In January I was asked to take a starving cat that was about three pounds of fur,skin, and bone. She survived and looked better, but had a terrible flea infestation. I soaked her in Dawn and killed-off loads of body fleas, but none on sensitive parts like her eyes, where I dared not risk burning her. The fleas returned three times to full infestation.
Then I got a bright idea! I soaked her entire head carefully with a combination of mild essential oils, hemp oil and olive oil, drowning all the face fleas and leaving a light coating of oil the fleas stay away from. The rest of her body got the heavy treatment of
shampoo, and for several weeks she remains flea-free.
I really question the efficacy of DE, since fleas have a hard shell for body covering, unlike the soft-skin bugs that are affected by DE have. One lady posted a logical
experience with DE which clearly details it does not work on fleas at all. I also see posted here lots of speculation, which made me desire to post a real experience with safe, natural flea eradication.