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Originally Posted by Weneebug  My vet recommended spraying my carpets, linens and furniture with Knockout Spray. I know you can get it at the vets office...don't know if it is sold in stores or not. I found 2 fleas on Harley (he is also on Frontline) which is really upsetting. I am going to treat my carpets and furniture Thursday and wash all of my bedding and his bedding and toys. Does anyone know if it is better to bath him in Dawn or Flea and tick shampoo? I don't know why but I am hesitate about using the shampoo. |
The vet's office recommended "siphotrol plus" to treat my house with. Since I didn't really want to have to make another trip I just purchased what they recommended. (edited to add, this stuff claims to work for 7 months?!) I won't be using flea bombs, partly because I live in an apt & because I have a small animal who is not friendly. I've used them before, but its not something I want to resort to considering the situation. (If it gets really really bad I just might but I'd really like to avoid it.)
I had planned on treating the house since its well... simple irregardless! (Better to treat and not have an issue then to think I don't have one where I should have treated.) This situation just goes against every flea infestation I've seen, and that we had growing up fostering greyhounds. To me, its just.... two fleas? I had to do a drop off, so I don't know.... I question how likely those two fleas could be from my house, my lawn, the vet's lawn, off another dog/cat or one of the employees (who had no trouble admitting they bring fleas home! hehe)
I'm trying to make this a positive thing though (lol) since if its no where near as bad as what I dealt with many times growing up... if I have a flea problem it can't be a tremendous one. The vacuum thing may explain that though... since I normally vacuum at least a room every other day. If I do have a flea problem maybe thats what has been keeping the population down.
Weneebug, from a personal standpoint - I would never use flea shampoo. Its hard to really control how much pesticide they get exposed to and thats always concerned me. I am going to be using some head and shoulders on Winston (its what someone said they use and their vet recommended for fleas) since I have some in the house. Not sure how much help it will do but I figure it can't hurt. (I also used to do this years ago with my other yorkie Barry since he had sensitive skin, and strangely enough we never had fleas and I used nothing else.) I will have to keep in mind what you mention Yorkiedaze. Some yeast supplements may be in our future.
Dang economy
.... if I hadn't been unemployed for 5 months I would have put him on comfortis and called it a day.