[nagdu] Harness Up

[Jewel S.]

On NLS BARD, there is a book called "Homemade: How to Make Hundreds of
Everyday Products Fast, Fresh, and More Naturally," by Don Earnest.
This book has a great section on dog and cat care and treat products.
It gave me the great idea of using mineral oil on my cat as a flea
killer, instead of a flea bath or something equally tramatic. I did
this with baby oil (mineral oil with a little fragrance already added,
versus the recipe of mineral oil with some lavender essential oil),
and it got rid of the fleas fast. I also did this with a nursing
mother cat and her three-day-old kittens. They were outside and were
covered in fleas, and it was really created problems for mother and
babies. However, you cannot use flea treatments on a nursing cat or
newborn kittens. I wiped down first mama then each of the kittens with
baby oil, and they are now inside at a friend's house, flea-free and
doing much better...no side effects from the baby oil treatment except
loose stool for the mama for a few days since she licked it off
herself and the babies. I am not sure how effective this would be on a
dog with as much fur as a lab or goldie has; I would think it would
take an awful lot of mineral oil! However, the book has other
suggestions for flea and tick treatments, as well as for ear mites and
other problems. It has been a great book to read and very useful not
only for my cat and my boyfriend's dog, but also for household
cleaning (we are both very sensitive to chemicals) and how-tos for
soap and air fresheners. I definitely recommend reading this book!

~Jewel

On 7/13/10, Steve Johnson <stevencjohnson at centurytel.net> wrote:
> Cheryl,
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> I would also suggest the possibility of an article on natural/organic
> tick/flea controls versus OTC chemical ones and their effectiveness.  I am
> really interested in the Cedar spray that Julie J. has recently written
> about and sent the link for.  I do suppose, that there are not many out
> there that are natural in the sense of organic.  I do know that marigolds
> are a natural insect repellent, and wonder if there is anything like this
> out there too?  Anyway, thought it might be an interesting read for folks.
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> "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not
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