natural flea treatment

Hello all I'm having a battle with the fleas on my three cats. Now I've tried the chemical spot ons and they've not worked I've tried tablets shampoo etc but still we get a few days free of them and then their back. We've salted carpets steamed furniture hot washed beddings etc.

I really don't want too keep using chemicals on them for their health and ours we have a little one too. So please tell me your natural remedies we've so far tried apple cider vinegar flea trap lamps I'm trying banana peels too see if they work and I'm considering coconut oil on their fur but I'm not sure anyone have any tricks that help break the cycle many thanks

I am going to point you to our most recently active thread on flea control, which runs 4 pages over the years, and also include my last post in it which I ask the poster to read several of my previous posts, so you will find those also.  They are referring to a natural, non-poisonous substance called Diotomaceous Earthor "DE" for short. 

Here is the thread, http://www.thecatsite.com/t/254624/why-does-frontline-and-advantage-not-work-for-fleas-now/90

and here is my comment at post No. 91:

If you go back in this thread a little ways to my earlier posts, 69, 81 and 84, you will see that Diotomaceous Earth ("DE") works the same way boric acid powder works but is safer.  It is not  poison but fine particles that get between the fleas body scales and basically dry them up (boric acid and borax do the same thing).  You just have to be sure to get the FOOD grade DE, available at most farm stores like Tractor Supply.  You can also use that in their ears to get rid of ear mites or to prevent ear mites.  I still use Advantage II on my cats and do it every 3 weeks during the heavy flea months, since the flea life cycle is 3 weeks, and you can use it as much as every week at first if you are dealing with a heavy infestation.  It still works, just maybe not for 4 weeks.  I do use Advantage II the same way someone else does Revolution, by buying the Extra Large Dog size and measuring cat doses at 0.4 ml up to 0.8 ml depending on their weight.  So my recommendation is still Advantage II for the cats and DE for the physical space.  Also if you have DE in your vacuum cleaner bag, any fleas you vacuum up will be dried up quickly.

This thread is up to 98 posts now, so hopefully you will find what you need.