Non Toxic Flea Removal?

This is REALLY simple and will only take about five days total to have complete freedom. Go to Holistic Pet on 82nd DRIVE and get a container of diatomaceous earth and then follow the instructions at this web page.

http://www.freshwaterorganics.com/uses.html

I have a ten pound bag given the fact that there are hundreds of uses. I primarily use it for pest and parasite control. I have not seen a single flea in two and a half years....which is when I bought my first can of DE from Holistic Pet on the hopes it would stop a horrible infestation. I now buy it from that website because it is much cheaper and I know it is safe for human consumption as well.

This is the only thing that worked for me, when I lived in an apartment and fleas were running rampant. Believe me, I tried bombing the place out of desperation, but this is what worked, and it's non-toxic and REALLY easy:

Find a place in most rooms where you can put a night light close to the floor (the only huge expense is night lights, though even a few will make a huge difference). Place a pan of soapy water (even a drop of dishwashing soap would work, though it's best if you dissolve it a little in the water) below the nightlight, preferably a small cake pan, or something else with a little depth, but a wide area. At night, leave all the lights off except these nightlights, and in the morning, you'll find a bunch of fleas in the pan. They jump towards the light, and the soap in the water prevents them from landing on the water (regular water lets them stand, so they can get out of the pan).

It might take a week, but soon the pans will have fewer fleas in them, even with a bad infestation. Leave one pan out for a while, checking it to see if the fleas are still there. The great thing about this is that, even if your son gets into the pan, the most he'll do is upset clean, soapy water with a few drowned fleas in it (a little gross, but not at all toxic).

Good luck!

I just went through this too. I HATE fleas! I found great sucess with vacuuming daily and then salting (table salt) my carpet in between vacuuming. It took a week but now I have been flea free for 3 months. You vacuum up the adults and eggs. The salt in your carpet dries the larvae up and they can not become adult fleas. This worked well for me. I now vacuum weekly and salt afterward. OH.. I did have to flea treat my dogs. I used frontline.
Good luck to you!

I use borax from the laundry aisle. I sprinkle on the carpets/beds etc and leave it for at least one hour. Then I vacum it all up. I usually do it twice in one week. It kills the larvae of the fleas. I give the cat a one time flea treatment usually at night so the kids won't touch the cat for several hours.

It really works, I had friends that have allergies to fleas and they loved it.

Fleas don't like lavendar. We had fleas in a rental house once when I was young, and my mother diluted lavendar essential oil in water and sprayed the infested carpet regularly. They went away.

For bodies, you can daily put on lavendar body oil --- not straight essential. Essential oils need to be diluted. If you have a natural food store nearby, they usually have a section with essential oils and such and also someone to assist you.

We have 2 dogs and 2 cats and have got rid of them using mostly natural remedies.

Using a flea comb daily gets the fleas and eggs. When you get a flea you just dip the comb in hot soapy water. This is a lot easier on short hair so I don't know if that would be easy for you.

We got Neem Oil to spray on the animals, it is natural and safe for humans and animals. We also feed them all brewers yeast so they don't taste so good and they love eating it.

Vacuuming and sweeping a lot, and doing laundry too especially where the animals sleep. You can also use Diatomaceous Earth inside and outside (around perimeter of house), kind of like the salt idea. I haven't used it inside yet but I keep meaning to, it's just a little dusty.

i just went through this with my dog, and i have a 3 year old and a 16 month old. the best way is to use salt and borax. if you don't want to use borax salt alone will do. once the kids go to bed, sprinkle the carpet well and work mixture into rug by walking and rubbing feet into carpet. next, fill a small dish with water and liquid dish soap and set it on the ground next to an outlet with a night light. the fleas are attracted to the light and will jump into the water, unable to get out. the salt and the borax each work by cutting into the body of the flea. vacuum first thing in the morning. i vacuumed twice daily, morning and evening before the kids went down. if your vacuum used a bag you need to change the bag each time. if it uses a hepafilter make sure you dump the contents after each use. i kept a plastic shopping bag outside the door to dump into, keeping the dust, fleas and eggs out of the house. within a few weeks the fleas were not in the house as they had been before, jumping on the children and us too. you must wash and treat the cat with flea medicine. we went with frontline. it works great. also, you must vacuum anywhere that the cat lays; couch, bed, etc. hope this helps! good luck!

We have had good luck with orange peel too. I suggest vacuuming thouroughly after allowing the orange peel to sit for a little bit. After you vacuum, be sure to immediately empty the canister in the outdoor garbage. If you want to continue to use the same vaccuum bag before emptying it, seal it with strong tape. Those fleas are stealthy!
Good luck,
K.

I have read that giving our animals a raw organic diet ELIMINATES all fleas and health problems. YOu can purchase this from pet food stores or make it yourself. This is the safest way and least toxic to your pet and family. There is a book I have and cannot remember the name right now....sorry....but if you go to your local natural pet food store they can assist you. Personally, I would not use Avon's Skin so Soft. It is not natural and you and your pet will absorblots of toxins into your skin, although it does work well for this.

