tick help!! my 6 month old yorkie is a small 3 pounds and has SOOOO MANY FLEAS its crazy. we figured it out because every morning there would be about 25 blood filled tick under his bed, we bought bio spot and IT DID NOT WORK. about 2 weeks after i started getting bit SOOO MUCH , and my mother too, so we baught frontline and they did go away but he still gets a couple and i dont know what to do, my baby cant even sleep on my bed anymore :( because my bed was infested with ticks. what do i do?!!? i already fumigated my house and everythingg:confused: |
I'm not clear whether it is fleas or ticks you are having a problem with. We use Sentinel for fleas. You get it at the vets and give it once a month. It also takes care of heartworm and other parasites. I have no experience with ticks. I hope someone else can help you with this problem. |
If there are that many fleas and ticks your pup is going to have to be on a fulltime flea and tick med like Frontline or Sentinel also he's getting them from somewhere .... most likely from a source outside clear any brush that you have where your dog roams if your bed had become infested best is to trash it and get a new mattress This kind of thing has to be hit at all angles or else it's going to haunt you |
I agree you need to hit this at all angles. Vaccuum AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. Vaccumming gets up the eggs and larvae the fleas lay as well as the adults. I would call an exterminator to come treat your house and yard. You need to wash your babys bedding and curtains and couch covers if you allow him on the furniture. I would do a wash cycle once a week at the very least. One flea can lay up to 50 eggs at a time and when those hatch they turn into larvae which are cocoons and are not killed by insectiside so they must be vaccuumed up. The hatch cycle I beleive is every 2 weeks so keep on the vaccuuming and washing regimen for a few months. Also I would put him a 3-week or monthly flea medication such as Frontline or Comfortis if he weighs enough. There are other ways to get rid of fleas such as bombing/fumagating but Ive found that vaccuuming and washing works the best if you keep to it because the bombing does not kill the larvae so they will eventually hatch into adults and lay more eggs. I would also stick any plush toys he has into the freezer for a few days to kill whatever is layed on them. I would also suggest having your vet treat him for worms because all it takes is for him to ingest one flea infested with worms for him to get them. When he bites at the fleas he is probably swallowing some as well. Good Luck and dont give up its a long but well worth it process! |
I use Advantix on my 5; its kills fleas & ticks. You can also bathe your baby in Dawn dish soap. This is supposed to kill fleas. Good luck! Poor baby must be miserable.:( |
Hawaii Is heavey with ticks and fleas I used frontline but I put lime in my yard once a year the whole yard would be white doe a day then I would water wont harm yard but kills all the bugs |
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