How to get rid of Ticks and Fleas

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How to get rid of Fleas and Ticks

 I am very embarrassed to tell you that I have just had an infestation of fleas and they have been a nightmare to get rid of – much worse than I would have ever imagined!  I am told that the problem is particularly bad at the moment due to the weather being muggy and dampish.  So I have done a lot of research on the internet and want to pass this information onto you – because it is not necessarily caused by what you think it would be! But knowing me by now you would have suspected as much wouldn’t you!

 What you have to look at is why it is happening to you and what you have done to attract it – this must be your first port of call otherwise the infestation won’t go.  I have had dogs for over 30 years and this has never happened before so it must be telling me something now. Then the fleas started to attack and bite me and I knew they were attacking me and I had to clear the reason why. So if you have an infestation it would be best to book an appointment with me to clear this for you as I am now an expert!  And then the clear up will be easy and not stressful.

 My story

 Firstly I didn’t recognise that my dogs had fleas because I have never had them before.  We even took Monty to the vets to have his anal glands suppressed because we thought it was that – poor thing!  Then suddenly I saw a black speck on Monty and it ran and then I realised what it was.  Our first port of call was a pet shop and we bought Frontline and a spray – neither worked and the problem got worse.  We then went to the vet and got Advocate and a toxic spray.  Advocate seems to kill the fleas on them and is supposed to kill anything else within 4 hours but we didn’t find this happened for us.  We found eggs and newly hatched fleas the next day!

I then went onto the internet and looked at forums and started to put everything into practice – this advice is given later on stating whether it worked for us or not.  I kept spraying and hoovering and it was just the same – and I couldn’t clean my settee so I seemed to be infected – even my leggings had fleas!!

Then I realised that I was being shown something as fleas are considered to be entities and I had attracted them for a reason.  So I started using my clearing techniques that I use for behaviour asking why and healing the reasons.  Fleas are attracted to negative energy and I also realised that were attacking me.  Also the constant cleaning, hoovering and washing was really getting on my nerves and I was starting to cry and feel exhausted.  Also I felt that I was crawling with stuff all the time and couldn’t stop itching!!  So using my techniques I cleared all the reasons and thanked my dogs for allowing them to be used to show me what to do.

 The first thing I recommend is that you clear the energy in your house and ask for positive energy to come in.  The best way to do this is to use a Sage wand as this eliminates nasty energy.  Go into each room and ask that the energy is transformed to positive energy and keep doing this until the fleas have gone.

 Go onto the internet if you are interested and research in animal terms what a Tick and a Flea represent, although I do give some interesting websites for information below.

 Fleas – fleas can represent an unwanted dark entity that is attracted to negative energy so perhaps you need to follow the instructions given previously to clear your house.  It can also represent that you are not looking after youself or your environment properly. There are some more interesting definitions on this website http://www.wildspeak.com/animalenergies/flea.html.  However, none of these rang true to me so I tuned in and found that as I run programs of punishment and suffering this was an ideal opportunity for me to beat myself up as I felt guilty that my dogs were suffering and I couldn’t get rid of it.

 

Ticks – ticks can represent that somebody is sucking the life out of you. So if your dog has ticks it could be a time to look at the people in your life and how they are treating you.  For more information this is a very good website http://www.auntyflo.com/magic/tick.

 

How to get rid of Ticks and Fleas

 

Ticks – Advocate is the spot on treatment that you use monthly if you want to do the vet route. I use a Tick homeopathic remedy which I get from Ainsworths pharmacy.  To begin with I give it to my dogs once a day for a week, then every other day for a week and then weekly.  In the summer months I do up the dose to 2 a week.  Since I have been doing this they both have been tick free.

 

There are lots of suggestions for removing Ticks but the best way is a little device that has a slot in it that you get from pet shops.  You slide the slot over the Tick’s head and then wind it round and the Tick is pulled out completely.  Other methods could leave the legs to be left in and cause a problem.  Remember to check yourself as well and you can use the same device if you have picked one up.  It is important to do this as a Tick can then cause Lyme’s disease which is very serious in humans.

