Natural Flea Spray?

Updated on June 13, 2010
J.H. asks from Ada, OK
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I have heard that a soapy dish of warm water on the floor attracts fles and they drown in the soap bubbles and I have tried it and it worked, but I half remember something else about spraying it on your ankles to keep them off? Is it just crazy talk or have you heard that if you spray soapy water on your ankles it will repel the fleas? Thanks for yalls input!!

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S.H.

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to really get rid of them... you have to treat the room/outside/interior and the pet that is bringing it into the home. All at the same time.

Just using the soapy water, will not rid them completely nor disrupt their reproductive cycle enough to completely eradicate them.

Any Vet, will have products to get rid of fleas.

I have used the soapy water thing too... but it works too slowly.. in other words, for the few number of fleas it does catch... there are tons more just cruising around your home...and reproducing.

"Repellents" will not work to get rid of them. It just repels. Not kills, nor kills their fast breeding.

all the best,
Susan

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A.W.

answers from Mobile on

I agree with the diatomaceous earth recommendation...and boric acid works too!
Here's an article I just googled for you:
http://wolfcreekranch1.tripod.com/diatomaceous_earth_flea...

Hope you can find some in your area...or perhaps online.

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G.B.

answers from Boise on

I duuno, but tea tree oil is probably a good deterrent.

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A.C.

answers from Houston on

There's only one pesticide, natural or otherwise, that's a specific for insects and completely safe. Diatomaceousearth is a type of fossilized algae that resembles chalk dust. The fine, sharp-edged particles attach themselves to and penetrate the waxy coating on a flea's shell-like exoskeleton, causing the little bloodsucker to dehydrate and die.

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C.N.

answers from Baton Rouge on

Soapy water is not going to attract fleas if you put it in a dish on the floor, nor will it repel them if you put ito n ypur body.

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