Hi Gina! I hope you don't mind me talking about this on your thread - if you want me to move it or go PM, let me know. Rebecca - sounds like you're a wealth of information. I am completely freaked about fleas also. Luckilly in Colorado - we don't have the nice moist warm temps they like.
However, I got a rescue dog this weekend from Kansas. He is a yorkie/papillon mix that I found on Petfinder - and picked up Friday from a rescue shelter. It's a really long story - but we brought him home and I found a flea on him
. This was after he'd already checked out all the rooms, jumped on my kids beds (rubbing his face on everything) etc. I'd lived with a family who's cats had fleas - so I know what a flea infestation is like.
The shelter person had given me a thing of Frontline - so I applied that on Saturday. I've washed all my kids bedding and sprayed carpets and the furniture with Zodiac FleaTrol and vacuumed - I'm just completely freaked.
It's kind of sad because we just want to enjoy our new addition - but I don't want to let him in the carpeted area of the house until I know all is well.
The other thing is - he was neutered last Monday - so can't be washed until Wednesday
. I just want to clean him!!! So, once he's clean, how do I know it's safe to let him in the rest of the house? He's still itching behind his ear - but there shouldn't be anything biting him anymore right? I'm guessing the bite still itches?
HELP!!!
Jodi