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LuvnmyYorkie · 01-21-2008, 10:19 AM

So, Harley has lice. I had to take him to the vet on Saturday and he had to get on meds because he has 2 small (dime size) patches of fur missing because he is a bit infected. I spent hours combing through him and I can't get everything off. I'm going to have to get him shaved, but no one can fit me in until later this week.

Luckily I didn't get them. I think its because I wash, blowdry and flat iron everyday, and they say heat kills them. I don't know, but I'm just happy I didn't get lice! YUCK

This has just been a nightmare. I've had to sanitize EVERYTHING and buy all sorts of stuff to clean with...not to mention the vet bill.

So if anyone has any good advice on what can help with this mess...it would be appreciated!!

LuvnmyYorkie · 01-21-2008, 11:34 AM

Anyone? Please someone give me a great idea on what to do!! lol I've already done EVERYTHING I know to do...but you guys ALWAYS have something new to inform me about...about anything! So inform me already!!

Sugar's Mom · 01-21-2008, 11:38 AM

our outside beagles that my husband raises had lice back in the Summer. it was a mama and ALL her babies. Our vet told him that the Frontline Plus will kill them and it did!!!!!!!!!! You ought to just cut him down as best you can, apply the Frontline Plus and when he is rid of them, let the groomer straighten his coat out.

Tiggerwit · 01-21-2008, 11:41 AM

I always thought lice couldn't live on pets... hmmmm icky, I learn something new every day on here.

I'm sorry, I can feel ya, my kids had it and my oldest got it twice..... it was awful. We used over the counter stuff and it didn't work. What did work was mayo, sounds weird but it worked. The mayo smothers them. I greased up her hair and put a shower cap on her and then let her sleep in it, next day I rinsed her with vinegar and hot water. Worked like a charm. Wish I had known the first time because the over the counter stuff is like the nastiest chemical and I feel horrible for putting that on my child. Not sure how you could mayo him up without him trying to lick it. Maybe a cone collar.....

LuvnmyYorkie · 01-21-2008, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Sugar's Mom

our outside beagles that my husband raises had lice back in the Summer. it was a mama and ALL her babies. Our vet told him that the Frontline Plus will kill them and it did!!!!!!!!!! You ought to just cut him down as best you can, apply the Frontline Plus and when he is rid of them, let the groomer straighten his coat out.

Yeah, he got Revolution on Saturday...so I think we're covered, but I can't help to think about all the dead ones that I can't get to on him, that are being dropped everywhere... ewwww.

LuvnmyYorkie · 01-21-2008, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Tiggerwit

I always thought lice couldn't live on pets... hmmmm icky, I learn something new every day on here.

I'm sorry, I can feel ya, my kids had it and my oldest got it twice..... it was awful. We used over the counter stuff and it didn't work. What did work was mayo, sounds weird but it worked. The mayo smothers them. I greased up her hair and put a shower cap on her and then let her sleep in it, next day I rinsed her with vinegar and hot water. Worked like a charm. Wish I had known the first time because the over the counter stuff is like the nastiest chemical and I feel horrible for putting that on my child. Not sure how you could mayo him up without him trying to lick it. Maybe a cone collar.....

lol...I can't even imagine having to try to deal with that!! The vet told us to use a sulfur shampoo b/c that would kill the lice.. which it did, its just all the dead ones left on him (at least I hope)..I know, gross! He has the Revolution too, but he is still scratching and rubbing every where.. so I hope they're all gone! I'm also hesitant to give him another bath since I applied the Revolution already, I don't want to wash it off.

Tiggerwit · 01-21-2008, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by LuvnmyYorkie

Yeah, he got Revolution on Saturday...so I think we're covered, but I can't help to think about all the dead ones that I can't get to on him, that are being dropped everywhere... ewwww.

Can you maybe confine him to a x-pen or crate?

LuvnmyYorkie · 01-21-2008, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Tiggerwit

Can you maybe confine him to a x-pen or crate?

He's a BIG whiner... He would drive me NUTS. He's already 4 years old and a bit stuck in his ways you could say!

Charlene1963 · 01-21-2008, 01:55 PM

I just looked up lice on dogs and it is different than what humans can get.

http://www.pets.ca/articles/article-doglice.htm

PunkinPie · 01-21-2008, 04:45 PM

oh my goodness - I feel itchy just reading this. Your poor baby, hope all clears up quickly.

simonandhallie · 01-21-2008, 04:57 PM

If he got the Revolution on Saturday it's ok to give him another bath. I believe the Revolution info says it is absorbed within a couple of hours.

Good Luck

Brookef18 · 01-21-2008, 05:00 PM

Yikes...how HORRIBLE! It would kill me to shave my babies...i would get a flea comb and try to comb them out first...Shaving would be the last resort....

adorame · 01-21-2008, 05:17 PM

Ucky!! I am itching reading this. Did the vet not give you instructions on how to get rid of the lice? I don't know to much on the lice issue but on some of the flea shampoos for dogs it will say that it kills lice too. Good luck getting rid of it,and I hope that you can get him all better soon!

LuvnmyYorkie · 01-22-2008, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Charlene1963

I just looked up lice on dogs and it is different than what humans can get.

http://www.pets.ca/articles/article-doglice.htm

Great article! I feel sooo much better knowing that it is a different type of lice than what we get. I have been cleaning and scrubbing and itching since Saturday...and I'm wore out from it! Now I can relax a little. I'm getting him shaved tonight, and I'll give him another Sulfur shampoo to make sure I get em' all. I didn't want to shave him, but I know it will grow back, and I'd rather be 100% sure its all gone, then have him be pretty and still infested.

