As far as natural flea preventive is concerned I have read of pealing oranges and using the peel and the white pith to line the insides of pet pillows and fabric collars and once read of someone with cats, spreading the peels and pith all over their carpet overnight and then picking up the larger parts and giving a good vacuum to the floor, and this supposedly killed the fleas.
Lemon spray will help your dog smell better but it might not want to lick and clean itself afterward though and it might attract yellow jackets, which would be bad for all concerned! Unless you can remove the sugar from the lemon, I would not use it directly on the dog, maybe a type of collar that you can enclose those things in or a bandana soaked in the liquid and allowed to dry before wearing.
I have read of using brewers yeast, and there used to be a lot of products made with that yeast for that purpose, but don't know if this actually prevents fleas or not.
I wish I could remember the name of the product we used many years ago. We bought it at a farm supply store. I don't think it was "natural" but it killed adults and prevented the pre-adults and eggs from evolving any further and killed them also. We have never had a problem with it ever again and never re-applied it. We are getting ready to get rid of the rug, and I'd like to replace it with a real wood floor instead of carpet. Hope I can find something like it again!
The name of it started with a V and it came in a tiny bottle, we then put it into a larger spray bottle with water and sprayed it every where on the carpet, but not on the furniture surfaces. I imagine it is some kind of bio poision. Never had a problem with our cats or our kids, but don't know really what was inside of it. |