Many pet owners complain that their animal has fleas and now the fleas are making themselves comfortable in the house. Sometimes you might think that it is going to be impossible to rid your pet and your home of these little biting pain in the butts. Well, there are a few ways you can get rid of these pests from your dog and from your home.
To do this in a natural way, you should vacuum your house. This includes the mattresses, couches, upholstered furniture as well as the carpets. After you have completely and thoroughly vacuumed your home place the vacuum bag in a zip lock bag and throw it in the trash outside. Continue to do this on a regular basis. Depending on the severity of the fleas you might want to do it more frequently.
The area that your dog spend the most time in needs to be cleaned very well. You should use warm soapy water at least once a week to minimize the number of fleas that can breed in that area. This should include any blankets or pillows your dog might use.
Invest in a mild shampoo with flea repellent for your dog. You should bathe him on average once a week. Be sure that you rinse the shampoo off of your dog good. If you do not, you can cause your dog to get hot spots or just very itchy. This will only make you think the fleas are bothering your dog, when in reality you caused the problem.
You can purchase cedar oil to spray on your dogs sleeping area, pillows and blankets. The cedar scent is believed to keep not only fleas away but also other insects. You can also buy shampoo that has a cedar scent to it and alternate between the flea repellent shampoo and the cedar repellent shampoo.
Once you get the problem under control, you should cut down the number of baths that you give to him. Drying out your dogs skin is just putting up a sign for the fleas and inviting them back. Add Linatone oil to the food. This will help keep the dogs skin well moisturized.
You can also add some ingredients to the food to assist in keeping fleas off of your dog. The ingredients are believed to give your dog a scent that is no longer found appealing to the fleas. Brewer's yeast and garlic, they can be found in powder or in pill form. You can sprinkle it on the top of your dogs food or mix it into the dish of food.
There are also medications that you can put on your dog to assist in flea control. However, before you try any method for treating fleas, you should talk to your vet. You vet can give you several different options to use for successfully treating your home and pet for fleas.
| Jasmine Tupniak |
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