PET HINTS 

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Saturday January 31, 2009 05:03:48 PM

• A little brewers yeast, onion or garlic salt into your pet's food will help to discourage fleas.
• A teaspoon of olive oil on your pet's food every day will give your pet a glossy coat of fur and help to stop dry skin itching.
• Burrs: Crush burrs with pliers before combing out of your pet's hair. This makes removal much easier.
• Clean milking equipment. Rinse with vinegar to leave system clean, odourless, and bacteria free without harmful chemical residue.
• Collars: An old belt, cut down and new holes punched in it, makes a wonderful pet collar.
• Deter ants. Spray vinegar around door and window frames, under appliances, and along other known ant trails.
• Eliminate animal urine stains from carpet. Blot up urine with a soft cloth, flush several times with lukewarm water, and then apply a mixture of equal
  parts vinegar and cool water. Blot up, rinse, and let dry.
• Eliminate ear mites... All it takes is a few drops of Wesson Corn Oil in your cat's ear. (if the cat will let you!) Massage it in, and then clean with a cotton ball. Repeat daily for 3 days. The oil soothes the cat's skin, smothers the mites, and accelerates healing. 
• Feet: Spray the bottoms of your dog's feet with non-stick vegetable spray, and the snow won't get packed between the pads. The vegetable spray won't track onto the floor, either.
• Fish bowl cleaner Eliminate that ugly deposit in the gold fish tank by rubbing it with a cloth dipped in vinegar and rinsing well.
• Fleas: To fight fleas indoors, mix a several drops of oil of rosemary, pennyroyal or citronella to baking soda and sprinkle on carpet, then vacuum up.
• Food: Sprinkle baking soda around the outside of pet dishes to keep insects away from the pet food.
• Hair: To remove pet hair from upholstery, use a damp sponge.
• If your small pet knocks over an outside water dish, use an angel food cake pan instead and drive a stake through the centre hole.
• Keep away fleas and mange. Add a little vinegar to your pet's drinking water.
• Keep cats away. Sprinkle vinegar on an area to discourage cats from walking, sleeping, or scratching on it.
• Keep chickens from pecking each other. Add cider vinegar to their drinking water.
• Keep dogs from scratching ears. Clean the inside of the ears with a soft cloth dipped in diluted vinegar.
• Kill fleas instantly. Dawn Dish Washing Liquid does the trick. Add a few drops to your dog's bath and shampoo the animal thoroughly. Rinse well to avoid skin irritations.
• Kills fleas instantly. Dawn Dish Washing Liquid does the trick. Add a few drops to your dog's bath and shampoo the animal thoroughly. Rinse well to avoid skin irritations. Good-bye fleas. You can also put a bowl of water with dawn in it under a light which will attract them and they drown. 
• Mineral Supplements: Dry egg shells and crush them very finely. Add them to cat and dog food.
• Paint Remover: To remove fresh paint from a pet's fur, use cooking oil to remove the paint. It works just as well as paint thinner, and it's lots gentler.
• Puppy Urine: To remove it, sop up as much moisture as possible with paper towels. Blot (don't rub) the spot with a mixture of 1 teaspoon of non-alkaline detergent per half pint of lukewarm water, working from the outside to the inside of the area. Rinse with clear tap water. To remove odour, blot the spot with a mixture of 1/3 cup white vinegar in 2/3 cup warm water, and sprinkle with baking soda. Cover with 1/2 inch layer of paper towels weighted down by a heavy book and leave to dry.
• Rainy day cure for dog odour... Next time your dog comes in from the rain, simply wipe down the animal with Bounce or any dryer sheet, instantly making your dog smell springtime fresh. 
• Remove skunk odour from a dog.
• Repellent: If you want to keep pets off the furniture (and you have no small children), tuck mothballs under the seat cushions.
• Rub fur with full strength vinegar; rinse.
• Upset stomach: If your dog has an upset stomach, boil some rice and add it to his or her food.
• Vaseline cure for hair balls..... To prevent troublesome hair balls, apply a dollop of Vaseline petroleum jelly to your cat's nose. The cat will lick off the jelly, lubricating any hair in its stomach so it can pass easily through the digestive system.