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Leigh22 · 11-11-2009, 07:52 AM

I've lived at my house 12 years, I've had other pets (Yorkies included) and I've never had the problem with fleas I've had this year. This year, I don't know, the fleas have been God awful. I've never seen anything like it. Ziggy has his heartworm pills (which helps with fleas), his frontline (specifically for fleas), a flea spray (BioSpot) and I give his a bath with medicated shampoo once a week. HE STILL HAS FLEAS! And not just one or two, its like 20-30.

I have no idea what to do. I'm scared of putting more pesticides on him because I don't want his skin coming off, but I don't want him to get eaten up either. Are you guys having this problem? Are the fleas just bad everywhere this year? Its really got me concerned. Someone reccmmended undistilled vineagar, and that worked better than anything- but then he constanly reeked of vinegar.

Flea collars scare me because of the harsh pesticides in them. (Carbaryl Use In Flea Collars to Cease - Paw Nation)

Ziggy is ten months and he's a lighter colored yorkie. (Someone told me that the lighter colored dogs get fleas worse than darker colored dogs.) When Buttons was alive he never had a problem, but he had that blue skin too, so maybe that helped. I'm from SC, btw. So maybe its a regional thing?

Please help us before they eat us up!!!

11-11-2009, 07:52 AM	#1
Leigh22 Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2009 Location: Sumter, SC Posts: 124	HELP! We're being eaten alive! I've lived at my house 12 years, I've had other pets (Yorkies included) and I've never had the problem with fleas I've had this year. This year, I don't know, the fleas have been God awful. I've never seen anything like it. Ziggy has his heartworm pills (which helps with fleas), his frontline (specifically for fleas), a flea spray (BioSpot) and I give his a bath with medicated shampoo once a week. HE STILL HAS FLEAS! And not just one or two, its like 20-30. I have no idea what to do. I'm scared of putting more pesticides on him because I don't want his skin coming off, but I don't want him to get eaten up either. Are you guys having this problem? Are the fleas just bad everywhere this year? Its really got me concerned. Someone reccmmended undistilled vineagar, and that worked better than anything- but then he constanly reeked of vinegar. Flea collars scare me because of the harsh pesticides in them. (Carbaryl Use In Flea Collars to Cease - Paw Nation) Ziggy is ten months and he's a lighter colored yorkie. (Someone told me that the lighter colored dogs get fleas worse than darker colored dogs.) When Buttons was alive he never had a problem, but he had that blue skin too, so maybe that helped. I'm from SC, btw. So maybe its a regional thing? Please help us before they eat us up!!! __________________ "There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face."