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Barnyard Buddies:  My Dog Has Fleas!!!  |
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lavender gal
True Blue Farmgirl
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grace
wantagh
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USA
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FarmGirl~K
True Blue Farmgirl
512 Posts
Kelly
TX
USA
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 Posted - Oct 20 2007 : 11:39:15 AM
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I have heard that you can wash them with Dawn soap. Haven't tried it myself, but if you decide to use that, I would make sure I rinse them real well. I have also read that you can give your dog garlic & it is supposed to help keep fleas, ticks, & mosquitos away. Again, haven't tried that myself long enough to see if it works. I am not always the one feeding the dog, so the kids forget, or I do. 
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Oct 22 2007 : 06:55:51 AM
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Oh Grace....I am afraid that if the dog has the fleas, you might just have to resort to the chemicals, or you might not get rid of them! They are such a bugger to get rid of! We have tried the garlic and the brewers yeast to prevent, but found that nothing really works well once the weather starts to get cool! Those fleas are just looking for a warm home!!! Sure hope they are only on the dog and not in your house....cause that is another problem all together.....and only solved with chemicals I am afraid.
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CorgiPants
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenna
Champaign
IL
USA
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Posted - Oct 22 2007 : 07:50:10 AM
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I know a lot of people don't like chemicals but here's my short story. I have been totally loyal to Frontline Plus ever since we went on a road trip to southern IL/Kentucky/Indiana (to Bill Monroe's birthplace and those parts) and were out in the wilderness a lot. Of course the dog came with, he's our furry son! My husband and I had ticks on us EVERY night but the only tick I ever saw near the dog was a dead one on his blanket in the car. That stuff WORKS and the whole time I was wishing I had put some on myself before we left! Our animals have never gotten fleas even though we do travel a lot and love a good nautre walk. Just an FYI, garlic contains a chemical that is toxic to dogs in large quanities so I would be wary of feeding it to them regularly.
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lavender gal
True Blue Farmgirl
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grace
wantagh
ny
USA
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farmgirlwannabe
True Blue Farmgirl
114 Posts
audrina
Antelope
Ca
USA
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Posted - Oct 22 2007 : 5:34:01 PM
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Here's my two cents-
for the collars to work the fleas actually have to bite the animal (the chemicals in the collars are absorbed into the animal's blood stream) so you may not want to rely on them. If your pets have fleas, then most of them aren't on the pets, they're in your carpets, in your soil, etc. so to really get rid of them, you need to hit both places. Your best bet is to bathe and dip your animals (when you bathe them make sure you wash their heads carefully with water first and then put ring of shampoo around their neck, or the fleas will run for the head (you can't put dip on their heads). At the same time you should vacuum everywhere, and then throw away the vacuum bag (the eggs will live in the vacuum bag, hatch and then crawl back out..), and if you really want to get rid of them for good, flea bomb the house. Eventhough this is using major chemicals, I'd rather do this once and then air out everything really well before coming back in the house, then using things that aren't as effective, but leach out chemicals for a longer time (collars, flea powder, etc.)Either way, a lot of the chemicals only kill the fleas in one area of their life cycle, so you may have to repeat whatever you do to get all the ones that aren't in that life cycle. I used to be a vet. tech. and worked for the humane soc., so I passed on a lot of "flea killing" info-I hope it is still current info, and helpful! |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
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Posted - Oct 23 2007 : 11:52:32 AM
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Do the dip then stay w/ the Frontline.
It's bad but a flea infestation is the last thing you or your furry children need.
You might want to start w/ the Dawn as a preliminary. It's very mild and washes clean.
I'd also wash all bedding in the hottest water and risk flea bombing the house. Then, vacuum like crazy.
I speak form a hard lesson learned.
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mrs. graham
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marqueta
Shelley
ID
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Posted - Oct 23 2007 : 1:21:46 PM
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I wonder if tea tree oil would work? It has such an antiseptic smell, most things can't stand it. Maybe even lavender or peppermint or citronella oil.
Just a thought,
Marqueta
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lavender gal
True Blue Farmgirl
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grace
wantagh
ny
USA
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Oct 23 2007 : 5:13:47 PM
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Seriously,
I know the chemical method is way bad, but a huge flea infestation is so gross and far worse.
Once the problem is under control, I'd think about herbals. But none of these oils kill the flea- it only repels them. Pennyroyal is also a good insect repellant.
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Giraffe4223
Farmgirl in Training
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Dani
Esko
MN
USA
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Posted - Oct 24 2007 : 07:51:00 AM
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| Frontline is great it protects against ticks as well! |
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nut4fabric
True Blue Farmgirl
885 Posts
Kathy
Morgan Hill
CA
USA
885 Posts |
Posted - Oct 24 2007 : 08:44:15 AM
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Hate to pass on more bad news but......fleas are the vector for tape worms, so you may want to have the poor babies wormed as well once the fleas are under control. Another good reason to use Frontline.
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Oct 25 2007 : 03:52:33 AM
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True that.
One of our cats get tapes all the time from fleas he eats on the mice. |
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Nin
True Blue Farmgirl
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Enjoyng life in the world of Peachy Hollow
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