It doesnt say anything about not bathing them on the advantage box so I think you can. I dont know about other brands though

How often do they get baths? Maybe you should call your vet.

I dont know, we will just have to see... I just hate them bugs!!!

I give them a bath about every 2 weeks.

we live out in the country where there is alot of mud puddles, alot of things to keep the dirt magnetized to them.... So sometimes more than often, I have to bathe them once a week....

Years ago we moved into a new house (new to house, but it was an older home). Anyway, it had been well maintained, and we had all the carpets and flooring replaced BEFORE we moved in. We moved in in the late fall. Well, come spring I was doing battle with fleas and ticks like you would not believe. We could not win. Finally, someone told me that we probably had them in the house:( .

We called around and found an exterminator who guaranteed against fleas, went away for the weekend (even though they told us the products they used were safe...don't know if any are actually safe). We repeated this 3 times (for the guarantee). No more fleas!

Tea tree oil
 

:thumbup: Maybe try adding a little teatree oil to there shampoo when you bath them. I would still use the vet stuff but the tea tree repels all those suckers the same with Avon (SSS) skin so soft.

That just sounds like a horrific nightmare to me!!! I would go insane!!! lol

I have the Skin So Soft...Ok, maybe I shouldn't do this, but I do to keep their coat pretty... and it makes them smell good, and their coats are nice. Anyways, I have this spray mist body oil stuff, its in a pink bottle and its a little scented... I spray a tiny bit on them after baths....Where can I get the Tea Tree oil?

And that stuff is made by Avon, Skin So Soft....

Well, I suppose nothing is 100%. Who knows? I use the Advantix + on Kacee, but we also use granules in our yard and make sure to get them under the shrubs where fleas and ticks are more numerous. Be sure to apply them before a good rain that will dissolve them. We've always used them with great success and my vet recommends them as well. I've never used flea and tick collars. As a P.S., I never used any flea treatment on Muffin. Just used the granules and she never had any problem. The reason I use the Advantix + on Kacee is because we go a lot of other places and I wanted her to be protected.

I live in Al. I use the k9 advantix and I found one tick on Kizzy but it was a couple days after I put it on her but since that she hasnt had anymore. I was thinking maybe it just hadnt gotten into her system at the time. But now she has not had anymore and she plays outside off and on too. we have lots of land and trees also. I've heard ticks are bad this year so it seems to be working for her so far and i've only used it once. that was May. I'll do it again the 23rd of June. goodluck to you on getting what works for you. I think mine says no bath a day or two before or after.

well i used revolution on my princess ever sense i got her but the last few months she seems to get fleas YUCk so i asked sis in law what she uses she told me topspot or frontline so i switched to that.

There are two types of frontlines: Topspot & Plus. My vet said Frontline Plus is the best, but I am not sure why? By accident I bought Frontline topspot and my vet its ok for one month but try to only use Frontline Plus! :)

You can get teatree oil at walmart in the drug section under the natual stuff. if you don't see it ask the pharmasist. The SSS that you were talking about is soft and sensual right? I sell Avon and no I don't sell on line sorry:) but from what i have seen and used, the Origional works the best mix it 50/50 with water and mist on :cool: I hope that helps. Oh and for humans a bounce sheet unused in the loop of your belt or wasteband. will keep bugs away for hours.:animal-pa

the frontline and advantix work by mixing in the natural oils in their skin and that's how it moves all oer them so when you bathe them and wash away all the oils it doesn't have a way to get all over them. It takes a few days for that to happen and it said that it can take a few days for it to be effictive against ticks. that's why the no bath thing doesnt' say it on the boxes anymore but it used too. the companies decided they could leave that off now for some odd reason.
we had a terrible time last year with fleas. One of my best friends her husband has his own exterminating co. he told me a few things to do. if you have carpet remove the bag from the house after vacuuming. the fleas get sucked up in the bag and then after your done they just climb back out. we had to have everything sprayed last year was terrible frontline didnt' work advantix didnt' work I bought everything the vet sold and everything at the feed store for fleas and it was like I was giving them fertility drugs confused: He told me that something happened to the fleas last year wasnt' just my house that most of his calls were from people saying the same thing as me. He had to order and mix different stuff to get rid of them himself. he went into a big explainnation about what happened to the fleas and why we couldnt' kill them but my mind wandered after he said I'll get em for ya.