{"id":71,"date":"2008-05-27T20:50:08","date_gmt":"2008-05-27T20:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pet-goddess.com\/natural-flea-control-part-8\/"},"modified":"2008-05-27T20:50:08","modified_gmt":"2008-05-27T20:50:08","slug":"natural-flea-control-part-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/natural-flea-control-part-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural Flea Control Part 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p>4. Establish one regular sleeping area for your pet. Choose an area that can be cleaned easily and regularly.<\/p>\n<p>Fleas tend to accumulate where animals sleep, so this will make it easier for you to collect them. Bedding materials such as blankets or rugs should be removed and washed frequently. Choose a pet bed that can easily be thrown in the wash.<\/p>\n<p>5. Keep your pet healthy. This is the cornerstone of long-term flea control. Healthy pets don\u2019t have flea problems. Only animals that are sick or weak will have trouble with fleas. Fleas are drawn to animals via a natural electromagnetic signal that announces their vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p>When the animal is healthy, it does not \u201ctaste\u201d or \u201csmell\u201d good to the fleas, and therefore will not attract them. If your animal gets fleas, take it as a sign that something is out of balance \u2013 their diet needs to be changed, or hygiene improved \u2013 rather than simply getting rid of nature\u2019s signal that something is amiss.<\/p>\n<p>Your pet\u2019s coat and condition of skin are often good indicators. Going over them with the flea comb, and grooming them regularly, should help keep the problem relatively under control.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4. Establish one regular sleeping area for your pet. Choose an area that can be cleaned easily and regularly. Fleas tend to accumulate where animals sleep, so this will make it easier for you to collect them. Bedding materials such [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pet-care"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}