HELP! I have two little cat sisters who have been hit hard but run at the sight of the chemical anti-flea treatments. They fight us if we try to apply the behind the shoulders meds and I’m not really a fan of it…seems toxic. Has anyone had luck with non chemical treatments? Essential oils? Food additives?
I use Capstar tablets wrapped in a pill pocket. My cats like the pill pocket and assume the pill is just part of the deal. I sometimes cut the tablet in half and put it in two pill pockets.
http://www.consumersearch.com/flea-control/capstar-for-dogs-and-cats
https://www.greenies.com/cats/pill-pockets.aspx
I buy the pill pockets at my local pet store and you can probably get the tablets there also. I order the Capstar tablets from Amazon. I have indoor cats so rarely have a flea problem anymore but when I do I give one tablet two days in a row then skip a day or two and give another. The tablets work immediately but I like to make sure that any fleas lurking in the surrounding area don’t have a chance. I’ve not needed to resort to topical treatments.
*The Capstar tablets are safe for tiny kittens also (4 weeks and up), I believe.
@ignatius
Thanks! Will check out the pill. Wrapped into a tasty treat! Hope I can fool them 
Good luck with it.
If your home is carpeted and the cats are indoors, treat the home and not the cat. Use flea busters in the carpet. It is actually made of borax which is completely non toxic, has no odor, won’t harm you or your pets and it actually WORKS.
Diatomaceous earth. It’s non-toxic (you can buy “food-grade” DE). It’s a very fine powder that clogs the spiracles of insects. If you dust it into carpets and then vacuum it out a few hours later, it will take care of any living insects (you’ll need to treat several times to let the eggs hatch). You can also dust it along baseboards and then broom it into the cracks, then wipe up the dust. Enough will remain to kill insects in the cracks. You can dust it into the cat’s coat and brush it out; in my experience, you just need to dust that awkward area near the tail where most cats don’t groom themselves very well. The little that remains will not hurt the cat if you brush thoroughly. You want to use it very sparingly and try to avoid inhaling it, as the dust is very irritating.
It does help to study the flea life cycle (LOL) to understand how they reproduce.
We haven’t had a problem, but if I do get worried I powder my dog in food-grade diatemaceous earth.
This is just my amateur mom approach. 
Informed flea folks…
Got the diatomaceous stuff…how long do you advise leaving it on carpet before vacuuming it up?
I usually dust the whole house, then vacuum the whole house. That seems to leave enough DE to work.