 

Fleas - Getting rid of the fleas is hard work as the flea cycle is a minimum of three weeks.  So you need to hoover, hoover and then hoover again!  You need to change your hoover bag regularly as well.  Hoover the settees, beds and anything else that could hide fleas and their eggs.  I hoovered my settees twice a day as they seemed to be breeding there and then sticking in the buttons in the leather settees and then crawled into my leggings and kaftan!  I hoovered and washed my curtains – especially as my dogs sleep behind them!  Move everything as the eggs can jump up quite high and can then drop on your dogs.  Make sure you hoover your car and wash any bedding you have in the their as well.

 

Wash everything and keep washing.  Wash pet beds daily, your pjs, dressing gown, ugg boots, slippers, ordinary bedding or anything else you can think off. Wash your clothes daily as I found some fleas in leggings that I wore for two days and they were in my kaftan that I wore nightly. Wash the floors – I put a little bit of bleach in the water which is also supposed to kill fleas.  I put a sheet over my settees so I wasn’t sitting in anything that was hatching! Wash your skirting boards and even the bottom of your shoes.  Wash bath mats and rugs. Wash toys – wash everything you can lay your hands on and keep washing until it has gone.  You can buy an ultra violet device to kill the fleas on your bed.

 

Wash your pet as often as you can and then use a flea comb to go through the hair.  I used this flea comb at least four times a day because it also takes out the eggs.  You can get an electric one if you want to kill the fleas with an electric shock!! You can’t wash your pet for about 72 hours after their treatment (check the instructions for what you are using).  I didn’t find flea shampoos to be very effective and I used Head and Shoulders but use what your vet recommends.  Again, I suggest you buy from the vet and not pet shops as I found their products to be ineffective.

 

 

 

Toxic Route

 

I bought many products from pet shops but they didn’t work so if you are going to go down this route you need the following:

 

1.    Advocate: which is the spot on treatment and this needs to be applied once a month.  It kills the fleas that are already on the pet and then will kill the fleas after about 4 hours after they jump on.  The other good thing is that they make the fleas sterile so they can lay eggs

 

2.    Flea pill: this I feel is better because it is not toxic and taken orally.  I found this worked the best of all the products I tried

 

3.    The only spray we found that worked was called RIP Fleas and I had to buy it from the vets.  It is toxic so spray with the windows open and don’t let your pet near the area until you have hoovered several hours later.  Try and wear a mask.

 

Spray it everywhere including skirting boards, beds, floors, carpets, settees and anywhere else a flea or an egg may land and then drop on your pet.  WARNING: the spray makes the wood/tile floors very slippery and it can be dangerous so please be careful and warn visitors.

 

Non-toxic Route

 

I tried many homeopathy remedies that we mentioned on forums but none worked for my dogs – or they made it slightly better but didn’t get rid of them.  So I contacted Ainsworths and bought the remedy called Flea which I would highly recommend.  You give your pet the remedy twice daily for a week and then daily for a week until you are down to one a week. It took a couple of weeks to get into the system so you will need some other method as a back up to begin with.  I test my dogs to see how many they need a week – this is a good reason to attend one of my courses on how to dowse or muscle test for answers!!

 

Homeopathy: Flea remedy (as stated above)

 

Cider vinegar in the water: this didn’t help for me but it may help for you

 

Head and shoulders shampoo: this is recommended and I felt it did help and that it was more effective than flea shampoo

 

Salt in the carpet: this is supposed to dehydrate eggs so I would recommend that you do this daily and then hoover up 24 hours later

 

Avon Skin So Soft: I had high hopes of this product because I have used it before myself to protect against mozzie bites but it wasn’t that effective but good to give it a go!

 

Crystal: It is a good idea to put a crystal in the water that is programmed to get rid of fleas.  If you feel your dog may swallow the crystal then put the water you are going to use in their bowl in a jug and immerse the crystal in it for a few hours.  You could also attach a crystal to your pet’s collar.  A quartz or citrine crystal is the best but if you want to use an existing crystal go to my chapter on crystals and learn how to program it for what you want.

