pregnant female with fleas?!

[NanaDtreasures]

Originally Posted by Sugar's Mom

use Dawn. While it will not prevent fleas, it will kill what is on her already. Please do not use any kind of commercial flea medicine. i had a very unfortunate experience with my first pregnant dog because of this.

Something else I didnt know....
Thanks for sharing what happened to your litter sad
I live on a farm too and so far have never had a flea problem.
And all my ducks geese and chickens free range so I couldnt treat it
even if we did. But the Dawn is a great thing to know if you even suspect your bitch may be pregnant.

OT how are your lil puppies doing now?

[gardenyorkies]

Actually any kind of shampoo will kill fleas!...It does not have to be Dawn dish liquid or dish liquid at all...Make sure you soap up around the head and ears first , then the tail end to make sure fleas do not go down ears, in eyes, nose or rectum to hide...I am a groomer and I never use toxic shampoos on anyones pets...Also Advantage washes off where Frontline does not!...So if you bathe your yorkie between doses you are wasting your money on Advantage...I do not use any flea preventatives on any of my intact dogs...I do treat the others with Frontline and that seems to work for me!

~Laura

[chrislynn5]

What I do with my dogs....I have the bug man put a flea killer all throughout my yard. It lasts for threee months and I have never found a flea on any of my dogs

[lilstar63100]

Originally Posted by chrislynn5

What I do with my dogs....I have the bug man put a flea killer all throughout my yard. It lasts for threee months and I have never found a flea on any of my dogs

we have a bug man as well that comes every month.... and usually we dont have many fleas around. all of my other dogs are on flea treatments. im hoping it was just this one flea.

[mypreciouspups]

Interesting about the dawn dish soap.. first time I have ever heard this.. we sure can always learn something...thanks for the thread and all the posts..

[Gidget01]

I just sprayed my male and female with Frontline spray last night. They tied for the first time this morning. Will it be bad on my female if she gets PG? I definately won't put it on her from now until she has puppies that is if she gets pg. Just curious if it would effect her since I sprayed her right before conception.

[ButterflyYorkie]

Originally Posted by gardenyorkies

Actually any kind of shampoo will kill fleas!...It does not have to be Dawn dish liquid or dish liquid at all...Make sure you soap up around the head and ears first , then the tail end to make sure fleas do not go down ears, in eyes, nose or rectum to hide...I am a groomer and I never use toxic shampoos on anyones pets...Also Advantage washes off where Frontline does not!...So if you bathe your yorkie between doses you are wasting your money on Advantage...I do not use any flea preventatives on any of my intact dogs...I do treat the others with Frontline and that seems to work for me!

~Laura

THANK YOU!~
That is great information. I was confused as to why "only" the dawn brand of dish liquid. I am guessing it is something gerneral in the soap? Forgive me, I've never bathed to kill fleas so I do not know, but I use a preventative when there are no babies on the way.

[JaLaYorkieGirl]

Originally Posted by ButterflyYorkie

THANK YOU!~
That is great information. I was confused as to why "only" the dawn brand of dish liquid. I am guessing it is something gerneral in the soap? Forgive me, I've never bathed to kill fleas so I do not know, but I use a preventative when there are no babies on the way.

Actually it is more about drowning them and washing them off and getting them down the drain...lol. I think because Dawn is so thick and makes so many suds that it probably really helps to draw them off.

Frontline Plus is the only flea preventative that I am aware of (I know Advantage has not done this) that has conducted the studies to prove it is safe for pregnant and lactating bitches and queens. I would use that on a pregnant gal if I had a big flea problem, as I think having fleas is more risky to the health of the dam and of course the puppies. Just please do not use OTC flea products!!!!!