Any suggestions for herbel/holistic flea treatments that work. My youngest has sensitive skin at the mo and i don't want to stick chemicals on her.

Variety of things at link below, but I give my lot fresh crushed garlic regularly & it keeps them away :)

http://www.holisticpetsupplies.co.uk/index.php?cPath=21_30_54

I also give my 2 fresh garlic every day with their meals.

I've not had to use any kind of flea treatment for well over 2 yrs as thankfully, we don't suffer them any more ;)

Shame the same doesn't apply to children who keep getting nits :D

I'd better get my bum down to asda and bag a whole line of the stuff by the sounds of it. This may sound dumb but what about the garlic breath :-)

Eat some yourself, you won't notice then :D

Hairypooch,
My oldest child was a nit magnet (and there was a girl in her year who was the source of all nits :( :( )  My mother told me to always condition and comb thru with a nit comb (to be sure there aren't any ;) ) and always use vinegar in the final rise.  She never had them again :D :D  I now use tea tree conditioner on my youngest and still rinse with vinegar, he's yet to get nits :D :D

Anything's worth a try Dill ;)

I use the nit comb, "nice & clear" leave in conditioner on all 3 of the "little people" and the nits that are coming out are the size of houses

Vinegar is now going to be in short supply folks..........stock up quickly :P

Shame that we lost Nitty Norah, the Flea Exploer from our schools :(

She always managed to come on the same day as the school photographer - so all my school photos have me with one nice, fat, tight plait and one loose, floppy one :D

Margot

:D

Lindsay
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Garlic is good, so is a little Brewers Yeast. There are several things like Neem oil that are more acceptable to dogs than Tee Tree and Citronella, which most dont like the smell of, however ALL should be used in very small quantities and well diluted.

Would a liquid garlic be any good?  The yougest is a pig and will eat anything including tablets :-) vey handy at times.. but the eldest will eat all the kibble and manage to avoid the anything else.Shes just too clever for her own good!!

As already mentioned, some essential oils are excellent at keeping fleas away, but, do use them sparingly and well diluted :)

If overused, (ie rubbed neat on a large area of skin) they can cause great harm. So, treat them as if they are medicines and apply with care :)

Lindsay
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Yes liquid is fine, but it is normally more concentrated than raw so just watch the dosage a little bit, although it is quite difficult to over dose :) 

We use Dyna-mite concentrate, this is a natural insect repellent that you leave on as a final rinse after bathing, it contains citronella oil and smells lovely, you can always use it on its own in a spray bottle.

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Well at that price its definately worth trying considering the price on the chemical suff :-)

Can you get it from pet shops? (I think I'm having a bleach blonde week!!!)

http://www.doghealth.co.uk/dyna-mit.htm   :)

web site for the dyna mite shampoo and concentrate www.homoeopet.co.uk they are cheaper on postage!

Hi, I give my dogs a squirt of Garlic paste in their dinner. They have never, ever had a flea or tick on them! I don't give them anything else and I also have 2 cats that they mix with. The only thing is as Garlic is a member of the onion family, and dogs are prone to have a problem with onions, as they can be poisonous to dogs, you have to start with a very small amount and build up. This is a preventative treatment and costs very little. You can buy the paste at any large supermarket, all the best, Dawn

Hi

Try the following site, they have aromatherapy based products and they really work!

http://www.dogforlife.co.uk

THanks Yolanda72. The whole idea of not putting chemicals on the girls is great.