The benefits of garlic are not only limited to cooking.
Fleas get onto your pet and infest your home during almost all seasons. Professional methods and treatments to get rid of the fleas are not only expensive, but seem to work for only a very short period of time. As soon as the pet goes outside the house, your home gets infested with more fleas than before. If you want an easy, surefire and inexpensive way to get rid of the fleas, consider using garlic. Does this Spark an idea?
Adding Garlic to the Pet's Food
You can prevent your pet from being attacked by fleas by adding some amount of garlic regularly to its food. When your pet consumes garlic on a regular basis, its natural skin oils start smelling like garlic, a fragrance which is very much disliked by fleas. If your pet smells of garlic, fleas will refrain from hopping onto it and thus your home and yard will remain flea-free.
Commercial Products that Contain Garlic
As garlic is known to prevent fleas from hopping onto your pet and entering your home, some companies have come up with commercial products that contain garlic as their core ingredient. Such products may come in the form of tablets, sprays and even baths. Use these products on your pet's body so that they start smelling like garlic, which fleas prefer to stay away from.
Garlic Cookies Recipe
Mix garlic powder, melted butter, cheese and wheat flour in a bowl. Add milk to the mixture and blend it to make dough. Make little balls of the dough, flatten it out and use a cookie cutter to make cookies. Bake the cookies in the microwave oven for about 15 minutes and allow them to cool. Place these cookies in airtight bags or containers and store them in the refrigerator. These garlic cookies do not only taste good but are also great for your pets to help them keep fleas away. Uneaten cookies must be discarded after two weeks.
Common Misconception
Many people consider garlic to be from the onion family, which may be injurious or even toxic for your pet. However, garlic would only cause harm in the form of anemia when consumed in large quantities. Thus, if the right quantity of garlic is consumed, it will not cause any harm to the pet and will help keep fleas away.
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