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Flea and Tick Collars
While flea collars seem tempting to use, read the ingredients carefully and check the chemicals for safety at Scorecard, the Environmental Defense Fund’s database of chemicals. According to the Cancer Prevention Coalition (CPC), ingredients on some flea collars are carcinogens, neurotoxins, or both. An effective and natural collar can be made using repellent essential oils.
Choose an absorbent collar for your pet, such as the widely available heavy-duty woven nylon collars. The collar will absorb essential oils, and no additional collar is needed. Essential oils that repel fleas and ticks include citronella, rosemary, and rose geranium. Buy only 100 percent pure essential oils, and using an eyedropper, put just one or two drops on the collar. Repeat each week. Some animals are very sensitive to the strong smell of essential oils, so start with just one drop and increase to two if they seem to tolerate the smell. If ticks are the biggest problem, use rose geranium; for fleas choose citronella if for a dog, but not for cats.
Caution
Pennyroyal shouldn’t be used around pets, especially pregnant pets.
Cats are sensitive to citrus, so avoid citronella.
Make sure not to get the essential oil in the pet’s eyes or directly on their skin.
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add your comment »I'm sorry, the link I meant to post didn't come through. It was my first post to this list, so I don't know how things work :-)
Anyway, if you go to thelavendercat dot com there is a lot of very good info there about essential oils and cats.
(and yes, garlic is toxic to dogs--and is more so for cats)
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Please NEVER use ANY essential oil on or around cats. Cats do not metabolize EOs (they don't have the "wiring" to do so). EOs are toxic to cats: not only do they cause severe liver damage, they can cause seizures and death. This applies to ALL essential oils: pennyroyal, tea tree (esp.), lavender, eucalyptus, etc. etc etc.
Here is a good overview for you to read:
Your cat will be much healthier!
Chris Martin
Owner, The Cat Diva
Feline Behavior Consultant
Geriatric and Special-needs Cat Care
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A friend told me that adding nutra yeast, a form of brewer's yeast, to her dog's food, a teaspoonful three times a week, kept the fleas away and by gosh it has on two dogs for at least 15 years. I also use a pinch on my cat food three times week.
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I read that raw garlic is toxit to dogs,try steaming or roasting if you want,but granulated garlic added to your dogs food works well too besides fleas,mosquito's and worms do not care for it either.
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I thought garlic is toxic to dogs?
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