Natural Flea Remedies for Cats

 Natural Flea Remedies tend to come under the following headings  

·         Feeding 

·         Flea Deterrent 

·         flea powder   

·         flea sprays   

1.       Some people recommend the use of garlic on dogs and cats, but you  need to check with your vet first because garlic may well be toxic. 

2.       Cats may require different treatments to dogs 

3.      Check with your vet before using anything on or around your pets. 

Natural Flea Remedies – Feeding Cats 
a. Feed half a  teaspoon of powdered yeast daily in the cat’s food
b. Half a garlic clove per day. 

 

Natural Flea Remedies – To Deter Fleas 

1.      Put dried chamomile flowers in the cat's basket. 

2.      Dust some derris powder from a Garden Centre on the cat’s coat, leave for half an hour, then comb or brush it out over some newspaper. 

3.      Vacuum carpets regularly, remembering to do areas like under beds, around skirting boards and window sills. Better still sprinkle the carpet with borax and leave for 48 hours, then vacuum. Keep pets and children away during treatment.  

4.      Take and wet pieces of newspaper with cedar oil. Put them all over the floor, under the beds or on rugs, and leave overnight. Fleas will gather on the newspaper, and you can put them, newspaper and all, into plastic bags and dispose of them in the dustbin.  

5.      Place some cuttings of  under mattresses.  

6.      Dissolve 3 blocks of camphor in 2 cups methylated spirits, and rub onto the mattress and nearby furniture. 

7.      Catnip, Rue, Tansy and Wormwood also repel fleas. Plant some in the garden, scatter in pets’ bedding 

8.      Powdered Southernwood, scattered on carpets, will rid the house of fleas. 

Natural Flea Remedies – Flea Spray 

Pyrethrum Spray can be obtained from the flowers when they are in full bloom. A litre of boiling water added to half a cup of firmly packed flowers. All you do then is let it cool down and add a teaspoon of pure soap, and then shake well. As a spray this will kill most garden pests as well as fleas. Use it early morning and evening making sure the weather is cool.

 

Natural Flea Remedies – Flea Powder 

1.      The dried Pyrethrum flowers can be ground to a powder and used to dust. Both powder and liquid kills fleas 

2.      To get rid of fleas in your carpet, after removing pets from the room, sprinkle Borax over the carpet and rub it in. Wait a while, then vacuum as usual. Keep pets and children outside while you wait. Reapply the Borax once a week until the problem is gone.

There are a number of online sources for Natural Flea Remedies