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what natural household product can be used for the killing of fleas????

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i have 4 dogs,different breeds, ages from 2yrs to 5 yrs. I have tried just about everything.

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February 1 6:37 PM (7 minutes and 46 seconds later)
         
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And you have discovered the truth nothing you have around the house will work really.
My suggestion is either Frontline or using a household flea spray with adulticide and insect growth regulator to keep baby fleas from growing up to biting age.
I use Zodiac Fleatrol Premise Spray with Precor.
You can see a picture of the can here
http://shopping.msn.com/Specs/shp/?itemId=83503568
and many pet supply places carry it as well as online stores.
It uses pyrethrin plant type poison for adults and Precor insect growth regulator and can work for about 200 days.
It works the best of anything I've found so far.


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February 2 8:13 AM (13 hours and 36 minutes and 31 seconds later)
         
Reply to Nancy Holmes's Post: was hoping for something natural like baking soda, etc. but thanks anyways.
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February 2 9:32 AM (1 hour and 19 minutes and 8 seconds later)
         
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I guess it depends on what you want. There are lots of things that don't work at all and some are more dangerous to you or your pets than an insect growt regulator and a 'natural' insecticide made from plants.
People will tell you garlic works but it doesn't.
People will tell you to sprinkle diatomaceous earth on the floors and it won't get rid of the problem and its bad for you and the pets to breath.
People will tell you that borax works but not mention its toxic to your pets if they eat any and isn't so hot for any of you to breath.
People will tell you fleatraps with a light will work and they kill some fleas but don't get rid of them.
The thing I like about the Zodiac product is that it kills the biting adults right away to help stop the itching on your pets pretty quickly and it keeps all those eggs the fleas laid from growing up to biting adult stage so the reproductive cycle is ended and any new fleas that get carried home can't start a new cycle of reproduction either.
Alternatively you can put Frontline on your dogs monthly and that will eventually drop the flea population in your home. I just prefer to spray the floors instead of putting stuff on the dogs.


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