An increasing number of people are turning away from treating their dogs for fleas by the traditional methods of administering spot on treatments, sprays and powders, and looking towards more gentle and natural methods of treating fleas.
In this article we are going to look at how you can use essential oils as an effective method of both treating a dog who has fleas and also using essential oils as a repellent for fleas.
Let us look first at using essential oils as a repellent for dog fleas. The best time to begin this process is around winter time, as the flea population is very low at this time of the year, although not completely non existent, as many homes these days have central heating, and the warm atmosphere can help maintain the flea breeding cycle throughout the year but, usually not to a degree to cause your dog too much of a problem.
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Does your dog like to play in your cat’s litter box? You don’t have to be embarrassed. This is a problem that many pet owners have do deal with. We will never fully understand why, but many dogs like to eat the poop of other animals, especially your cat. The name for this is “coprophagia” which means, “the oral ingestion of fecal matter.” This may be really disgusting, but dogs think it’s perfectly normal.
The best way to keep your dog from this behavior is simply to prevent it from happening in the first place. To reduce how often your dog eats the poop you will need to scoop your cat’s litter box daily. Twice a day is even better. It also helps to feed your cat on a schedule opposed to leaving food available all the time. This way you will be able to predict more easily when the kitty needs to relieve himself and when you need to scoop out the box.
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Whether you have a dog or a cat, you can use a Staywell cat flap. A cat flap is a device that attaches to your door and allows your pets to go outside and come inside when needed. Many people who have cats know that the cats like to go outside whenever possible. This is usually at night. It can be very inconvenient for a cat owner to have to get up to let a howling cat out of the door. When you have a cat flap, you do not have to worry about this as the cat will let itself in and out.
Staywell cat flaps allow your cat to come back home when it needs t. If the weather is bad, or it gets into a fight with another cat or it gets hungry; it may want to come home to its safe place sooner. If you have a cat flap, it can enter the house as soon as it wants. This can give you more peace of mind as a pet owner, knowing that your cat can come home whenever it wants.
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