Here you will learn how to make homemade flea killers at home easily. There are 7 easy homemade flea remedies with step by step instructions.Β
We have compiled flea killing and repelling recipes that you can make from home with everyday ingredients along with easy to find products.
I have researched through numerous on-line forums and websites to find the best recipes with the most positive outcome for others who also needed home flea remedies for flea control.
Some people just donβt want to use the chemical
based products and others just canβt afford the expensive choices at the pet stores. Β
Below youβll find explanations for what these homemade flea remedies do, along with how you can make them for yourself and use them on your pets and in your home.
For some of the remedies you may need to purchase ingredients, but they are all very inexpensive.Β
Make Homemade Flea Killers At Home Easily With The Following Recipes:
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Lemon Spray For Furniture & Bedding
Homemade Flea Shampoo For Pets
Flea & Tick Powder For Cats & Dogs
Fresh Orange Or Lemon Rinds To Repel Fleas On Pets
7 Homemade Flea Killers Step By Step Instructions
1.Β Homemade Flea Killers: The Homemade Flea Trap:
What youβll need
- A shallow pan (a 9Γ13 pan is perfect)
- Water
- Dawn dish soap
- Night light or clamp light
Directions:
Put the water in the pan, filling about 1/2 way. Β Add a couple squirts of the dawn dish soap into the water, donβt mix together, let it just settle to the bottom of the pan.
Put the pan on the floor of a known flea infested area of your home. Β
Make sure that it is either next to the night light or that the clamp light is shining down on the pan. Β
The fleas are attracted to the heat of the light and will jump toward it. Β When they do this they will end up falling into the water. Β The dish soap causes them to sink into the bottom and drown.
Watch The Following Video to See How it Works
2Β Homemade Flea Killers: All Natural Flea Spray:
What youβll need
- 1 gallon of vinegar (white or cider)
- 16 oz of lemon juice (store brands are just fine)
- 8 oz of witch hazel
- 1/2 gallon of water
- Empty spray bottle
Directions:
Mix all the ingredients together and pour into the empty spray bottle, youβll be able to fill the spray bottle a few times with this recipe.
Use this to spray furniture, carpet, anything, anywhere that youβve seen fleas in your house. Β Spray everything 2xβs a week for 4 weeks.
Be sure to vacuum every day as well! Β
This mixture will kill fleas and their life stages but if you donβt vacuum as well some are sure to be left behind to start the cycle all over again.
This home flea remedy is a mixture for the inside of your home and is safe for furniture and carpets. Β It would be beneficial for you to also treat your cats, dogs and the outside of your home as well.
3. Homemade Flea Killers: Lemon Spray For Furniture & Bedding
What Youβll Need
- 6 Cups of water (hot or cold)
- 3 Lemons thinly sliced
- Spray bottle
Directions
Add the water to the pot with the sliced lemons. Bring the water to a roaring boil, remove from the heat.
Let the water with the lemons cool and rest for 24 hours. After the lemon water has sat, pour it into a spray bottle.
After the lemon water is in the spray bottle
go around your home and spray your furniture, bedding, pet bedding, anything that fleas or your pets could have been around. Donβt saturate when spraying just get it damp. Let everything dry completely and repeat as needed.
If you only have dogs in your home then it would be safe for you to add a few drops of cedarwood, lemongrass or rosemary essential oil to the mix as well. Do no use them if you have a cat, it could harm them.
4. Homemade Flea Killers: Homemade Flea Shampoo For Pets
What Youβll Need
- 1 Cup of vinegar (white or cider)
- 1 Cup of Dawn dish soap
- 1 Cup of warm water
- 2 tsp of sea salt
- 2 tsp of baking soda
- Empty dish soap bottle with squirt top (youβre going to use this to apply to your pets coat)
Directions
First off I want to say that the baking soda and sea salt are optional for this flea shampoo. These 2 ingredients will help soothe your pets skin if they are irritated from the flea bites.
