| The natural way: | | | | Ingredients are: imidacloprid -- a chloronicotinyl |
| - Vacuum your home frequently and seal vacuum | | | | nitroguanidine integrated from the nitromethylene class |
| bags before disposing. | | | | of a compound. This joins the nicotinyl receptor sites of |
| - Wash the bedding of your dog weekly in warm | | | | insects, thus upsetting normal nerve transmission which |
| soapy water. This is where fleas usually breed. | | | | causes death. |
| - Bathing your pet weekly with a mild dog shampoo | | | | A set of two vials costs 15-20 dollars. |
| prevents flea invasion. | | | | - Frontline. This product is very similar to Advantage, |
| - Use cedar shampoo for your dog, and put cedar oil in | | | | but is not water soluble, so alcohol is needed to wash |
| their sleeping mats. Cedar will repel fleas and other | | | | it off. This can safely be used in pups, dogs, cats and |
| insects. | | | | kittens. |
| - Fleas are attracted to dry skin, so to avoid it, give | | | | Efficiency in repelling lasts up to four months. |
| your dog Linatone oil mixed with its food. Excessive | | | | Active ingredients include: Fipronil 5-amino -1- (2, |
| shampooing should be avoided. | | | | 6-dichloro-4 [trifluoromethyl]phenyl) -4- (1,R,S)- |
| - A mixture of brewer's yeast and garlic, available in | | | | (trifluoromethyl0sulfinyl) -1H-pryazole-3-carbonitrile |
| powder or tablet form can be given in small doses to | | | | 0.29% inert ingredients 99.71%. |
| your pet. This creates a certain odor in pets, and fleas | | | | Fipronil works as a nervous transmission interruptor, |
| are surely to avoid them. | | | | which causes quick death to fleas and ticks. It is |
| - Fresh or dried pennyroyal leaves is a natural flea | | | | proven to kills 96% of fleas for the first two hours and |
| repellent. Use this in carpets to avoid the abundance of | | | | 100% within 24 hours. Ticks die sooner than they |
| fleas in the home. Do not use it if you have small | | | | attach themselves to the host. Fipronil is from the new |
| children around, as this could be toxic. | | | | phenylpyrazole class. |
| - A mixture of 60 ml of lavender oil with 2.8 liters of | | | | Very effective and can be considered safe, so long |
| rock salt can also be placed in areas where dogs | | | | as dogs are not allergic to fipronil. |
| usually come in contact with and this solution could also | | | | - Knockout. Performs like Frontline and is as effective, |
| be used to wash your dog. | | | | but can only be used in dogs. Active ingredients: |
| - Planting marigolds in the yard is helpful too, it repels | | | | Pyriproxyfen: 21[1-methyl-2-(phenoxyphenoxy)ethyoxy] |
| certain types of bugs as well as fleas. | | | | pyridine....0.05% cyclopropanecarboxylate 2.00% inert |
| - Boiled lemon or orange peel in water can be used as | | | | ingredients 97.95% Also has NYLAR, which is flea |
| a dip for dogs and can be used too to soak in dog | | | | growth regulator. |
| bedding for a few hours, then washed with warm | | | | - Biospot. This is for topical application and kills up to 75 |
| soapy water. | | | | percent of fleas, eggs, and ticks. It also is a good |
| - Lukewarm water with little shampoo and detergent is | | | | repellant of mosquitoes and works for about a month. |
| a good way to prevent fleas. A dog's body may be | | | | Temporarily, at times, it turns white hair to yellow. This |
| dipped into the solution for fifteen minutes and then | | | | can not be used in cats and contains permethrins and |
| rinsed. This only works if flea infestation is light. | | | | IGR. |
| The natural way of treating fleas is effective only if | | | | - Proban (cythioate) and Prospot (Fenthion). While not |
| the level of flea infestation is average to very few. | | | | to be used in cats, they are widely used in dogs. This is |
| This method usually is recommended for prevention | | | | absorbed by the bloodstream and fleas die due to the |
| only. | | | | poison that is present in the blood. For it to work, it |
| Different commercially available products with chemical | | | | requires the bitting of fleas. There are certain |
| contents: | | | | conditions to be considered though. You are injecting a |
| - Advantage. Active ingredient is imidacloprid. This is a | | | | small dose of poison into your dog's body and side |
| flea poison, from Bayer. It is in a liquid form and applied | | | | effects are not known. Then this does not help if a |
| to the skin, at the back of the dog, and works for | | | | dog has flea allergy, and can not risk to be bitten. |
| about a month. This works by upsetting the nervous | | | | Generally fleas abound during the summer months, |
| system of fleas when they come in contact with the | | | | when it is their breeding season. These commercial |
| liquid. This product is fast acting and is not absorbed | | | | products can greatly help in fighting heavy flea |
| into the internal organs and bloodstream of the dog. | | | | infestation and needed where severe invasion occurs. |
| Studies indicate that this product is highly toxic to fleas | | | | However, it is always best to consult with your |
| and other insects as well. A dog will be free from fleas | | | | veterinarian as the choice of flea control will greatly |
| in just a couple of days. | | | | depend on your life style. |