Natural homemade flea repellent

It is that time of year in the U.K when the fleas are out and about ready to pounce on our fur babies.
Those pesky pests!
I stopped using chemical ridden and expensive flea treatments 12 years ago when one of my cats Oreo actually lost hair where the flea treatment was placed on the back of his neck...this really woke me up to what I was using on these trusting cats at the time. I realised how I was putting harsh chemicals on their skin every month...and therefore in the body of my precious cats, These harsh solutions were likely tested on animals too!

Since those early days I researched the heck out of the subject.
I have since only used natural flea repellents for my 2 dogs and 3 cats. In the 14 years I have had my cats they have only had fleas once..it was about 8 years ago.. we had such a wet summer that fleas were coming into the house and running rampant.

I am so thankful that I learnt all I did and that my 5 year old dogs have never ever had harsh chemicals in their system.


Our animal friends are far too precious for all those chemical ridden flea treatments.


All of my animals are fed a grain free, raw meat/bones/organ meat/eggs diet which makes them much less desirable to fleas and other bugs. Fleas are very attracted to animals that eat a grain based diet, since it makes them quite “yeasty.”  They also like pets with lower immune systems and who are not as healthy.
The more healthy your animal companion is, the less likely they are to be nibbled.


I make my own natural flea repellent! It's so easy to do.

All you need:

Spray bottle
lavender essential oil
Citronella essential oil
Tea tree essential oil
cheap vodka
water

To make things even easier, you can just use water and citronella oil as citronella mixes with water just fine...I say that as some essential oils need oil or alcohol to blend well.
 I only added alcohol to help blend the lavender and tea tree  oils, as they do not blend well with water.
Put the lavender and tea tree in your bottle first and fill the bottle 1/8 with alcohol, mix well, then add water and citronella (leave an 1/8 of the bottle empty so that the solution has room to mix  and shake well)

Simply spray some solution close to your pets neck and base of tail and work in to their skin with your finger tips, avoid their ears, eyes and mouth.
 Wash your hands after applying this solution to your fur baby just in case you have any on your hands..your pets hate the smell.

You can also use this to spray on your skin too, to act as an insect repellent.