. Small puppies and kittens are especially affected by fleas.
Given that fleas carry on themselves pathogens up to three dozen dangerous diseases for humans, the question of how to get rid of parasites is very important.
Serious infections and parasitic problems are transmitted through the bites of these blood-sucking insects:
- plague;
- encephalitis;
- anthrax;
- listeriosis;
- salmonellosis;
- fungal infections;
- tape worms.
Even if it does without infection, flea bites are very unpleasant for a person by themselves: they cause itching, redness, and severe allergic reactions.
It is very difficult to catch it, and when it is caught, it is crushed: the flattened body of a small parasite is reliably protected by a solid chitinous shell. Neither the dog nor the cat is able to cope with the invasion of bloodsuckers. How to help your pet?
What to do with them? Declare them a merciless war! There are no and cannot be compromises in the fight against parasites. Or will you continue to provide housing and food for these little disgusting monsters? And they will begin to torment you, your children and animals - in the literal sense of the word, drink blood, it is painful to bite and infect with all kinds of ailments ...
Patience and intransigence are your main weapon. Wash, vacuum, freeze. Frequent cleaning of the premises with a washing and vacuum cleaner, of course, is a preventive measure. But creating unfavorable conditions for the existence of fleas, it will prevent parasites from feeling free in your territory.
Cold kills fleas. Comb animals every day. Daily combing with a frequent comb of pet hair helps mechanically remove fleas. Of course, you need to do this on a walk, not at home. The procedure will not completely eliminate the parasites, but in combination with other means, the unpleasant problem will be solved.
And the hair of your dog or cat will look better, more well-groomed, and it will be cleaner in the house.
It is advisable to comb fleas from the wool daily
It is better that the comb is metal, and its teeth are hard and as frequent as possible. But even daily combing will not remove all adult parasites and their eggs from the hair, and the procedure will not stop flea-newcomers.
Folk recipes
Since ancient times, people have been looking in the nature surrounding them for the answer to the question: how to protect themselves, their homes and pets from insect parasites? Many of the popular ways to deal with fleas have not lost their relevance to this day.
The ubiquitous fleas settle on all, without exception, dogs and cats. The horde of arthropod invaders does not stop even the complete absence of wool from their victim! Do you think your elite sphinx does not and cannot have fleas? No matter how.
Isn’t it easier to go to a veterinary pharmacy? Expensive modern insecticides are not suitable for all animals, in addition, recently there have been many fakes of pharmaceutical preparations - they are useless, and often very harmful. Try to get rid of annoying insects the old fashioned way, so to speak, with improvised means.
Folk methods have a lot of advantages compared to traditional methods. And it’s not even that home repellents are much cheaper and more affordable.
Even the most modern preparations from a veterinary pharmacy are unsafe for pregnant animals and small cubs - kittens and puppies whom fleas bite almost to death.
If the animal is sick, then toxic flea collars and drops at the withers can greatly aggravate its state of health, since, in essence, they are poison - they poison and inhibit the immune system.
In addition, the use of medications can provoke severe allergic reactions both in animals and in people living with them under one roof. And folk remedies are more diverse and, when used correctly, are completely safe.
Herbs from parasites in dogs and cats
Strongly smelling medicinal herbs and their decoctions have long been used to scare fleas from home and from pets. Wormwood, tansy, lavender, mint, oregano were especially successful in this noble cause.
A decoction of silver wormwood also works very effectively, they can process both the home and pets, for which the tool is absolutely safe.
- For cooking, you need to brew a handful of chopped wormwood in a glass of boiling water.
- Boil the mixture on low heat or in a water bath for about five minutes.
- Cool the broth, strain.
- Treat the whole house and the dogs and cats living in it with a folk remedy.
- Similarly, many other fragrant herbs act, the strongest of which are peppermint and tansy.
Dogs, by the way, “know” that it is these herbs that can relieve their suffering. Pay attention to a walk in the country, in the clearing with which plants your pet likes to wallow most of all - the dog correctly selects those herbs that can be useful for it.
Essential Oils - Lethal Flavors. Many essential oils successfully work to destroy fleas and other parasites. For this purpose, aromas of anise, any citrus, eucalyptus, geranium, cloves, tea tree, fir, mint are most suitable. Processing can be carried out both with concentrated oil and its aqueous solutions.
Therefore, it is better to treat the animal’s hair with essential oils diluted with water, keep it under the supervision of 15–20 minutes, and after that it is necessary to wash off the product itself with warm water, and with it let the hordes of fleas that will never annoy your pet again into the sewers.