Yes,
I rep for Melaleuca and they make cleaning products which are green and work. Melaleuca Oil is also commonly called Tea Tree Oil. It is natural and Kills fleas instantly.
I have 2 cats and do not have any fleas, I also don't use flea treatments on my cats as they are unnecessary with this protocol. I'm leaving early wed am and will be out of town until saturday evening but would be happy to share with you.
Let me know.
N. B.
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The cat will do the job for you. The fleas really want to be on the cat and not you. When the cat walks around the house the fleas will jump back on and will be killed by the flea medicine which works for a month. I would suggest treating your cat for a few months to make sure you get them all. Vacuuming really well and throwing the bag out right away. This will help pick up some of the fleas.
Hope this helps....we got fleas really bad from our cat once and this is what the vet recommended.

we have found orange peel to work really well. We discovered it after a vacation and we returned to flea population explosion while we were gone (YUCK!). I was desperate and I remembered reading about orange peel in one of Ann Lovejoy's gardening books. I grated orange peel (zest) and sprinkled it on our floors (our floors are wood, if you have carpet you might want to check to see if the oils will stain) and the flea population was down it a couple of hours. It was AMAZING! Good luck

I have used this method, and it works. I am so sensitive to bug sprays and such, that I cannot use anything like that. Buy some Boraxo (borax) and get an old large holed salt shaker of some size (if you can) and sprinkle the borax all over your carpet. Wait one day, and then vacuum. The borax is a dessicant (pulls in moisture) and dehydrates the fleas so that they die. If you still have some fleas after a day or two, repeat the process.
Don't leave the borax on your carpet for a long period of time. Be sure you vacuum it up in a day or so. Good Luck!

I've heard that borax powder sprinkled onto carpets, especially along the corners and edges of the rooms, and dawn dish soap are two means to getting rid of fleas. Not sure how to use the dawn though, maybe dilute with water in a spray bottle and wash surfaces.(?) But I'm sure you can find more information and details on the internet.

I just went through this about a month ago, we had fleas jumping on us all day. I used a powder called Bio-Spot from the pet store and it worked great but I had to dust the whole house because it flew up in the air while I vacuumed. But the fleas are gone and it is supposed to keep killing them for up to a year. It is toxic though but less so them a bomb which would have worked better.
Anyway your best bet without using anything is to vacuum, vacuum, vacuum and empty the machine each and every time, don't let it sit or they will get back out. Vacuum everything, furniture and carpets. The vibration gets them to the surface so they get sucked up. Wash all of the bedding (including comforters) and bath mats, blankets that have been out of drawers, kitty bed. New fleas can hatch anywhere from 2 days to 2 weeks so you are going to have to vacuum alot. Any treatment you use won't affect the eggs so you will have to at least deal with one more round of fleas after treatment. Oh and you might want to get something to treat the yard, they should be going dormant outside for the rest of the year now but if you didn't get them from your kitten they they came from outside. You can still get fleas in your yard from strays passing through or if you use beauty bark, they like that stuff especially well. Good luck.

There is a company called Flea Busters, they use non-toxic chemicals. We've used them before.

Get your cat to the vet and have him/her prescribe Revolution or a similar once-a-month flea treatment for your cat. It will inhibit the fleas' lifecycle, and pose no risk to your family or cat. You need to attack the problem at the source.

Walmart sells granuals in a large bag, it's called "Seven" (Don't ask where it got it's name!!!). We lived in the country growing up and my mom used to sprinkle it on the carpet every few months and let it sit for an hour or two while we went shopping or something, and then vacuumed it up as soon as we got home. I don't think I would let a baby crawl around on it, but it never harmed any of us just being int he house.

Borax laundry detergent. Sprinkle it on your carpet and let it sit for a few hours, then vaccuum it up. I don't know how "non-toxic" this is though...

If you just have a couple and there isn't an infestation then Frontline works GREAT! Of course you put that on the cat and the fleas will go to the cat and not in your carpet. BUT if they are already in the carpet and there are many then you might have to get the Flea Busters to come out. I had to have them come out to my home and use this powder that is no more harmful then table salt! My sister also used them. We all had GREAT SUCCESS!!! They have a money back Guarantee! I hope this helps but I sure hope you don't do what I did and waste a bunch of money tryin to get rid of them with non toxic Herbal remedies just to have NOTHING WORK! I recommend them to ANYONE!!!! It's TOTALLY SAFE:)
P.S. No I don't work for them I am just a VERY happy customer who was exhausted and disgusted with tring to rid my home of these nasty lil bugs.

I don't know if it works or not, but my mom is trying it on her dog. Cedar. She had got Cedar needles on the tree vine. I'm trying so hard to explain it...but I don't think it's coming out very well. But, I guess fleas don't like Cedar. I guess rubbing it onto your animal. I hope this helps. I'm sorry that's not very well typed. Good luck.

Do you have a cat or dog?

They need to be treated AND you need to vacuum the house, sofa, chairs, etc every three days. You need to do the laundry--bedding, sheets, etc.. every three days. You need to find a non toxic treatment for the animal (ask your vet), don't just kick it outside because the fleas will then turn to eat you.

That is how my sister did it. I think she did it for two weeks. It is miserable. But it worked.

You're on the right path as long as the flea treatement you are using is one of the brands that works in the sebaceous glands (absorbed into the oil glands of the hair follicle) - such as Frontline. While consecutive monthly applications of these products will assist with the elimination of an indoor flea life cycle, it takes time as not all eggs are in contact with your dog, and as other moms noted hatch over time. So, if it were me, I would call a professional, environmentally friendly service and discuss options with them to ensure carpets and upholstery are rid of eggs. Most services will come with a guarantee and that's worth it to me. And, of course, I would launder all bedding and items that may have been exposed (small rugs the cat sleeps on, etc.) Good luck.

Avon Skin-So-Soft oil sprayed on furniture and bedding will help to keep the fleas off of you and your family. The fleas will then jump back onto the treated cat and die. Also, the borax on the floor then vacuumed should work, too.