How to Treat Fleas & Ticks on Cats Naturally

Fleas and ticks are a blood-sucking menace. Fleas multiply when they infest your home and their bites can cause your pet's skin to itch. Ticks can spread disease when they latch onto your pet's skin and begin to suck its blood. There are products on the market that promise to rid your home of fleas and ticks, but their success relies heavily on toxic chemicals. These chemicals can lead to severe reactions and poisoning in some pets and small children. Natural solutions and simple steps such as frequent cleaning, eliminate fleas and ticks without the risk of having toxins in your home environment.

Things You'll Need

  • Diatomaceous earth or powdered pyrethrum
  • Flea paper
  • Herbal flea collar
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Instructions

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      Keep your cat healthy. Good nutrition boosts an animal's immune system and helps it ward off fleas and ticks.

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      Keep your cat indoors. Since fleas transfer from animal to animal, limiting your cat's exposure to outside pets can reduce its odds of becoming infested with fleas and ticks.

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      Clean and vaccuum dark, moist places such as cracks in the floor and dusty corners where female fleas can lay eggs. Killing the adult fleas without killing their eggs and larvae will result in reinfestation.

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      Wash your pet's bedding and machine dry to ensure that ticks and fleas are dead.

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      Sprinkle diatomaceous earth or powdered pyrethrum onto your pet's clean bedding, your carpets and floors. Brush it in well with a broom. This powder is made up of very fine crystals that pierce the exoskeletons of ticks and fleas. The insect will dehydrate and quickly die.

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      Groom and wash your cat regularly. This keeps fleas from colonizing.

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      Set flea traps, which are glue strips much like fly paper.

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      Put herbal flea collars on your cat to repel fleas without harmful chemicals.