A Natural Approach to Insect Prevention and Recipes for Natural, Herbal Flea, Tick, Mosquito Repellent Sprays, Rubs, and Dips for Dogs and Cats (2024)

Store in a cool dark cupboard.

*See the lemon oil and garlic oil recipes just below.

• Lemon is natural insect repellent.
• Almond oil and garlic contain sulfur. Sulfur repels many types of insectsincluding fleas and mosquitoes.
• Almond oil and garlic contain sulfur. Sulfur repels many types of insectsincluding fleas and mosquitoes.

To Use

2 lemons.

1 cup of olive oil.

Preparation

1. Peelthe rind from the lemons.
2. Placeoil and lemon rinds in a sauce pan.
3. Place on a very low heat for 20 minutes.
4. Allow to cool.
5. Strainand pour into a bottle.The lemon oil is ready for use.

Fortreating ear infections, making insectrepellent, etc.

You'll Need:
A small, clean wide-mouth glassjar.
Cheesecloth or other breathableclean cloth.
Elastic band or string.
Amber, brown or blue storagebottle.
Garlic cloves.
Organic extra virgin olive oil.

Preparation:

1. Remove the outer skin from the garlic cloves.
2. Cut the garlic cloves into thinslices.
3. Place the sliced garlic in the jar,leave a little space at the top of the jar empty.
4. Pour the olive oil into the jar,making sure to add enough oil to completely cover the garlic - make sure thatyou leave some empty space at the top of the jar.
5. Cover the top of the jar with afew layers of cheesecloth.
6. Stretch the cheesecloth so it laysflat on top of the lid - if the cloth touches the oil it will absorb the oiland make a mess.
7. Secure the cloth with string or anelastic band.
8. Let the garlic/oil filled jar sittop cure, in a warm location for 10 days.
9. Once the curing period is over,separate the garlic from the oil by straining the oil into an amber, brown orblue storage bottle.
10. Store the garlic oil in therefrigerator.

1.3 Organic NeemOil Spray Repellent, Dip or Rub

for dogs, cats, puppies and kittens - use to discourage fleas, lice, ticks, mosquitoes

You'll Need
½ounce (15 ml) organic neem oil (dogs).

1/4 ounce (7.5 ml) organic neem oil (cats).
Ifyou want to make a stronger repellent, dip or rub, use 1 ounce (30 ml) of neem oil.
½ounce (15 ml) organic glycerine or organic Castile soap.
2cups (0.5 litre) distilled water, warmed-up.
Mixingbowl.
Spraybottle.

Preparation

1. Pourthe glycerine soap and warm water into the bowl, mix well.
2. Slowlyadd the ¹neem oil, mixing as you add the neem to the soap/water mixture.
3. Pourthe resulting liquid into a spray bottle.
4. Store in a cool, dark cupboard.

General Use for Repelling Insects

1. Shake the bottle.
   
2. Spritz on fur.
3. Apply one time to several times per day as needed.
   

To Help Treat Flea or Lice Infestation

1. Use the recipe as a dip or rinse.
2. Pour the solution onto fur and skin, massage thoroughly into fur and skin.
   
3. Don't rinse off, leave on for 15 to 30 minutes.
4. Then rinse off.
   
5. Apply one time to several times per day as needed.

1.4 WitchHazel, Clove, Citrus Spray Repellent

for dogs - use to discourage fleas, ticks, mosquitoes

You'll Need

1. Fill an 8 ounce spray bottle with 4 oz distilled water.
2. Add enough witch hazel to almost fill the balance of the spraybottle - leave a few inches of empty space at the top of the bottle.
3. Add essential oils:
4. 10 drops of clove essential oil.
5. 10 drops of *rosemary essential oil.
6. 10 drops of citrus (lemon, orange or grapefruit) essential oil .
7. Store in a cool, dark cupboard.
   

Caution

1. Clove oil is a uterine stimulant and therefore should NOT be usedon or around pregnant dogs.
2. Rosemary essential oil should NOT be used one or around dogs (or cats) that are prone to seizure conditions.

Tea tree oil

Spray bottle.

Preparation

1. Fill a spraybottle with 1 cup of distilled water.
2. Add essential oils:
3. 4 drops ofTea Tree Oil.
4. 4 drops ofLavender Essential Oil.
5. Store in a cool, dark cupboard.

1.8 RosemaryHerb Flea Spray

for kittens and puppies, dogs and cats - to discourage and treat flea infestations

For the recipe and instructions for use:

• Go to this article.

1.9 FourThieves Vinegar - Extra Strength Insect Repellent Spray
for dogs - to discourage fleas, ticks, mosquitoes

Mason jar.

Spray bottle.

Preparation

1. Add the following ingredients to the mason jar:
2. 2 cups Apple Cider Vinegar or Coconut Sap Vinegar
3. Dry herbs:

• 4 tbsp dry lavender
  
• 4 tbsp dry peppermint
  
• 4 tbsp sage
  
• 4 tbsp thyme
  

• If you want to use fresh herbs, use 3/4 cup finely chopped for each herb, instead of 4 tbsp.

• Crush the garlic before adding it to the mason jar.

To Use

1. Add enough distilled water to the spray bottle, to half fill the bottle.
2. Fill the remaining half of the bottle with the steeped herbal liquid.

• Don't use the steeped liquid undiluted.
  

The original Four Thieves Vinegar Recipe – the one above is avariation, is a recipe from the 1600s. Thefamous French aromatherapy doctor, Jean Valnet, has two recipes in his book. Heclaims corpse robbers who were caught red-handed in the area around Toulouse in1628-1631 revealed the original recipe. His story is the more credible of themany one can find. Given the virulence and deadliness of the plague, the judgeswere astonished by the indifference of the thieves to contagion. Valnet quotesthe archives of the Parliament of Toulouse...

"During the Great Plague, four robbers were convicted of going to thehouses of plague victims, strangling them in their beds and then looting theirdwellings. For this, they were condemned to be burned at the stake, and inorder to have their sentence mitigated, they revealed their secretpreservative, after which they were hanged."

Recipe for Cats

4.0 Natural Insect Repellent Balms and Hydrosols
for kittens, cat, puppies and dogs

Insect repelling balm recipes:

5.0 Natural CollarDrops and Spot-on Drops
for cats and dogs

7.0 Cautions and Important Notes

7.1 When Using Essential Oils, Monitor Your Dog and Cat

Symptoms can include:

1. Lack of coordination.
2. Loss of use of legs.
3. Paralysis.
4. Seizures.
   

1. Protect your dog and cat's eyes from the spray.

7.3 When Applying the Spray to your Dog or Cat's Face:

1. Spraythe palm of your hand with the solution.
2. Then rubyour hands gently over your animal's nose, top of the head, behind the ears,etc.

7.4 Daily Application of Sprays

1. Sprays should be re-applied 1 to 3 times a day when additional protection is required.
2. If your dog or cat goes swimming, gets wet in the rain etc. you will needto re-apply the spray.

7.6 Implement A Layered Approach

8.0 A Layered Natural Approach Is Your Dog and Cat's Best Defence

on a trail walk with some of my dogs and one of my cats

Topical insect repellent should never beused on its own with the expectation that it can prevent insect bites andinsect-borne disease.

Topical insect repellent aids should be used as part of a layered, natural, holistic prevention plan tailored to suit your individual dog or cat's circ*mstances.

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