 

Diaguard® Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth Natural Protector 2kg: this is a clay type of substance that appears to kill anything including parasites.  So you rub this into your dogs and this will kill eggs and fleas.  Brush it into your carpet, your bed and your settees and everywhere else you need to clean.  Leave it and then hoover it up.  You can give this to your pet in it’s food and it will kill parasites – and it is a good idea if you take it as you most probably have parasites if you are close to your animal and they lick you!  THIS IS WHAT I REALLY RECOMMEND TO USE

Prepare your pet for the baby's arrival

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I am so fed up with dogs (and cats) being dumped at rescues because the owner is having a baby!  Firstly a pet is not a throw away item and secondly pets and children can live happily side by side - and it is good for the children to look after something!

But you need to prepare your dog/cat for a new arrival because they will not understand the crying, the smell!, the nappys everywhere and the fact that the toys on the floor are not now theirs!

So at least 3 to 4 months before the baby is due you need to start to do the following:

1. buy a cd or record the noise of crying and play it during the day so the animal gets used to it
2. start laying down nappys, wipes, creams, changing mats on the floor so the pet gets used to leaving them alone
3. buy a doll that cries and carry it around and show it to the pet
4. Start putting the child gates up and training your pet on how to stay behind them or go through them
5. Take them and show them the bedroom, cot, mobiles etc so there is nothing new or unfamiliar when the baby arrives

So when the baby comes home you need to introduce your pet and not keep saying "Get away".  Obviously you never leave the pet and the child alone (the pet should be used to this by now).  But you must ensure that when the baby is asleep that you give your pet your full attention - remember your pet was your baby before the baby!  They will feel jealous and put out and will  most probably think they have done something wrong.  So please watch out for a change in behaviour.  My book has several stories in where dogs become very upset and even start to self harm because they have lost their owners affection and feel they have done something wrong.

So then you have to train your baby to treat your dog with respect.  No pulling, tugging or sticking pencils up their nose!  Your pet must have a safe place to retreat to (which is why a crate is a good idea) so they can have some peace and quiet.  A dog will warn a child with a little growl (this is how they keep their puppies under control) so it is your responsbility to remove the child and let the dog know that it is ok.  Dont keep shouting at the dog as you will make it nervous and you will lose trust.  Why not contact me for a session and we can sort out any problems?

Do you really want to lose weight? I bet you dont!!

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I was 12lb when I was born and I then suffered with being overweight most of my life.  When I reached puberty I really whacked it on and then suffered with 3 weeks pms water retention a month so never lost weight again!  My mother had me on a diet from the minute I was born and as soon as she could, she got me on an exercise routine.  I remember spending hours on a chair doing leg exercises (because I had fat legs apparently!) and was made to run up and down stairs.  Nothing shifted the weight which made my mother even worse!!  Everything I ate was analysed and I was made to feel a freak.

I did lose weight a couple of times (I now know why as I had to attract my husband and various jobs) and when I was slim I was gorgeous and attractive.  So suddenly I was made redundant and the weight started to pack on - but not for the reason you think which would be to do with overeating. 

My subconscious had decided that I was too attractive and that it was only a matter of time before I left my husband and ran off with somebody else and that I wasnt safe.  So it took me out of a male situation and I ended up with my own beauty salon!  I then spent 17 years trawling from therapist to therapist and spending a fortune to find out why I couldnt lose weight.  It was only when I met somebody who would diagnose using muscle testing that she told me THAT I DIDNT WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT!  Well you could have knocked me over with a feather as I would have denied this.  But it just shows that you dont know what your subconscious is doing to you - and we are 95% subconscious!  So then I had to start investigating why:

1. I had been sexually abused from the ages of 3 to 6 and didnt want to be a woman - hence the weight on when I reached puberty
2. I didnt feel safe when I was slim as I was attractive and got too much attention
3. I had had various rapes/date rapes and was worried this was going to happen again
4. I had died of starvation/thirst in various past lives and this was causing me to hang onto the water and weight in this life.  I felt I wouldnt survive if I lost the weight

There were lots of other reasons but by god it took some shifting!!  If your subconscious doesnt want you to do something it can take a long time believe me! But I can now shift this for you so dont suffer in silence anymore!

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Does your weight set point stop you losing weight - you bet it does!!

