When do natural flea treatments work best?

I'm sure you can see where I'm going with this post. When do natural flea treatments or flea products work best?

When there are no fleas of course!

Many people swear by particular treatments for their pets and say that it is doing wonders for the ticks and fleas because they don't see any. But that may only be part of the story...

For an indoor pet, which does not have contact with other pets, the chance of picking up a flea infestation is reasonably remote. So the use of a natural flea control product - or any other flea control product for that matter will be brilliant.

The real test for a natural flea product comes when an animal is definitely infested with fleas. Then if the product is like garlic natural flea treatment for example it has the opportunity to demonstrate its ability to repell fleas - whereas some of the natural oils such as tea tree oil are actually lethal to fleas and also bacteria. Just watch out though because for a number of these natural products there are reports that in some instances they may be toxic to the dog or cat.

So by all means try a natural flea control - but try to confirm that your cat or dog actually has fleas before getting pleased with the results.

Welcome any and all comments on the natural flea treatments that have worked for you - partcularly those treatments which have completely eliminated a flea infestation.