No fleas, but areas on dog's body get hot
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Flea, fleas & more fleas! Help!
Comments (6)I'd be very surprised if these are actual fleas just hanging out in the garden and not flea beetles. Real fleas want to be on something warm-blooded, not garden soil. Flea beetles really look and move like animal fleas. It's a little creepy. Mustard also is said to work as a trap crop for flea beetles, especially if it is planted sparsely in a dry, hot, open place. Certainly seems to be looking like the Year of the Flea Beetle! Several local people that I've talked to are having really bad problems this year. The flea beetles are actually doing significant damage on young plants, rather than light damage on their normal victims (eggplant, peppers, etc). They also seem to be the dusk feeding variety around here. It makes me wonder if the dusk-feeding subspecies from Kenya has just arrived in the USA. Wish I could find more information about it. Well, Steve, hope your plants recover! Bellatrix...See Moredog flea control on pygmy goats??
Comments (8)This is an old thread. We've never had fleas either but they get lice every February-ish. Folks, VERY few medications are labeled for use on goats, most are used off label, simply because the $$ has not been put into the research for what most feel is an indispensible animal. It doesn't mean it's not safe, it just means it hasn't been tested so they cannot list it. I would not hesitate to use a product with an active ingredient I know is safely used on other species. My only reservation is, this rule does not apply to exotics, siamese cats come to mind, they have skin/metablosm that is different than your average everyday cat. We use Permethrin for lice poured down the spine. Ivermectin orally for worms, injected for lice. Look at the active ingredients, that is your clue....See MoreMy dog has fleas... questions on wash
Comments (7)I would do as others have stated with vacuuming. Also, if you sprinkle borax around the house and let it set for 24 hours before you vacuume it and it will kill all the fleas, larvae and dry out their eggs, thus breaking the infestation cycle. Borax can be toxic but you would need to ingest a large amount for it to become toxic to humans or pets. We have had a flea infestation in the past and this fixed the problem and we had no more fleas. As far as washing goes, I just used regular warm water and it took care of the issue. We haven't had a flea infestation in years. I just do this once a year as a preventative measure (usually in the spring) and we have no fleas in our house. Also, you might start treating your lawn for fleas as that is how they get on your animals and into the house. Another thing, try getting some brewers yeast and put about a tablespoon in their food each morning. The fleas hate the smell of it and it is just good vitamins for your animals. I don't buy advantage or anything else for my pets. Just by doing those 2 things we have a flea free home....See MoreFleas, in yard, getting on dog
Comments (16)Whoa... learned something new today. Thanks Rhizo. What a trip. All my life I've had several pets, so combos of cats and dogs. Out of every group, there has always been one..just one that was bothered by fleas and clued us in that it was that time of year to dose the bunch. Then as the treatment was due again, that same one would start itching. Knowing apparently only half the story, we assumed that since there are cat fleas and dog fleas, that was why the difference. I'm thinking back over decades, so don't have specific examples. But I do know that brands of flea treatments were the same, just the different ones of either cats or dogs. The reason I remember that clearly is it's so frustrating when one, reliable brand of flea drops seems to stop working , the box is wasted and I need to figure out which brand works these few years. Not counting the month I can't dose with a new brand because the dose of brand A is not working this year. The last one was about three years ?? ago. Poor kitties going mad as fleas start on the one cat ( always the less robust cat or dog ), then gradually bothering all of them. When the brand works, it's just the one cat that first week or so till I get the flea meds. I saved the last dud flea stuff to remember. For us it was Frontline. Since then Advantage II is working great. ( just cats right now) I always wonder if the fleas become immune or the companies change the formulation on us. And I know it's not just me. Cat chat groups agree and vets I've asked don't want to seem to want to commit, they seem to nod / shoulder shrug and say buy this now. It's frustrating that the flea drop companies only list a lot number on their packages. Seems like if they had to put an expiration date, this might not happen. I have learned to try and only buy from places that have a lot of turn over. Got the last bad batch of Frontline from the pharmacy that had only just started selling it. Should have been fresh but who knows. Can't compare the Advantage II because I switched brands and where I buy at the same time. PetMeds online is my preferred place to buy now. Let's face it.. theirs is pretty likely to be fresh. Better price too, but that was soooo not the point. Obviously they want to sell a formula that works, but maybe it varies by region and they pick the most popular flea of the year. ??? ;) So... since we're here and I value your opinion, on that ? Why does a brand of flea drops no longer work after X years, requiring a different brand to be effective ? Can't believe I've been so wrong on that for so many years. And it always made perfect sense. LOL This post was edited by plaidbird on Sun, Jul 6, 14 at 2:03...See Morejaceymae
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