Organic Pest Control

What pet owner has not worried a couple of times that their beloved pet received fleas? Even worse, how many have worried that the fleas had distributed to other areas of the house? Luckily, there are many organic flea control treatments that can both keep fleas and other insects from infesting your home and can get rid of them once a pet has been infested.Those with pets need to know that for every flea they find on their pet, there may be more than thirty more fleas some wherein that pet’s environment.

Your pet can get fleas from being outdoors or can get fleas through contact with a visitor’s pet.For this reason its important to learn all about the organic flea repellent treatments out there that will be both safe and effective on your pet.You should definitely give your pet a bath and comb your pet on a regular basis.

Pets that already have fleas should be combed with a comb that’s been dipped in a glass of water and soap. Organic repellents and deterrents consist of the use of citrus products.For example, you can pour a cup of boiling water over an entire sliced lemon, including the skin. Score the skin to release more citrus oil.

Let the mix soak and sponge it on the animal. Believe it or not, it will destroy fleas immediately.Yet another cure involves using Brewer’s yeast and garlic, or apple cider vinegar in small amounts to the pet’s food. This will repel fleas quite nicely. Cats, however, shouldn’t consume garlic.

Topical organic treatments include cedar-based shampoo, cedar oil and sleeping mats that contain cedar chips. Fleas do not like cedar of any kind and will be repelled from areas where you put it. Other insects are repelled by organic cedar products as well.In the terrible event that you find you’ve got fleas in your carpeting, you should first vacuum the entire carpet, paying specific focus on low traffic areas.

Seal the vacuum bag and get it out of there. An additional organic way of getting rid of fleas is to obtain a wide, shallow pan, like a cake pan, and fill it half-full with water and soap. Place the pan on the floor and shine a light over the area. The fleas will jump up to the heat of the lamp and will land in the water and,because the water is soapy, the fleas will simply drown. Do this a couple of nights and it will make an impact.

If you’re desperate for a long-lasting organic and safe method of flea control in a room, purchase a nontoxic flea trap. Basically, you place a sticky pad under a grid on the plastic device and plug it into a regular light socket. The light and heat from the device attracts fleas on a permanent basis from as far away as 25 feet. The fleas jump up, fall through the grid and stick onto the sticky pad. The sticky pad is easily replaceable when it is used up.

Finally, the best organic flea control for outdoor use involves buying flea control nematodes (worms) that are 100% safe and can be spread all through the lawn and garden. These natural little creatures kill the flea larvae and pupae so that the fleas don’t reach their adult years. That way, your pets won’t be delivering in fleas from your yard.Flea control doesn’t have to be difficult nor does it have to involve the use of dangerous chemicals.Your pets don’t deserve the toxicity and neither do you.