Mix all the ingredients in the squirt bottle. Β Use this in place of a flea shampoo while bathing your pet.
Just put the mixture on your pets coat and work into a thick lather. Β Let it sit on your pets skin for about 10 minutes, massaging it down to the skin.
Rinse your pet, you should see fleas just falling into the water dead! The thick lather suffocates the fleas and if that doesnβt work, the water will kill them.
The fleas will try to get to the head of your pet
where it is dry. If you see them doing this just push them back down toward the water with your hand.
This is a great way to get the fleas off of your pet
but if your just putting them right back into a flea infested environment without treating it for fleas as well, then your pet is going to be re-infested with fleas.
Be sure to treat the inside and outside of your home as well for the fleas.Β Just killing the fleas on your pets wonβt be enough to keep them flea free.Β The fleas have 4 life stages and will reinfest your pets if they arenβt all killed.
5. Homemade Flea Killers: Flea Powder For Cats & Dogs
What Youβll Need
- 2 Cups of Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth
- 1 Cup of Bentonite Powder
- 1/2 Cup Rosemary Leaf Powder
- 1/2 Cup Black Walnut Hull
- Lidded container
*If using the flea powder on dogs you can add 5 drops of cedarwood essential oil and 5 drops of rosemary essential oil. IF USING ON CATS DO NOT USE ESSENTIAL OILS
Directions
Combine all the ingredients together until well blended in a bowl. If you are making this for your dogs you can add the essential oils (donβt use essential oils if using the powder on cats) as well. Add them to the dry ingredients spreading around evenly before blending.
After everything is well blended put into a container with a lid.
Preferably one that you can use as a shaker. (a mason jar and metal lid would work great just poke holes on the top to shake powder out)
After the powder is in the jar let it rest for 24 hours
so all the ingredients are synergized. When the flea powder is ready to use sprinkle the powder on your pets and rub in down to the skin. Repeat as necessary.
6. Homemade Flea Killers: Flea & Tick Powder For Cats & Dogs
What Youβll Need
- 1 Cup of Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth
- 1/2 Cup of Lemongrass Powder
- 1/2 Cup of Neem Leaf Powder
*If using the flea and tick powder on dogs you can add 10 drops of lemongrass essential oils. IF USING ON CATS DO NOT USE ESSENTIAL OILS
Directions
Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. If using on your dog you can add the essential lemongrass oil as well, (donβt use the lemongrass if you have cats).
Put the mixed ingredients into a jar with a lid. Preferably one that you can use as a shaker. (a mason jar and metal lid would work great just poke holes on the top to shake powder out).
Let the ingredients synergize for 24 hours before applying to your pets.
7. Homemade Flea Killers: Fresh Orange or Lemon Rinds To Repel Fleas On Cats & Dogs
This home flea remedy works when you take the actual rind, or skin off fresh oranges or lemons. Use a peeler to get thin slices of the rind or peel it like you would an orange for thicker chunks. Β
Rub the peels as close to your pets skin as you can get.
Making sure to cover their entire body. Fleas donβt like the smell of citrus so they will avoid your pets when they have this rubbed into their fur.
Youβre not going to use the juice from the fruits but the actual rinds Β
Itβs the oils in the rinds that repels the fleas.
This flea treatment mimics the citrus oils that you can buy at health and drug stores. Itβs the oils that are needed to make this work.
You could use the juices from the lemons and oranges, however your pets are gonna be very sticky if you do!
*This does not kill fleas but deters them from using your pets as a host
In Conclusion To How To Make Homemade Flea Killers
I hope you enjoyed the information about homemade flea remedies with step by step instructions. hopefully you found one that will work for you.
If you have tried any of these homemade flea remedies or something different please share them with everyone below in the comments section to let us know how they have worked for you.
If you have any questions about any of the homemade flea remedies please leave them below as well so we can help you.
