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Originally Posted by CoCos_Mom  I hate those little critters called FLEAS!!!!!!
Have any of you that have different dog breeds experienced more fleas with your Yorkie than the other breed? My Chi has NO fleas or problems with fleas, but Miss CoCo keeps at least 2 - 3 fleas on her at all times!!!!! Yesterday I immediately saw 5 and had her daddy bathe her right away and apply another flea treatment. I have even tried 2 different flea treatments on her over the past 5 months. Every time she gets a bath, I also wash all of her bedding and vacuum the carpets.
It's not even like she spends time outside like that. She goes out for potty breaks and that is all!!!! It's very frustrating to say the least. I live in an apartment and the area where she likes to potty is under a bush. However, there is no grass growing there. It's only dirt and leaves. I have taken it upon myself to buy some outside flea spray in the hopes that will help. I don't know what else to do at this point.  |
I understand about this flea problem all to well. You can but organic DE for using around the yard. It's perfectly safe for pets and humans but it kills fleas. The only draw back is it has to be put down after it rains and you are not to breath the dust. Not good for the lungs. I used to order mine through Permaguard but our Menards sells an organic brand for about $8. Some people also use nematodes.
The focus has to be directed on the pups environment. At any given time only about 1% of the fleas are in the adult stage, which is what we see. The rest are in one of three stages, the egg (about 35%), the larval (about 55%) and the pupal (about 9%). Combined all four of these stages could take from egg to adult about 5 months. That is why your going to see them even when you pup chemicals on the pup. Vacuuming is the most effective weapon you have to get this under control....
Dutch journal Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata:
The old upright is not only lethal to adult bugs, but it completely wipes out their young. Scientists from Ohio State University had set out to determine what additional measures might be needed to kill a bunch of Hoovered-up fleas: burning, freezing, poisoning, maybe even a little good old fashioned stomping. But it turns out that getting sucked into a vacuum bag does the whole job.
The researchers were so surprised by the results, they repeated the study several times. In each experiment, they sprinkled a kitchen carpet with 100 cat fleas, either adults or juveniles. And they found that the vacuum snuffed out pretty much all of them.
Don't let them accumulate in the vacuum the survivors will hatch in there. When they are in the pupal stage they are in a cocoon. This cocoon is like a suit of armor. Using chemicals in your home will have no effect on them. But, when you run your vacuum they sense the heat and vibration from it. This fools the flea into thinking it's a mammal so it emerges in search of the host it want to jump on. This helps eliminate the little buggers by running the vacuum more. I just left my vacuum plugged in at all times reddy to go. Some days I ran it several times a day. It's very important to do places where the eggs can rool or where they like to hids. The don't like to be in sunlight or in the middle of the floor. The larval will crawl to darker places as in under furniture or in cracks and along baseboards. Hope this helps some and Good luck to you....
