Flea Control

Recently I discovered that my favorite health foods store also sell flea control products for pets. The one I saw is made from the leaves of neem trees*. Two of the staffs there had already used this product on their pets. Both of them found the products worked well for their four-legged families.

To all pet owners, flea, besides being a carrier of tape worms, is a very itchy problem. At present, our family keeps our kitty indoor. So we have not had any flea infestation yet. In the past, to get rid of the blood sucking insects off our cats, we had used all kinds of pesticides bought from the pet supplies stores and the vets’ offices. Some of them were very effective. But most of these pesticides were very toxic to both the animals and their people.

Later on we resorted to a simple and organic way that I read from somewhere, possibly “The Vinegar Book.”* It said adding a few drops of vinegar in your pet’s drinking water will keep fleas away. I do not know if it would work on dogs. Our cats would not near the fortified water. So instead of spiking their drinking water with this common condiment, now and then I rubbed a couple of drops of apple cider vinegars on the back of their necks. And Voila! It worked. - Ayee

*Neem powder a common ingredient in curry, see Encarta on curry.
*By Emily Thacker