Avoid Fleas and Ticks Forever With This Natural Remedy!

The fleas can be really annoying if you are pet owner. These insects easily infest your pets and multiply in days.

While they bite are definitely itchy and often cause bigger issues and rash. Beside they can cause serious health problems for your pet, fleas can also put your life in danger.

Lye disease is one of the diseases that can be caused by these parasites. These tiny blood suckers can be kept at bay by using many commercial treatments such as sprays, powders, topical solutions, tick ad flea collars, but they are also very dangerous to your furry companion (and anyone else in your family).

Dangerous chemicals such as pyriproxyfen, methoprene, permethrin, fipronil and imidacloprid are used in these treatments. These harsh chemicals have been shown to cause significant and multiple health issues in pets including endocrine disruption, nerve damage, organ failure and cancer.

According to NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), your pet is not only one at risk. Most of these commercial and toxic products are actually registered as pesticides.

Some of them such carbamates and organophosphates are extremely toxic and are banned for household use, but they are still used in sprays and pet collars.

More than 44 000 complaints of adverse reactions (from rashes to death) of these commercial products were received in EPA in 2008.

We definitely have to look at more natural and safer mode that will solve this problem. Luckily, we have the alternative!

Natural Remedies For Ticks And Fleas

Herbal Tick and Flea Powder

Ingredients:

• Half cup of Neem powder
• Half cup of yarrow powder
• A cup of food grade diatomaceous earth

Instructions:

By using a shaker top, mix all the ingredients and then apply the resulting mixture to your pet’s dry fur and in order to ensure that it comes in contact with the skin, gently brush it. Powder can be an irritant to the eyes, nose and ears, so avoid these areas. Apply the powder 3-4 times per week if your pet already has fleas. Do not forget to apply the powder on the carpet or the bed, to any place your pet frequents. Let the powder act for several hours and then vacuum it up. Apply the powder to these areas, as a preventative during flea and tick season.

Insect Busting Ingredients

Neem Powder – it is extremely effective herbal repellant against mosquitoes, ants, mites, lice, ticks and fleas. It has powerful anti-bacterial properties that prevent any infection from tick or flea bites.

Yarrow Powder – this anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory agent relieves pain, soothes irritated skin, heals flea bites and protects the pets from secondary infection.

DE (Diatomaceous Earth) – the insects can not build a tolerance to it. It dehydrates the parasites until they die.

Other Natural Tick and Flea Treatments

• Geraniol Oil
• Clove Oil
• Cinnamon oil
• Lemongrass oil
• Lemon Eucalyptus Oil

*Warning for Cats

You should be very careful using these essential oils with cats. The cats are not able to metabolize the compounds in these oils.

Source: Daily Health Post

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