Brewer's yeast and garlic are fatal to fleas. Brewer's yeast was used to treat houses from parasites several centuries ago. This is an ancient, proven for centuries, an effective remedy for domestic parasites.
Fleas do not tolerate strong smells of brewer's yeast and garlic - the components should be mixed in an approximate ratio of 10: 1. Garlic should only be handled with caution: in large doses, it is toxic to dogs and cats.
In large doses, garlic can harm not only parasites, but also your pet.
- Pound a few garlic cloves, mix them with brewer's yeast.
- Sprinkle the mixture on the floor of the room where pets are often found.
- Leave the treatment for a day.
- Collect the dried mixture with a vacuum cleaner.
Citrus peel. Essential oils, which are so numerous in the citrus peel, are also unpleasant for finicky fleas. They instantly pick themselves up at the exit from the room, where the aromas of tangerine peels or something like that are floating. So that's great!
And when the crusts are completely dry, collect them and grind in a coffee grinder. You can sprinkle fragrant powder on the floors in the house or treat your pet, or you can make a decoction of it to use for the same purpose.
Pine filings - “filling” for bedding. The resinous aromas of pine are fatal to fleas. It is easy to fill them with a mattress on which your cat or dog will sleep. You can sprinkle sawdust on the floor in the aviary.
Decorate your pet's habitat with fresh pine branches, if possible. Raw materials need to be changed as the smell exhales.
Flea Kitchen Remedies
The most common cookbook - and even better sea salt - will be an excellent companion in your merciless war against parasites. Well, fleas really don't like salt water! If sea bathing is temporarily unavailable to you, arrange armageddon parasites in your own bath.
Salt - a natural insecticide. Salt destroys the chitinous coat of insects, so fleas carefully avoid contact with its crystals.
Soda has similar properties. With a mixture of these substances in arbitrary proportions, it is good to sprinkle floors and other surfaces that parasites could have chosen.
After some time, the treated areas should be vacuumed and wet cleaned in the apartment. A similar treatment is suitable for pets. You can also invite them to take a salt bath.
- For a large animal - a large dog, for example, you need to breed one and a half kilogram pack of salt in a bath with warm water. For a cat or a small dog, a basin with saline solution is also suitable.
- The animal needs to be immersed in water with salt on the neck - as deep as possible, but so that salt water does not get into the eyes.
- Wet the coat completely and massage the entire surface of the animal's body.
- Thoroughly rinse the salt and the parasites together with warm running water.
- Repeat the procedure after 5-6 days.
Vinegar - a radical solution to the problem. With the help of vinegar, you can quickly and irrevocably rid your pet of fleas. This safe, although somewhat radical, at first glance, method is suitable only for medium-sized animals with a strong nervous system.
- Mix equal amounts of table vinegar, ammonia and an inexpensive cologne with a strong floral smell.
- Pour the mixture into the spray bottle and quickly spray the entire pet, while simultaneously covering his eyes and nose with his hand.
- Lightly rub the liquid to soak the wool with it to the roots.
- Place the animal in a plastic bag so that only the head looks out.
- Calm the pet and keep it in this state for at least five minutes or a little longer.
- Remove the bag and carefully comb or wash the animal’s hair.
Kerosene - Armageddon for fleas. The pungent smell of kerosene does not tolerate fleas. But the animal itself cannot be treated with this combustible liquid - it places or places in the house where harmful insects can hide, are sprayed or smeared with it.
Then they wait at least a day, strictly observing the fire safety rules all this time - and thoroughly wash, thoroughly ventilate the room. Fleas are not likely to risk appearing here.
Penny drugs from the pharmacy
Ammonia. Ammonia literally brings fleas to a swoon. a few drops of it per liter of water - and an effective solution for processing the home is ready. Such a folk remedy can rinse after bathing the dog or the bedding on which she usually sleeps.
Hellebore water. The poisonous plant hellebore has been used as an effective anti-lice agent since ancient times. Hellebore water - an alcoholic tincture of the plant was initially also used only for combating pediculosis, but then the spectrum of action of this agent expanded significantly.
The solution processes the hair and skin of the animal, and after ten minutes it is very thoroughly washed off with water and shampoo. The ingestion of even a small amount of the drug on the mucous membranes and in the blood through wounds and scratches on the body is fraught with poisoning for the pet, so use the little bottle very carefully.
Hydrogen peroxide. Hydrogen peroxide, diluted with water at least twice, moisten the coat of an animal that has fleas. In order to avoid burns of the mucous membranes, it is necessary to protect them from the means.
