Comments on: Four Legged Findings http://broomhuggers.com/2007/12/15/four-legged-findings/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:27:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jeana http://broomhuggers.com/2007/12/15/four-legged-findings/comment-page-1/#comment-785 Jeana Sun, 23 Dec 2007 05:29:23 +0000 http://broomhuggers.com/2007/12/15/four-legged-findings/#comment-785 Thanks for the added tips and tricks everybody! Thanks for the added tips and tricks everybody!

]]> By: mudlark http://broomhuggers.com/2007/12/15/four-legged-findings/comment-page-1/#comment-783 mudlark Sat, 22 Dec 2007 23:32:33 +0000 http://broomhuggers.com/2007/12/15/four-legged-findings/#comment-783 Thanks for the shopping news, Joy! I'd heard about Walmart's steps toward the greener side, and this is great confirmation! One more idea for your bag of tricks... Add Borax to your laundry - it's a natural laundry booster with the added bonus of repelling critters. I wouldn't sprinkle any on the floor though - your four legged friends could get a tummy ache from ingesting it. Thanks for the shopping news, Joy! I’d heard about Walmart’s steps toward the greener side, and this is great confirmation!

One more idea for your bag of tricks… Add Borax to your laundry – it’s a natural laundry booster with the added bonus of repelling critters. I wouldn’t sprinkle any on the floor though – your four legged friends could get a tummy ache from ingesting it.

]]> By: Joy http://broomhuggers.com/2007/12/15/four-legged-findings/comment-page-1/#comment-777 Joy Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:27:55 +0000 http://broomhuggers.com/2007/12/15/four-legged-findings/#comment-777 It's absolutely amazing! Wal-mart now carries an 'all-natural' flea remedy. The main ingredients are clove oil, rosemary oil, cinnamon oil, and peppermint oil. After I treated my cat, the whole room smelled like Christmas when I got home. They also carry a flea spray that has most of the same ingredients. The directions are just like the other topical flea remedies, part the hair from the back of the neck to just between the shoulder blades and apply. The price is competitive (within about $0.50) with the chemical flea treatments too! And as far as whether not it works, the jury is still out. Immediately after I treated him, he didn't scratch for about 2 days. Then I saw him scratching again, and not knowing whether it was old bites or not, I sprayed the flea spray all over him, and now my goal is to vinegar the entire house. I'll give it some more time, but I don't mind using the oils at all, they smell so good! It’s absolutely amazing! Wal-mart now carries an ‘all-natural’ flea remedy. The main ingredients are clove oil, rosemary oil, cinnamon oil, and peppermint oil. After I treated my cat, the whole room smelled like Christmas when I got home. They also carry a flea spray that has most of the same ingredients. The directions are just like the other topical flea remedies, part the hair from the back of the neck to just between the shoulder blades and apply. The price is competitive (within about $0.50) with the chemical flea treatments too!

And as far as whether not it works, the jury is still out. Immediately after I treated him, he didn’t scratch for about 2 days. Then I saw him scratching again, and not knowing whether it was old bites or not, I sprayed the flea spray all over him, and now my goal is to vinegar the entire house. I’ll give it some more time, but I don’t mind using the oils at all, they smell so good!

]]> By: Allie’s Answers » Blog Archive » What’s Going On http://broomhuggers.com/2007/12/15/four-legged-findings/comment-page-1/#comment-773 Allie’s Answers » Blog Archive » What’s Going On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:33:54 +0000 http://broomhuggers.com/2007/12/15/four-legged-findings/#comment-773 [...] Broomhuggers tackles fleas the healthy way. [...] [...] Broomhuggers tackles fleas the healthy way. [...]

]]> By: Victoria E http://broomhuggers.com/2007/12/15/four-legged-findings/comment-page-1/#comment-768 Victoria E Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:14:59 +0000 http://broomhuggers.com/2007/12/15/four-legged-findings/#comment-768 Thank you so much for this post! My cat, even while being a 100% indoor pet, has gotten fleas somehow. For the past 3 months, we have been cleaning the apartment and spray those nasty, Hartz home sprays, trying to get rid of them. We had him professional groomed and they all left, but they ended up coming back (guess we didn't get them all here at home). Finding a natural solution is really important and I plan on taking your advice immediately. On another note, Whole Foods has a simple vinegar and water mix that is supposed to help keep fleas at bay in the home as well: "Pour one ounce of vinegar for six ounces of water in spray bottle. Spray carpets, rugs and floors to get rid of the adult fleas. (Test the carpet in an inconspicuous area to ensure the vinegar does not harm your carpet.) Wait one week and then spray again to get rid of the offspring." Thank you so much for this post! My cat, even while being a 100% indoor pet, has gotten fleas somehow. For the past 3 months, we have been cleaning the apartment and spray those nasty, Hartz home sprays, trying to get rid of them. We had him professional groomed and they all left, but they ended up coming back (guess we didn’t get them all here at home). Finding a natural solution is really important and I plan on taking your advice immediately.

On another note, Whole Foods has a simple vinegar and water mix that is supposed to help keep fleas at bay in the home as well: “Pour one ounce of vinegar for six ounces of water in spray bottle. Spray carpets, rugs and floors to get rid of the adult fleas. (Test the carpet in an inconspicuous area to ensure the vinegar does not harm your carpet.) Wait one week and then spray again to get rid of the offspring.”

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