When diluted and used safely tea tree oil can kill and repel fleas.
Tea tree for dogs fleas.
Tea tree oil and dogs is a popular combination.
The safest amount of tea tree oil to give a pet is a small concentration anywhere from 0 1 to 1 dilution.
This oil is a leaf extract that is often used as a natural topical flea treatment.
Spray this mixture on your clothes.
Just like a human would never swallow tea tree oil it must never be given orally to pets.
While there are some commercially available pet products that contain tea tree oil for example tea tree shampoo for fleas these products are highly diluted and contain only 1 to 1 percent tea tree oil and many are also rinsed off after use like shampoos.
But it is among the herbal treatments listed as especially risky in the merck veterinary manual.
For repelling fleas add 3 4 drops of tea tree oil to a quarter cup of water in a spray bottle.
Tea tree oil can help you to treat flea bite marks repel them from your dogs home and people and kill them by interacting with their nervous system.
The odor of the oil will keep the fleas away.
It can even get rid of fleas if they are nearby as the smell can be just as deadly for them as the actual oil itself.
However there is very little evidence for the toxicity of tea tree oil on fleas.
Commercially available formulas for pets contain only 0 1 to 1 percent tea tree oil.