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Using Tea Tree Oil for Fleas on Dogs?

How much tea tree oil do I dilute in water for fleas on dogs?

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July 1, 20190 found this helpful

This site will give you the recipe for making a flea repellant for your dog using tea tree oil. www.completehomemaker.com/.../

You might also want to read the information at www.petmd.com/.../tea-tree-oil-fleas-it-safe
before choosing this method of flea control.

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July 1, 20190 found this helpful

Just put the oil in a spray bottle. No need to dilute it.

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July 2, 20190 found this helpful

www.vetstreet.com/.../what-you-should-know-about-tea-tree...


**** Please read it, it's important for topical use on pets.****

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July 2, 20190 found this helpful

I've got one other (report here that's from one of the most reputable sites available) on TTO and dogs. I'm only posting this because I really understand the need to rid the fleas from your dog, but there are other ways to rid them that are specific and safe to treat your dog.

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There are shampoos made specifically to rid fleas, and you'll need to treat (any carpeting) since fleas can live for weeks in a carpet or until a warm blooded mammal comes along, and hitches a ride on them, and then the cycle begins all over again.

avmajournals.avma.org/.../javma.244.1.95


This is about the carpeting, 83% of the fleas are in it (if you have carpeting).

fleascience.com/.../

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July 2, 20190 found this helpful

My vet warned against tea tree and other essential oils. She has recommended other holistic treatments so she is not all about pushing pills and chemicals. She helped my Carmel Ann live very happily and healthily to a ripe old age of 17 1/2 so I trust her implicitly.

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She said oils can be quite dangerous, especially with small dogs (which we have). I know some of the commercial brands of flea treatment are dangerous also, so it was a conundrum. We had very long talk with her when our Clarence ended up with fleas a few years ago.

What we finally decided worked best for us and him was to use a Seresto flea and tick collar. He also got oatmeal and mint baths (it was a store brand of shampoo that was recommended) and he was on a brief course of benadryl to help with the last of the itchies he had from the bites.

For the house we did a through cleaning and were fortunately that we caught it all before we had to do a bomb.

Outside we raked away all of the leaves and dead stuff that was around the house, we sprayed Dawn dish soap water (two tablespoons to a gallon of water) all around the perimeter of the house also.

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Best wishes for getting rid of these nasty things. They are be so frustrating!

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