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Natural SAFE flea treatment for cats

Submitted by dbscandy on Mon, May. 31, 2010

I have 3 indoor cats and a feral colony of 7 outdoor cats. Here in Florida, the fleas are truly awful, and I can neither afford nor, in good conscience, use commercial flea treatments.

Please offer suggestions that are tried and true. Something dietary would be the best for the ferals as they are not likely to approve a hands-on approach.

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Comments (5)

Debbie_55
Fri, Oct. 15, 2010

Fleas and cats

I also have 4 ferrel cats which I feed. I was able to catch them one at a time when I put canned catfood into a cat "pet taxi" and shampooed them with tea tree oil shampoo. In your case maybe try tea tree oil and drop a couple of drops onto the back of their neck.

RhondaLDudley
Thu, Aug. 19, 2010

Garlic / MinkSheen

I use garlic on my cat for when I noticed he is getting a little cold. I have used this method for years, even when I lived back home on the ranch.

Now not sure if any of the cats that you all have will take baths, however there is a natural pet shampoo MinkSheen that has worked really well on my cat and dogs for fleas and biting flies and other annoy little insects.

Hope this helps. :-)

rosepetl5
Thu, Aug. 19, 2010

garlic

Works wonders. I started cooking my cat food because I could no longer afford canned cat food. You can find chicken for .99 a pound. Cook it any way you want, the less seasoning the better for them. Add oil for their coats. I used about three or four heads of garlic to a five pound chicken. Cut up the chicken and mash the cooked cloves in it. Stinks to high heaven but we were flea free within two weeks.

Unfortunately, it is not a lasting solution. If there are two fleas that can stand the garlic, soon there are two thousand. But it kept us clear through several months. Dirt baths seem to work, too.

dbscandy
Tue, Jun. 01, 2010

I know that certain

I know that certain essential oils can be harmful. I'm sure it depends on the cat,but you're the first person whom I know has tried it, and if you haven't had a problem then I will give it a very cautious try. I did just recently read that garlic is harmful.

I can get close enough to the ferals to drop a few drops and see if this works.

Thanks for the advice.

bohogirl88
Tue, Jun. 01, 2010

Lavender Oil

I had heard that Lavender naturally repells fleas. I didn't believe it. We have battled worms untold amounts of times because of the fleas and I was at my wits and with two small children and my complete and total stomach turning reaction to parasites. I decided to go ahead and buy a bottle of lavender oil even though that was not necesarily cheap, but I have dicovered that it doesn't take much. Just a few drops on the back of their neck goes a long way. The ferals would be a problem but it seems to me I have also heard something about garlic. I'm have never tried it but good luck and I hope this has helped out somewhat.