Review: Speaking From Experience
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 18, 2013
I have two strictly indoor cats. Last year, the weather condition in our county was conducive to a huge spike in the flea population, to the point where even my indoor cats got a very bad fleas. I felt horrible. All the vets in the area actually ran out of flea medication because everyone’s pets seemed to get fleas that year, so I was out of luck there. I had to resort to other natural means.I tried giving my cats baths in Avon’s Skin so Soft (it is famous for killing fleas, but the company doesn’t market the product for that use. A few drops in bath water is plenty) and Dawn dish soap. I vacuumed the carpet twice a day, every day, for weeks. I washed everything I could in bleach or rubbing alcohol, and washed bedding and clothing in boric acid. It helped considerably for a while, but we were still seeing fleas. In the end we had to get an exterminator to come in. It was time consuming, expensive and stressful. Not fun, but I haven’t seen a flea since.I can tell you from experience, this book talks about all of the things I mentioned (and I learned some other tips I didn’t already know as well), but the best way to get rid of fleas is to prevent them in the first place. My cats now get flea treatments once a month year around, and I still vacuum the carpets with boric acid just in case. We haven’t had a problem since.