When do natural flea treatments work best?

I’m sure you can see where I’m going with this post. When do natural flea treatments or flea products work best? Hint – it’s a trick question!!

Answer – When there are no fleas of course!

Many people swear by particular treatments for their pets and say that it is doing wonders for the ticks and fleas because they don’t see any. But that may only be part of the story…

For an indoor pet, which does not have contact with other pets, the chance of picking up a flea infestation is reasonably remote. So the use of a natural flea control product – or any other flea control product for that matter will result in what seems to be brilliant efficacy.

The real test for a natural flea product comes when an animal is definitely infested with fleas. Then if the product is like garlic for example, it has the opportunity to demonstrate its ability to repell fleas. Other natural products such as tea tree oil are actually lethal to fleas and also bacteria, and so in the presence of a true flea infestation it is possible to assess the effectiveness of the product. Just watch out though because for a number of these natural products there are reports that in some instances they may be toxic to the dog or cat.

So by all means try a natural flea control – but try to confirm that your cat or dog actually has fleas before getting pleased with the results.

Sorry – a bit tongue in cheek – to be honest, I’m more of a fan of safe yet effective chemical treatments for fleas. They do exist, you know!