LuvnmyYorkie · 01-25-2008, 09:41 AM

I got Harley shaved the other day to help us get rid of all the lice, which was yet another chunck of money! I had to give him another bath (this was his 4th one!) and comb through him again for an hour. The poor little guy is freezing now with no fur. So I had to go buy him a sweater since I threw his away when I found out he had lice. He looks ridiculous now, lol. But I still love him! The medicine they put him on since he had lost some fur gave him diarrea too. I thought I had gotten it all, but last night I found quite a bit on his face. I think it is because I couldn't scrub his face like I did his body. So tonight will be fun trying to pick everything off his face. UGH! I'm so sick of all this! And now I'm broke on top of it!

01-21-2008, 10:19 AM	#1
LuvnmyYorkie Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Anaheim Posts: 588	Harley has Lice So, Harley has lice. I had to take him to the vet on Saturday and he had to get on meds because he has 2 small (dime size) patches of fur missing because he is a bit infected. I spent hours combing through him and I can't get everything off. I'm going to have to get him shaved, but no one can fit me in until later this week. Luckily I didn't get them. I think its because I wash, blowdry and flat iron everyday, and they say heat kills them. I don't know, but I'm just happy I didn't get lice! YUCK This has just been a nightmare. I've had to sanitize EVERYTHING and buy all sorts of stuff to clean with...not to mention the vet bill. So if anyone has any good advice on what can help with this mess...it would be appreciated!!

01-21-2008, 11:41 AM	#4
Tiggerwit Just me 'n my boys Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Murphy, TX Posts: 4,596	I always thought lice couldn't live on pets... hmmmm icky, I learn something new every day on here. I'm sorry, I can feel ya, my kids had it and my oldest got it twice..... it was awful. We used over the counter stuff and it didn't work. What did work was mayo, sounds weird but it worked. The mayo smothers them. I greased up her hair and put a shower cap on her and then let her sleep in it, next day I rinsed her with vinegar and hot water. Worked like a charm. Wish I had known the first time because the over the counter stuff is like the nastiest chemical and I feel horrible for putting that on my child. Not sure how you could mayo him up without him trying to lick it. Maybe a cone collar..... __________________ "Be kinder than necessary, for everyone is fighting some kind of battle." Alphy 's Roxy Last edited by Tiggerwit; 01-21-2008 at 11:44 AM.

01-21-2008, 01:55 PM	#9
Charlene1963 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 166	I just looked up lice on dogs and it is different than what humans can get. http://www.pets.ca/articles/article-doglice.htm __________________ Charlene and Ziggy Member of the Little Gentleman's Club

01-21-2008, 05:00 PM	#12
Brookef18 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Cape Cod Ma Posts: 1,855	Yikes...how HORRIBLE! It would kill me to shave my babies...i would get a flea comb and try to comb them out first...Shaving would be the last resort.... __________________ Brooke (Chewy's and Sadie's Mom) visit us on dogster dogster.com/dogs/700047

01-21-2008, 05:17 PM	#13
adorame YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,312 Blog Entries: 1	Ucky!! I am itching reading this. Did the vet not give you instructions on how to get rid of the lice? I don't know to much on the lice issue but on some of the flea shampoos for dogs it will say that it kills lice too. Good luck getting rid of it,and I hope that you can get him all better soon! __________________ Brandy and her love bugs Jeter Axl Yumi Yasha

01-21-2008, 11:34 AM	#2
LuvnmyYorkie Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Anaheim Posts: 588	Anyone? Please someone give me a great idea on what to do!! lol I've already done EVERYTHING I know to do...but you guys ALWAYS have something new to inform me about...about anything! So inform me already!!

01-21-2008, 11:38 AM	#3
Sugar's Mom BANNED! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 9,248	our outside beagles that my husband raises had lice back in the Summer. it was a mama and ALL her babies. Our vet told him that the Frontline Plus will kill them and it did!!!!!!!!!! You ought to just cut him down as best you can, apply the Frontline Plus and when he is rid of them, let the groomer straighten his coat out.

01-21-2008, 04:45 PM	#10
PunkinPie Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Halifax, NS Posts: 186	oh my goodness - I feel itchy just reading this. Your poor baby, hope all clears up quickly.

01-21-2008, 04:57 PM	#11
simonandhallie *I Love My Monkeys!* Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Falling Waters, WV Posts: 11,166	If he got the Revolution on Saturday it's ok to give him another bath. I believe the Revolution info says it is absorbed within a couple of hours. Good Luck

01-25-2008, 09:41 AM	#15
LuvnmyYorkie Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Anaheim Posts: 588	Update! I got Harley shaved the other day to help us get rid of all the lice, which was yet another chunck of money! I had to give him another bath (this was his 4th one!) and comb through him again for an hour. The poor little guy is freezing now with no fur. So I had to go buy him a sweater since I threw his away when I found out he had lice. He looks ridiculous now, lol. But I still love him! The medicine they put him on since he had lost some fur gave him diarrea too. I thought I had gotten it all, but last night I found quite a bit on his face. I think it is because I couldn't scrub his face like I did his body. So tonight will be fun trying to pick everything off his face. UGH! I'm so sick of all this! And now I'm broke on top of it!