Doi Doi asked:
I’ve tried Advantage, spray my house at least once a week, have sprayed the yard several times and put out granules, bathe my dog with flea and tick shampoo, she has a flea collar, and she still gets fleas within a couple of days. This is getting ridiculous. What else should I be doing? Should I just call a professional to come spray and see if that helps? Or is she just going to have to live with fthe fleas?
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I’ve tried Advantage, spray my house at least once a week, have sprayed the yard several times and put out granules, bathe my dog with flea and tick shampoo, she has a flea collar, and she still gets fleas within a couple of days. This is getting ridiculous. What else should I be doing? Should I just call a professional to come spray and see if that helps? Or is she just going to have to live with fthe fleas?
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Tags: Advantage, Couple Of Days, Dog Flea, Dog Fleas, Flea And Tick, Flea Collar, Granules, Several Times, Shampoo
October 13th, 2007 at 10:57 am
I don’t advise flea collars. I have tried everything (seriously) and K-9 Advantix seems to work the best!
October 16th, 2007 at 6:44 am
The fleas are coming from somewhere. A neighbors yard? I suggest that you do call a professional and maybe they can locate the problem. I also suggest that you take your dog to the vet…to find out if they are really fleas or are they ticks… No dog should ever have to live with fleas or ticks.
October 19th, 2007 at 12:05 am
Wash the dog in Dawn dish detergent. Buy a flea comb. The dog has to soak in the water for at least 5 minutes. Water up to the dogs neck. The fleas will jump onto the dry areas of the dog. I just finished a four month bout of fleas. They are horrible. Also for your home, use Borax. Sprinkle it into your carpets. Rub it in with a broom. Vacuum it up 8 hours later. I did this once a week. Do your carpets, your furniture, and ANYTHING your dog comes into contact with. Wash all bedding (yours and dogs) in HOT water. They will all disappear after a month. I was just paranoid.
October 20th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
My dog had this problem last summer. The best solution I found was to bathe her once a week in flea shampoo, and then spray her down with a good flea spray every week. It helped a bunch, but you have to stay on top of keeping her sprayed constantly. Advantage never worked for her either, she was using it when we had the outbrake of fleas in the first place and it did no good.
October 23rd, 2007 at 1:53 pm
At this point a pro is needed, make sure the yard and house are treated at the same time and take the dog to the groomers to get bathed and deflead. In my neck of the woods Frontline quit working so we went to Advantage, you might have to try a diff one as well. Make sure the grass is short and not alot of shade.
October 26th, 2007 at 6:45 am
Try frontline!
October 28th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Try this site. Take your dog to the vet for a good flea dip and treat your home while he is gone. Buy a flea spray with “EGG STOP” Raid makes one. What I did was vacumm thoroughly. Before I started I wet the vacumm bag slightly with the spray. The key is after you vacumm thoroughly, immediatley throw out the bag. If you don’t get the dog dipped at least weigh your dog and ask your vet for some Frontline. Put this on the dog once a month and continue your vacumming and spraying for at least a month. A flea has a short life cycle but they reproduce. I had 2 dogs and 3 cats and managed to eradicate the fleas by doing this. Check out this website also.
October 28th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
No, she cannot just live with fleas. She can become anemic and get tape worm and other various parasites that fleas can carry. Keep in mind that advantage and other spot on treatments may not kill flea eggs and some may not kill fleas on contact. They either make them sterile or slowly poison them. You may still see fleas after the treatments but if you are doing monthly treatments they will eventually die out. Don’t use over the counter meds! Your best chance is to get another perscription flea med like frontline or revolution. The flea collar is only going to keep fleas off her head as well, so you may as well trash that. Vacuum your house daily and double bag the vacuum contents and take them straight outside.
October 29th, 2007 at 7:20 am
you might need to try to take her to the vet and explain watz goin’ on here cuz that’s just odd!! the vet should be able to help you!!
October 29th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Sounds like a nest is in your house so when you kill one colony another hatches and takes it’s place. Take your dog to get a flea dip at the vet and bomb your house over and over until they are gone.
October 29th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
i heard that bathing a dog in dawn dishwashing liquid works. i haven’t tried it on our dog but i have heard this from several other people so maybe it there is something to it.
October 31st, 2007 at 4:10 pm
First you have to understand that fleas reproduce in stages, from the first bite, then to egg laying then hatching. The adults may be killed by the medications but the eggs are not, they hatch and the process turns in a vicious circle.
Try this:
LEMONS
“My dog had fleas when she was four months old, and I didn’t feel comfortable using flea medication on her because she was too small for store bought medication, and the stuff from the vet was too expensive. I read that there’s something about lemons or lemon juice that repells fleas. I cut some lemons into quarters, and covered them with boiling water. I let the water sit overnight, and in the morning poured it into a spray bottle. I sprayed her several times a day with the lemon water, and also put some crushed garlic into her food. The fleas were gone in no time, and since lemons and garlic only cost a couple of dollars, I saved lots of money!”
SALT
We had a really bad outbreak of fleas in our house. My 2 year old kept getting bites all over her body and my husband and I too. I didn’t want to use all the toxic powders or even boric acid since she has asthma. I got desperate and bought 10 cans of salt from the store and sprinkled it all over the house (mainly the carpet). Let it sit for 4 days and then vaccumed with a vaccum that has excellent sucction and a HEPA filter. THE FLEAS WERE GONE!!!!!. I guess the salt dehydrates them and kills the eggs as well. IF you live in a humid climate don’t leave the salt in the carpet too long as it retains water. Wash all the linens and couch cushions etc….repeat the vaccum every day for 3-4 days to get all the salt out.”
November 2nd, 2007 at 7:29 am
I use Frontline. You have to use whatever product regularly, not just for a month or two. Vacuum your rugs/carpet well and toss out the bag, plus wash your dog’s bedding.
November 3rd, 2007 at 8:16 am
Get some sevin dust and sprinkle all over your lawn,lightly hose it into the grass,but don’t allow your pets on it til it drys.
November 6th, 2007 at 3:52 am
Don’t waste your money on all those frontline flea & tick things…I found that simple regular DAWN liquid dish soap kills the fleas and keeps them off!!! I heard about this and really didn’t believe it until my Peke was crawling and suffering with them again after frontline & dog shampoo…I mixed Dawn with the dog shampoo and I’ll be Darned …it worked!!!!
November 7th, 2007 at 11:42 pm
I have had the same problem with my dog and have tried almost everything that is over the counter with limited results.
I read this on the internet, tried it and it worked. Give your dog a bath using “Dawn” dish detergent, you will see the fleas drop off as soon as you start lathering your dog up. Dawn is a heck of a lot cheaper than “Flea and Tick” shampoo also.
I do re-wash the dog afterward with a dog shampoo that contains “Hydrocortisone”, this is a anti- itch shampoo that also helps heal flea bite irritation, skin allergies, rashes, etc…
It is put out by Hartz, available at Wal-Mart, K-mart, etc…
I also vacuum the carpets very regular.
Another little info I was told, if you have a carpet cleaner, add a small amount of bleach to the carpet cleaning solution, the bleach is also supposed to kill fleas that may remain in your carpets. I have tried this also, I have a very deep green color carpeting, the small amount of bleach did not harm or discolor my carpets at all.
Hope this helps.