Cats and Fleas
A good remedy to keep fleas off of your cat is this simple solution: Slice a whole lemon very thin, including the peel, and add it to a pint of water. Heat this mixture right until the boiling point. Let the mixture sit overnight. In the morning, gently rub the mixture into your cat's fur and skin just to dampen it, not drench it. Do this once a month. This is a natural flea killer.
You can also use brewer's yeast
every day for skin problems involving fleas. Sprinkle a small amount of brewers yeast onto your cat's food to keep fleas away.
Avoid flea powders containing pyrethrins or other poisons.
To keep fleas away, don't forget to wash your cat's bedding and all area rugs often. Vacuuming frequently also is a must.
Sprinkle some rosemary leaves 
, powdered rosemary
, or
eucalyptus leaves
under your cat's bedding.
Hartz Mountain
Hartz Mountain flea and tick medicines for cats are not safe. In fact, some cats have died and others have had seizures, persistent drooling, and other reactions.
Google News Search under Hartz brings up news that the products are being removed from the market. But, they may not be off store shelves until March of 2006. You may even have some of these products in your home for use soon.
Commercial flea and tick medicines use poisons - lethal poisons. The companies that make them do their best to deliver just enough poison to kill pests but not the animal. But, this is no game of "cat and mouse," pets' lives are in their hands when you use products like these.