After a quarter of an hour, the peroxide solution is washed off with warm running water, slightly acidified with vinegar. Detergent is optional. Of the minuses - peroxide brightens the wool and worsens its structure, so the tool should not be used for exhibition animals.
The advantage of this drug is that it is safe for cats and dogs. They are treated with an antiparasitic mixture before bathing, and then sprayed liquid in the premises. The smell of camphor with cologne intoxicates and immobilizes fleas, and acetic acid dissolves their “armor” - chitin.
Boric acid. Boric acid acts on insects in the same way as any other acid - it spoils chitin, durable clothing, without which fleas lose their viability. the smallest crystals of boron powder easily stick to flea armor, but then there are no options to survive ...
The undoubted advantage of this completely inexpensive pharmacy product is that it is absolutely safe. The powder is scattered in the house or an aqueous solution based on it is made for processing from fleas.
But it’s difficult to find tar in its pure form, and soap replaces it worthily - it kills not only adult fleas, but also larvae, and even destroys eggs.
- Wet the pet's hair thoroughly with warm water - so that there is not a single dry area.
- Lather all hair, including head and ears, with a bar of tar soap.
- Massage and rinse immediately.
- After the second wash, let the folk remedy act for ten minutes, then rinse very thoroughly.
- Dry the hair and comb it with a fine comb.
It is necessary to wash the animal with tar soap once every two to three weeks, as the coat becomes dirty. Dustov soap works the same way, but it can not be used often - it can negatively affect the health of your pet.
Anti-Flea Shampoo: DIY
A simple recipe for an excellent flea shampoo - you will find all the ingredients in your kitchen, and they cost a mere penny. The dosage of homemade shampoo is given per large dog. For a smaller animal, the proportions need to be reduced accordingly - for example, a third of the indicated volume will be enough for a cat.
Ingredients:
- baby soap - 1 bar;
- water - 3 glasses;
- chicken yolk - 3 pieces;
- decoction of herbs or essential oils - optional.
Cooking:
- Rub a bar of soap on a coarse grater.
- Fill soap shavings with water and place in a water bath.
- Water can be replaced with a decoction of fragrant herbs of your choice: wormwood, lavender or geranium.
- Cook over low heat until thick, stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat and cool slightly.
- Add the yolks and a few drops of essential oil: fir, anise, tea tree or grapefruit.
Mix the shampoo thoroughly and use immediately after preparation. Apply to the well-soaked coat of the animal, rub it into the skin for five minutes with massage movements. Wash and soap a second time.
Leave the shampoo on the coat for about ten minutes, rinse thoroughly and rinse with a weak solution of vinegar. Not later than a week later, the procedure must be repeated.
Contraindications. Many folk remedies that scare away and destroy fleas can become unsafe for people prone to allergies. This primarily concerns herbs with a strong aroma - they can provoke allergic reactions.
You should carefully analyze all the components of antiparasitic drugs for individual intolerance for those who will come into contact with them.
Some home remedies for fleas - such as vinegar, garlic, dust soap, ammonia, hydrogen peroxide - can be harmful to your pets if overdosed, and bloody water is also dangerous for humans.
Treatment with tincture of hellebore cannot be entrusted to children and pregnant women, but it is better to carry out this procedure in a ventilated room. Remember: ingestion of even a very small amount of this toxic drug can lead to serious poisoning. Be careful and careful.
Folk remedies for fleas for dogs
Dog owners often face such a common problem as flea dominance. These insects deliver a lot of discomfort and anxiety to the animal, they cause the appearance of severe itching, hair loss, dermatological diseases of varying severity.
They can infect a person with such life-threatening or even fatal diseases as viral hepatitis B and C, typhoid, salmonellosis, plague, etc.
Fleas are small blood-sucking insects that are characterized by great stamina. At the same time, they multiply very quickly. The length of the jump of these parasites reaches a value significantly greater than the body of the dog.
The dog’s blood serves as a source of food for them, and the coat serves as a temporary shelter for further movement. After the appearance of parasites in the animal, they will spread throughout the apartment.
In addition to dog fleas themselves, other types of dogs can live on dogs:
- human
- feline;
- suction, etc.
In nature, there are more than 2000 species of these parasites, which often have unexpected features.
Which anti-flea remedy is better
The remedy against fleas can be either purchased or self-made. There are a number of advantages and disadvantages of both drugs and folk flea control agents.
Undoubtedly, folk remedies do not have such a chemical effect as all kinds of drops, sprays, shampoos, special products, etc., and this is their main advantage.
You can get the desired result of using traditional medicines of your own preparation if you choose an effective recipe and properly process the animal.