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What is your weight set point and why haven't you heard about it before?  Well the doctors dont know about it - neither do most people in the slimming world either.

Your weight set point is controlled by your subconscious and it is the weight that it feels is the right weight for you.  This is its own interpretation of what it feels is safe for you - and this most probably means that it is not the weight you want!  When I had a reading/healing session one time the guy came up with the set point and explained why I would never get beyond it as my subconscious was hanging on from grim death.  So link to your soul and your higher self and see if you can intuite what your set point is - what would it be?

Well it is essential to get your set point down to the level you want so how do you do that.  One of the ways is by using Emotional freedom technique (EFT) and this will lower your set point (and can increase your metbolism as well) - another way is to book a session with me and I will use my unique healing techniques to lower it for good once and for all!

You also have a money set point so this could explain why you can never earn/save over a point.  When I was contracting I earnt good money - however when I added up everything I learned I realised that because of gaps in between contracts I earned the same every year - which was nowhere as high as I thought!!

Does everybody have starvation mode?

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I hear this all the time from people - you have cut your calories down and you are now in starvation mode and you cant lose any weight.  Well now top doctors are saying that we should all be cutting down our calories as it is better for our body and helps resist disease.  Yes I did mess up my metabolism when I lived on 150 calories for 7 years but I did that because it was already messed up and I couldnt lose weight - especially after I gave up smoking which raises your metabolism by at least 200 calories a day.  I was also on stimulants and the weight was dropping off everybody else but not me!

So if this starvation mode exists how comes people like Kate moss and Posh Spice lose weight and stay so thin (and it is thin and unnatural for most people).  If starvation mode existed people wouldnt become annorexics would they?  Their body would stop at a weight that was healthy and they wouldnt lose any more weight.

I do believe there is a starvation mode but it is not caused by what the doctors say but from a variety of other things that I talk about in this blog all the time.  Some of these are:

1. Your subconscious does not want you to be slim for various reasons.  It is protecting you from sexual abuse, getting pregnant, too much attention from men, not wanting to step out of comfort zone, fear of failure - the list is endless!

2.  I also believe that it is to do with starving, being malnourished or dying of thirst in previous lives - and it could be more than one life.  Your body is frightened of this happening again so it holds onto the weight and the water so you dont die

I think these are the main reasons but there can be many others which I could identify if you had a session with me.  Dieting doesnt work for everybody and you need to find out what is the real cause.

The reason you cant lose weight is because you have a slow metabolism

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I am so fed up with people saying slim people never overeat, emotionally eat or sit and watch the television.  Most of the slim people (or ordinary or slightly overweight people) drink alcohol on a regular basis, eat pizza and go out to eat at least once a week - and buy bars of chocolate and cake - somebody must be buying them!  My friend cut out drinking for 4 nights a week and lost two stone over 3 months - I dont even drink!

One of the reasons that you cant lose weight is because your metabolism is slow.  You could be born with a slow metabolism (like me) or something could have happened to make it slow down (like a shock, childbirth or an allergy). It could be genetic, your body type or constitutional homeopathy type. It could be a life plan to affect your weight and it could even be a past life!  When I gave up smoking I never lost weight again - this is due to the fact that smoking boosts your metabolism by at least 200 calories a day so even though I was careful and didnt substitute the weight started to creep on.  The metabolism is partly controlled by the thyroid glad but I feel it comes more from the hypothalumus (the boss of the endocrine system!) and doctors dont even recognise this or have anything to boost it up!  If you have a slow metabolism you will never lose weight or keep it off.  Remember every 10 years your metabolism slows down even further!

When I tell people I lived on 150 calories for 7 years they say no wonder your metabolism is shot - but I did that because my metabolism was shot before!  So I know I made it worse but I was desperate!  People say eat more food and especially protein but this doesnt work if you have a serious weight problem.  People say eat more of a certain type of food but this doesnt work long term or permanently.  The best way to increase your metabolism is to find out what homeopathy and herbs are best for you as they will address it permantly for ever.  Another good technique to use is Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) as you can tap on your metabolism every day and increase it slowly.

Why not book an appointment with me to find out why your metabolism might not be working properly.