[pepe mint]

Ok...I found a flea in my daughters room and noticed that maggie was itchy. i thought it was because of her recent hair cut or maybe her bath...didn't get the shampoo out completely or something. i just checked her and found 2 fleas on her!!!! so i immediately got in the cupboard and got out the flea drops and put them on her. then i did a google search for biospot because i was wondering how long i should leave it before a bath...because it leaves this oily streak down her back. well, i found TONS of sites saying that biospot is bad and can cause seizures and such. so i searched it on here and everyone was saying the same thing. I IMMEDIATELY washed it off of maggie using dawn dish soap, deep conditioned her hair, rinsed, and put some leave in conditioner "horse stuff" on her hair and now she is running mad around the house like she always does after a bath. so i assume the few minutes she had the biospot on didn't hurt her...(of course i won't sleep a wink worrying about it all night).

anyway, this brings me to the title of the post...I know there are a few highly recommended flea treatments but are they all the kinds that you have to put all the way down their back? i mean...I want it to be effective but with these guys with long hair...that is horrible. first of all, i don't like the greasy streak down the back. second of all, what if the lick it? won't it make them sick..or worse?? i mean, it is a pesticide...and they can reach to lick their butts and parts of their back. so why is it that you have to put this oily streak down their back? i just don't see how it makes sense. but i am not finding one that is just something you "spot" on their necks or something. maybe i am looking in the wrong place???