Thank you for visiting Fleas B Gone, have a great day π
Food grade diatomaceous earth, also sold as shell flour, can be used safely on pets, in bedding, on carpets (vacuum next day) and dusted on the lawn, under porches, etc.
You donβt want to breathe the dust much, but it is non-toxic (even safe to mix with food, thus food-grade).
this works by scratching off the fleaβs waxy coating by abrasion, and the fleas dry out and die.
Thank you Michael! Iβve used Food Grade DE successfully as well. However since starting this website to help others I came across Wondercide which is an all natural chemical free alternative for flea and pest control. I use the outside spray and the indoor spray, even spraying directly on my pets and combing through their coats to the skin. Not only does it kill the fleas it repels ticks and mosquitoes on them as well. It smells really nice both the lemongrass and cedar wood sprays and I donβt have to worry about any harsh chemicals causing any problems to my cat and dog or my family. My pets coats and skin is very healthy from the Wondercide as well!
Thank You so much for sharing with everyone!
Have a Great Day π
Kimbelry
Tried the food-grade diatomaceous earth indoors. Applied it very thinly. Let it sit for 12 hours, and wet-vacuumed. It probably helped some, but the dust caused respiratory and mucus membrane irritation, was easily kicked up, with the fine particulates permeating the air, and I wonβt use it again. It was not applied thickly, nor thrown about haphazardly, as, apparently one person did, spreading pounds of the stuff around. (Indoor) dog bathed for the second time in two days, and I just killed another flea on her. Anyway β you shouldnβt ignore the respiratory and mucous membrane irritation problem.
Hello Jane, thank you for sharing this with us. I wasnβt aware that this would cause respiratory irritation but if someone is sensitive with allergies or respiratory problems I could see how the fine powder of the DE could cause some problems. I would recommend using Wondercide. This is all natural and can be sprayed directly on your pets, furniture, flooring including carpets, bedding absolutely everywhere in your home.
Thank you again for letting everyone know about the respiratory irritation the Diatomaceous Earth caused you π
Kimberly
Does it have to be dawn dish soap
Hello Niyah, yes, you should use the dawn dish soap it breaks down oils and dirt better than other brands and will kill the fleas.
Good luck and please let me know if I can help with anything else π
Kimberly
Iβve used apple cider vinegar baking soda and lemon fairy mixed with Luke warm water for pets coat and own hair works a treat
I use diatomaceous earth outdoors on front and back yard and have two cats and one dog there is never any respiratory issues and even have daughter with asthma i would remind anyone to follow the directions on the bag it runs about 10 bucks for a huge bag and i used it outdoors because inside my home i vacuum regularly as well as running my steam mop i also drag the steam mop over pet bedding and anywhere my dog or cats have made their napping space. This is what helps us and i dont get food grade although i need to because it can safely be fed to cats and dogs and humans to deworm deparasite your entire body and the other diatomaceous earth you can buy at orchards hardware is not food grade but rid the yards of fleas and earwigs snails and japanese beetles that burrow into the ground to lay eggs that become gigantic grubs yes under your dirt even the hardest dirt so gross..but that rid us of our beetle and even wasp problems too and slugs and snails gone gone gone. Is safe for pets and peeps and i wouldnt recommend putting any powdery stuff inside home because you will burn out your vacuum cleaner motor in a quick hurry..instead invest in a steam mop around 50 bucks worth its weight in no more dirty mopheads no more ringing or chemicals or rinsing the floors.
If you dont have witch hazel can you just use vinger and lemon juice to spray your furniture with to kill the fleas?
Hello Emily, I would certainly give it a try! The vinegar and lemon juice alone could be effective at killing fleas even if you donβt have the witch hazel. Just be sure to vacuum thoroughly before spraying and a day or so after so you can get all the dead fleas and flea debri gone from your furniture.
Let me know if I can help you with anything else π
Kimberly