Essential oils should not be missing in the home of those who live with cats and dogs: they are antibacterial, keep fleas and mosquitoes away, soothe itching, deodorize and perfume and can even save furniture from scratches from cats.
Let's see when and how to use essential oils for animals .
Flea collar with essential oils
A natural remedy to keep fleas away from cats and dogs is to prepare a collar that naturally protects your four-legged friend
Ingredients
> a tablespoon of alcohol
> 2 drops of essential oil of lavender> a drop of essential oil of citronella> a drop of essential oil of thyme> a drop of essential oil of garlic
Preparation : mix all the ingredients together, then immerse yourself in a fabric collar. Let the collar dry before putting it on your dog or cat; repeat the operation approximately every fifteen days.
The advanced product can be distributed on the kennels where your dog or cat is used to sleep.
Anti-bite lotion for dogs
During the summer months, to protect your dog from mosquito bites and other insects, you can prepare a repellent lotion with citronella essential oil that will keep the mosquitoes away and deodorize the dog's fur.
Ingredients
> 70 milliliters of water
> 20 ml of food alcohol
> 10 ml of vegetable glycerin
> 30 drops of citronella essential oil
> 10 drops of lavender essential oil
Preparation : add the essential oils to the alcohol, add the water and finally the glycerin. Poured into a 100 milliliter bottle. Animals don't like being sprayed, so apply the lotion on your dog's coat using a cotton cloth soaked in the product.
For animals also try neem oil
Gel against itching
Often animals, especially dogs, can suffer from itching due to dermatitis which is difficult to trace back to the causes.
In the absence of food flea and intolerances and if the veterinarian attributes the itch to stress, you can make a natural soothing gel for your dog .
The essential oil of lavender is in fact an excellent remedy both to soothe the itch and to calm the dog in case of anxiety.
Ingredients
> 50 grams of aloe vera gel> 30 drops of lavender essential oil
Preparation : add the essential oil to the aloe gel and mix well with a spoon. Store at room temperature in a clean jar with a lid.
Apply once a day massaging lightly on areas where your dog tends to scratch.
Save the furniture from the cat's scratches
For cats it is really difficult to give up sharpening nails on sofas, straw chairs and wicker furniture. Cats in fact love to scratch the places where they rest and there are no repellents that can make them desist from this instinct. The only way to hope that our kitty spares the furnishings of the house is to try to make it interested in something else.
Buy one or more scratching posts in rope, wicker or paper or get yourself a coconut fiber doormat or a log: place the scratching posts near the places where your cat loves to sleep and pour a few drops of valerian essential oil on them, a lot of grass loved by cats.
Do not forget to shorten your cat's nails periodically, so as to limit the damage if he were to sharpen the claws on the furniture.
Cat litter deodorant
If animals live with us, essential oils are important allies to deodorize and perfume the house.
To prevent the cat's litter from giving off bad smells, clean it every day and deodorize it daily.
Ingredients
> 2 tablespoons of baking soda> 10 drops of essential tea tree oil
Preparation : pour the drops of essential oil on the baking soda and spill everything into the clean cat litter. Mix the litter sand with a shovel, so as to distribute the product evenly.
Periodically, completely empty the litter and wash it with water and vinegar.
