Vet’s Best Flea & Tick Home Spray for Cats – Plant-Based Flea and Tick Treatment with Cotton Spice Scent – Gentle Mist for Indoor Use – Made in USA Natural Cat Pest Control – 32 oz

Being a veterinary technician going to school to be a veterinarian, I'm very used to using harsh chemicals to rid the hospital of fleas. So when I found a flea on my own cat, I went straight to the flea bombs thinking it would rid the issue immediately like at work. To my surprise, I found myself constantly having to remove my cat from the "bombing area" only to notice my flea issue was not resolving. When a friend recommended this product, I was a little skeptical: it seemed too good to be true. All natural, essential oil based, and I didn't have to lock my cat in a room for a few days? Okay, let's try it, because clearly what I was using was not working. To my surprise, this stuff works miraculously. I sprayed the whole house with this stuff (with the windows open), and I didn't have a single flea jump on my poor ankles at all. Don't get me wrong, this stuff smells strongly of clove and mint, so be ready for it. I did not find the scent unpleasant, and neither did my cats, but it can be a bit overwhelming without air flow. What's great about this stuff is that the cats are not hurt by it, unlike other products that contain Pyrantyl (a poisonous chemical that can make your cats have seizures and eventually die). I use this stuff now once a week and generously vacuum afterwards, and I plan to keep this up for a couple months. There is one downside to this product: it only works on two flea life stage forms, live fleas and flea eggs. Therefore, if fleas are in larval stage, this won't get to them (hence why I'll be using this for a couple months- enough time for the fleas to mature out of the larval stage into full live flea stage to kill them). In conclusion, this stuff receives an A+ from me. I should also note that I live in the northeast (New Hampshire to be specific), so this product has successfully been killing feline fleas with a species specific to the northeast region. Western states may not have luck with this product, and neither would dog flea species.

So let me start by telling you all the story to my horror. A few months ago we had a lot of storms and tornadoes in our area. My dear husband felt bad for the stray cat living near our house and decided while I was at work to bring her in. Apparently she had four kittens and after bringing her kittens home, he decided that we HAD to keep her until they were old enough to get rid of. We had one cat before this ordeal who got treated for fleas monthly and had never had a problem. The stray cat and kittens had fleas but my vet told me I couldn't do anything to treat them due to the mom cat nursing and the kittens being too young. Fast forward - we find homes for all the kittens and the stray cat. So I notice my cat has terrible fleas. So I treat her with flea baths, flea collars, flea medicine.. the whole nine. NOTHING HELPS! it never occurred to me that my carpet and furniture could potentially be a issue ... UNTIL both me and my cat are getting eaten alive by fleas and I was desperate. (For some reason the fleas we're not attracted to my sweet beloved husband.) So I got a flea carpet powder which I then mixed with salt as I was told salt would help and let it sit on my carpet for 24 hours which helped tremendously. I ordered this in bulk and it arrived the day after. I went CRAZY on my house spraying EVERYTHING. AND IT KILLS THEM ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. this product is a blessing!! I even sprayed it on my cat and she is much happier as she now has relief from these horrendous fleas. It is amazing! I hate the smell of peppermint which this spray smells extremely strongly of, but the smell is definitely worth the relief of fleas. If you have a flea problem don't question this, just buy it! You will thank yourself. I doubted weather it would work due to it being all natural, but FYI it does!

Disclaimer: this product will not rid you of an infestation.I really liked this spray. It smelled like peppermint (very strongly) which didn't bother me at all. It felt very satisfying to spray those little jumping fiends, because it was visibly repulsive to them. However, I'm not really sure if this actually killed the fleas or just made them uncomfortable.For the record, I had a pretty bad infestation by the time I broke down and started using chemical products around my cat. No amount of vacuuming or salt can fix the problem, though, so I tried this.I sprayed every exposed inch of my home. I used the whole bottle in one inning, and sprayed EVERYTHING. It didn't seem to help.I blame myself for that outcome, because there's just no way to spray absolutely every flea, so even if this spray killed them on contact as advertised, it wouldn't have ridden my of the infestation.Still, I tested with it a little bit, just to see.If you put an average adult flea in a tupperware, it will live for days, if not weeks. It varies dramatically.If you spray a flea with this spray and then put it into a tupperware container, it will live for several days afterwards, but it does die quicker than an unsprayed flea.The only way to kill a flea within an hour of spraying it, is to completely submerge the flea in this spray. Obviously, a flea that is simply in or on the carpet when you spray with this won't be utterly submerged, so I'd argue that this spray does not actually kill on contact.However, if you keep your expectations more realistic than mine were and you don't expect this to fix the problem all on its own, this spray is very useful as a supplement. Spray the carpet before you vacuum, and you will vacuum up about double as many fleas as you otherwise would have. Spray it on your bed, and you won't have any fleas jumping on you when you're trying to sleep. Spray your cat's bed, and they'll be safe when they're sitting on it. This spray works as an excellent deterrant to fleas. In fact, anything with peppermint in it will act as a good deterrant to fleas-- they can't stand the smell. (Just use caution when spraying essential oils around your cat or on surfaces that your cat frequents, as too much of them can make the kitty sick when s/he cleans him/herself)With that said, is this product a magic fix-all for fleas?No. No, and you shouldn't have expected it to be. I shouldn't have expected it to be.Is it worth the money to buy it anyway?Yes, definitely. If you have fleas and you haven't gotten around to bombing them yet, this is a fantastic way to handle the problem in the meanwhile.For a very minor infestation, it might be enough to keep things under control, alongside an effective medication that you put directly on your cat. (For that, I'd recommend Adventure Plus, which is what I used to keep the fleas off my cat during/ever since the infestation.)In severe cases, no amount of sprays or medications will solve the problem, and you may eventually have to face the reality that you have to flea bomb your house just to get rid of them- I sure did- but this spray is a great addition to your attack on the evil little buggers.