Folk remedies
There are different ways and recipes for getting rid of fleas and ticks by folk remedies. It is important to study the correct order of their application and clearly follow it to achieve maximum efficiency.
A widespread and affordable folk remedy is wormwood, a strong and unpleasant smell of which will permanently scare away fleas. From this grass prepare a decoction for bathing the animal. For 2 liters of water, 2-3 large stems of fresh or dried wormwood will be required. Grass can be scattered across the floor of the apartment to get rid of insects spreading through the dwelling.
A rather powerful remedy is tincture of garlic. With the use of garlic tincture in the fight against fleas in dogs, special care should be taken.
Although garlic is a remedy that has proven to be powerful against various parasites, including worms, you need to use it so that the dog does not lick it from the coat.
A large amount of garlic in a dog’s diet can cause digestive problems and other more serious consequences that can be life threatening.
To process the wool, 3-4 cloves of garlic are ground and boiled with boiling water. The mixture is infused, it is cooled, filtered and applied to the wool. After veterinarian approval, a small amount of garlic can be added to the animal’s diet. If the dog refuses to eat garlic himself, special remedies with its extract will come to the rescue.
Other plants that will help in the fight against fleas are:
- tansy;
- eucalyptus leaves;
- calamus;
- peppermint;
- rosemary and others
From these aromatic herbs, you can make decoctions. But herbal infusions are ineffective when there are a lot of fleas. In this case, herbal infusions can be used as a prevention of the further appearance of fleas in an animal.
In the fight against fleas, various essential oils have also proved their effectiveness:
- peppermint;
- lavender;
- eucalyptus;
- tea tree;
- castor;
- cedar;
- juniper.
Mixtures with soapy water are prepared from these oils. They can be used without soap. 2-3 liters of oil should be used per liter of water. You can add a few drops to dog shampoos.
Essential oils
Additional means can be pine sawdust, the smell of which is unpleasant for fleas. From sawdust, you can build a pillow or mattress where the animal will sleep in the apartment or put sawdust in a doghouse if the dog lives on the street. Citrus peels have the same effect. You can use both tools for the best result.
A useful natural product is tar soap, which can be an effective tool in the fight against fleas. In addition to this, soap acts as an antiseptic and has an anti-inflammatory effect.
At home, you can prepare an effective shampoo for your pet. To do this, add a shabby onion, nettle broth and egg yolk to the solution from children's soap.
How to handle an animal
When identifying fleas, you first need to redeem the dog. Many parasites will be washed off with water, and this will be the first step in the fight against insects. Bathing with tar soap is an effective way of disinsection.
After that, you can use the selected folk remedies. They are rubbed into the animal’s hair and left for some time so that the active components act.
In this case, you need to be prepared for fleas to jump from the wool, trying to save themselves, so the apartment will need to be further processed after the procedure with the pet.
After the procedure, it is necessary to comb the hair with a special comb with frequent teeth. Dead insects will be partially combed out. Next, a new bath is carried out to wash the remaining parasites. If necessary, repeat the procedure. It is advisable to wait at least one day, and preferably 2-3, since most drugs have an irritating effect on the skin of the animal.
In the fight against fleas, preventive measures are very important. It is necessary to regularly process animal hair with selected infusions of medicinal herbs, essential oils.To do this, add a few drops of lavender and cedar oil to cool water and treat the dog’s coat and skin with a spray gun.
Care must be taken to ensure that the solution does not get into the eyes of the animal. Timeliness of treatment and systematic preventive actions will ensure the protection of the pet for a long time.
In my childhood, I had a very sad experience with using, it seems, infusion of roof tiles in the fight against fleas in a kitten. The kitten died. (((Very malicious grass.
She was surprised to learn that sphinxes also have fleas.
And there was also an experience (I remember with a smile) when I regretted the puppy I found on the street, brought it home and began to wash ... The puppy had a hundred and so many fleas! They climbed into the face (the rest of the puppy’s body in the water)))), on the ears, on the nose, in the eyes ... I was horrified - I just didn’t know that one dog’s soul could feed an entire army of bloodsuckers.)))
We live in a panel multi-storey building, somehow we took an adult cat from the street, sheltered. They constantly fought with fleas, since he walked on the street. Do not have time to withdraw - reappeared. The appearance of fleas could also be judged by the fact that he more often began to scratch his ears and comb them so that then crusts formed on the skin.
Regarding bedbugs, it was verified that their tansy scares them off. Only tansy dries out over time and the smell disappears, which is why we change several times during the season. We spread out as a rule where the most probable places for bugs and other evil spirits to enter the apartment.