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Are essential oil flea and tick treatments truly safe for my cat?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Shorthair | Male | neutered | 12 lbs

Essential oils for cats are a controversial topic - I'm wondering what you think of essential oil based flea and tick treatments for cats. Vet's Best has a spray formulated for cats, but I'm uncertain about the use of peppermint oil and oil of cloves. What's your take?

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on May 14th, 2018

My take is that all essential oils are potentially very dangerous for cats so i would never take the chance. in addition and from experience, these products do not work to protect dogs from ticks and fleas so i strongly doubt they would work on cats.

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