HERB - Herbal Pest Repellants

[SCOTT A WAGGONER]

My parents use Advantage on their dogs and they said the dogs were
flealess
However, there is that chemical side effect issue

Raven

On Mon, 04 May 1998 21:35:14 EDT grania1 at juno.com (Carl and/or Anne
Adamczyk) writes:
>I've tried pennyroyal and tansey for insect repellants, together they 
>worked with very limited results.  On the subject of animals, lyme 
>disease is far too prevalent and dangerous to both people and pets.  
>We use the chemical top spot  product Frontline.  It works to kill 
>both fleas and ticks on the dog as soon as they are bitten.  I enjoy 
>herbalism, but in the realm of dangerous predatory diseases, I'm a 
>realist.
>
>On Mon, 04 May 1998 20:42:09 EDT maynedelacroix at juno.com (SCOTT A 
>WAGGONER) writes:
>>
>>
>>
>>  I have 
>>>tried using pennyroyal baths on my dogs to treat for fleas, but I 
>>>haven't had much success with that (or with chemicals, for that 
>>>matter).  
>>>What else has worked for folks?
>>
>>I bought some herbal flea spray and powder at Petsmart called Pure O' 
>
>>Flee.
>>It has Citrus peel oil (d'limonene) eucalypyus oil, cornstarch, 
>>silica, citrus peel being the primary
>>active ingredient.  Works well for me, but takes longer to work than 
>>chemicals, but is safer for the dog.  I even used it on my puppy, 3 
>>months old and it didn't seem to affect her negatively.
>>Hope this helps. Also flea combing the dog with lemon juice helps 
>kill 
>>the fleas, plus at least 
>>a weekly bath with a d'limonene containing product
>>Raven
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