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Our golden lab has had these bloody things for over 6 weeks now ,and as a dutyful owner/dad,I have tried everything the vet has offered at great expence to try and eliminate these little critters,
We have bathed/showered used the little squirty things,yet she still has them no matter what we do they still gling on for dear life.
When I was a lad I remember we had some powder that we rubbed into the dogs coat and that was that.
Now this seemed to work then, so I ask is there any like this on the market now?
I am worried about my girl ,it's horrable to watch her scratching away when there's nothing I can do.
We have bathed/showered used the little squirty things,yet she still has them no matter what we do they still gling on for dear life.
When I was a lad I remember we had some powder that we rubbed into the dogs coat and that was that.
Now this seemed to work then, so I ask is there any like this on the market now?
I am worried about my girl ,it's horrable to watch her scratching away when there's nothing I can do.
Firstly what products have you used I will be able to make suggestions more easily once I know. Have you treated the house? do you have any other pets? Chances are they are cat fleas (98% of ALL fleas are) but treatment is still the same. I doubt any powders available today will work.
bexVN said:
Firstly what products have you used I will be able to make suggestions more easily once I know. Have you treated the house? do you have any other pets? Chances are they are cat fleas (98% of ALL fleas are) but treatment is still the same. I doubt any powders available today will work.
Written this twice now keep losing my connection.The vet gave us a triangluar plastic squirty thing and some carpet powder to blitz the house with which we did at the weekend, still to no avail they still persist, we have being washing her every weekend as well.
I wouldn't bother with washing her.
Your main problem will be the house. 95% of the fleas lifecycle is in the house not on the animal (they only go on the animal to feed)I very much doubt the flea powder is going to treat the house successfully and I am really suprised that a vet even sold it to you. There are a couple of very good house sprays on the market. An instant treatment is a product called Skoosh,it's short acting but kills every stage of flea or there is vetkem acclaim a good reliable housespray (also available online from Boots) takes a little longer to work but lasts a year.
All the house needs to be treated (even wooden,laminent floors)
The name of the drops for the dog would be useful if you can, there are some that are better than others.
It is possible the tx you are using is working but it can take time as there will be flea eggs still hatching out and haven't yet been affected by the tx yet. Were you protecting your dog against fleas before thisd breakout, this is usually how people get caught out.
Your main problem will be the house. 95% of the fleas lifecycle is in the house not on the animal (they only go on the animal to feed)I very much doubt the flea powder is going to treat the house successfully and I am really suprised that a vet even sold it to you. There are a couple of very good house sprays on the market. An instant treatment is a product called Skoosh,it's short acting but kills every stage of flea or there is vetkem acclaim a good reliable housespray (also available online from Boots) takes a little longer to work but lasts a year.
All the house needs to be treated (even wooden,laminent floors)
The name of the drops for the dog would be useful if you can, there are some that are better than others.
It is possible the tx you are using is working but it can take time as there will be flea eggs still hatching out and haven't yet been affected by the tx yet. Were you protecting your dog against fleas before thisd breakout, this is usually how people get caught out.
Edited by bexVN on Wednesday 23 November 09:30
Changedmyname said:
We have bathed/showered used the little squirty things.
Maybe aviod bathing her, as frontline (and i guess others) say don't bathe the dog when using the treatment. this is maybe why its not working.As Bex has said - let us know what the name of the squirty product
mr2mk1chick said:
Changedmyname said:
We have bathed/showered used the little squirty things.
Maybe aviod bathing her, as frontline (and i guess others) say don't bathe the dog when using the treatment. this is maybe why its not working.As Bex has said - let us know what the name of the squirty product
To get rid of them out of the house it took us about 4 weeks. This involved lots of hoovering to pick up eggs etc from the carpets, and plenty of spraying with the aerosol type sprays. But what really seemed to finish the job was Strikeback Flea Killing Spray. http://www.petsathome.com/shop/flea-spray-by-strik...
Hoovered, used that on the entire house (Every carpet, and every piece of soft furnishing I could take covers off). And that appears to have done the trick.
Hoovered, used that on the entire house (Every carpet, and every piece of soft furnishing I could take covers off). And that appears to have done the trick.
Follow above advice re house tx.
Re frontline combo always was a good product but I don't think it's doing a good job these days at treating a flare up, may need to see if your vet stocks eg Advocate or Stronghold. We used to be a frontline practice but more and more we're swapping to Advocate.
I still use frontline combo on all mine but I treat them all year round.
Don't forget it will take a little time for then all to be killed off but with good products and proper application you will win the battle!
Re frontline combo always was a good product but I don't think it's doing a good job these days at treating a flare up, may need to see if your vet stocks eg Advocate or Stronghold. We used to be a frontline practice but more and more we're swapping to Advocate.
I still use frontline combo on all mine but I treat them all year round.
Don't forget it will take a little time for then all to be killed off but with good products and proper application you will win the battle!
Changedmyname said:
I will try boots on line ,thanks for the replys.
Try www.medicanimal.com .I got some Frontline Spot on dog from them last year and it's stopped mine getting any from the hordes of cats round here or from the foxes/badgers/etc in the local fields .He picks up any thing going and he's very allergic to fleas.Bonus is it's cheaper than Asda/chemists/vets etc.
Old remedy was a drop of vinegar in a bucket of water before a wash .BEXN-is that still OK.?
Bex -reason we used it years ago was that there was no quick fix for ticks/fleas( sheep country) , available solutions like Frontline ,but all the human lice etc cures smelt like vinegar ,and didn't seem to affect human skin ( know dogs are different ) or cause any problems in quantities like a tablespoon /gallon -but it certainly killed off the fleas and ticks didn't like it either .
bexVN said:
Your main problem will be the house. 95% of the fleas lifecycle is in the house not on the animal... or there is vetchem
This works. Concentrate on the skirting boards.It is also great for getting rid of hibernating flies in window frames.
I would also say it lasts a year minimum maybe two.
Garlic is a decent natural repellent - our springer has an auto immune condition so we don't use chemicals, we give her garlic flakes in her food on a fairly regular basis and don't have any problems now (touch wood).
We did have an episode at the beginning of last year when she was still on steroids so immune suppressed and we used a puppy spray which was topical rather than systemic. We tried to solve the problem for a while without treating her because we were concerned about making her condition worse. What worked for us was a steam cleaner, it's a really effective way to clean mattresses, sofas, carpets etc.
We did have an episode at the beginning of last year when she was still on steroids so immune suppressed and we used a puppy spray which was topical rather than systemic. We tried to solve the problem for a while without treating her because we were concerned about making her condition worse. What worked for us was a steam cleaner, it's a really effective way to clean mattresses, sofas, carpets etc.
Piglet said:
Garlic is a decent natural repellent - our springer has an auto immune condition so we don't use chemicals, we give her garlic flakes in her food on a fairly regular basis and don't have any problems now (touch wood).
We did have an episode at the beginning of last year when she was still on steroids so immune suppressed and we used a puppy spray which was topical rather than systemic. We tried to solve the problem for a while without treating her because we were concerned about making her condition worse. What worked for us was a steam cleaner, it's a really effective way to clean mattresses, sofas, carpets etc.
In Rhodesia we got round to using garlic to stop mossy atacks - worked a treat on humans. However we didn't dare risk it on dogs as it was ot a thing given to dogs We did have an episode at the beginning of last year when she was still on steroids so immune suppressed and we used a puppy spray which was topical rather than systemic. We tried to solve the problem for a while without treating her because we were concerned about making her condition worse. What worked for us was a steam cleaner, it's a really effective way to clean mattresses, sofas, carpets etc.
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