Flea Spray for Cats (Read 364 times)

[BlueStar]

1/2 each, water & white vinegar.

It says spray on, but I didn't want it in their eyes, so I soaked a rag in it & wiped them all down!

They did NOT like that! LOL!

Smokey Bunny is scratching like crazy, so ... I think I've got em on the run!

;D

Oh, BTW, I think the new kitty brought them with her!

[tweetigirl]

If this works for Cats would it work on dogs as well.

[BlueStar]

Aug 14, 2012 18:40:40 GMT -5 tweetigirl said:

If this works for Cats would it work on dogs as well.

I would think so as long as the vinegar doesn't effect them negatively.

I googled "Homemade flea spray for cats"

[tweetigirl]

ok I will try for dogs andsee what google says

[BlueStar]

We'll see if this works, then I may be back looking for a different one. This one was easier & I had what I needed on hand.

I mixed mine in a lg. coffee cont. Used about 1/2 of it & will put more on in a day or so.

(I even left the rag in there, but I'm sure it should be used up soon)


I mixed up 2 c. each.

[Deleted]

It's worth a shot! I would think if it works on cats, it would work on dogs. Let us know how it works Blue.

[junglej65]

hey I do know that Dawn dish soap will kill fleas if you give them a bath with it. It doesn't repell them though.

[Lily]

what about if they have open sores from scratching?

[BlueStar]

Aug 15, 2012 7:24:13 GMT -5 junglej65 said:

hey I do know that Dawn dish soap will kill fleas if you give them a bath with it. It doesn't repell them though.

Oh man! Just getting them all in the bathroom n "Wiping" them down, you'd have thunk I was killing them!

I've read +'s & -'s of giving cats baths, but am wondering HOW they would be, since they weren't given baths since kittens?

I think I'd have a water-logged bathroom, including me!

Have you done that to yours, jj65?

[BlueStar]

Well, new kitty got her "Dawn" bath last nite, the above recipe didn't work! She was litterly howling, didn't like THAT one bit!

Smokey Bunny was @ the b.rm door, scratching, trying to get in! She prolly thought I was Killin the poor thing!


I think she'll go back into hiding now .... from me!

[♥devoted-feline-groupie]

Aug 15, 2012 7:24:13 GMT -5 junglej65 said:

hey I do know that Dawn dish soap will kill fleas if you give them a bath with it. It doesn't repell them though.

dawn doesn't kill the fleas...but what down does is get all the natural oil of your cats skin and drys it out...

fleas can't swim and drown in water...


blue...apple cedar vinegar in the drinking water helps too...

have you noticed any salt and pepper around your home specially the places you cats sleep?

this so called salt and pepper is flea poop (pepper) and eggs(salt)...
with Vacuuming on a daily you can pick up alot of the salt and pepper...flea eggs are designed to fall of the host every move, every scratch every jump will spread the eggs though the house...
when a flea hatches out of the egg it will eat the dry flea poop until it'd ready to cocoon itself to become an adult flea...the cocoon are so tough nothing will penetrate them...

but back to the flea egg...you can get insecticide (not harmful for animals when dry) that has a grown hormone (IGR) in it...it will over stimulate the egg...those eggs will hatch early and not be able to develop into a adult flea...


remember flea are just to feed or lay eggs on the animal...

[BlueStar]

Do you know the name of the "insecticide (not harmful for animals when dry) that has a grown hormone (IGR)" or where it can be bought?

??