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10-02-2008, 02:35 PM | #1 |
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| Fleas!!!!!!!!! Freaking out!!!!!! I am totally freaking out right now! I just found maybe 4 or 5 fleas crawling on fiona's neck....i brushed her, and nothing else is crawling.....i had to go over to my breeder to borrow frontline from her...... what else should i do!? you think with me working at a vet hospital for 7 yrs i would know, but i'm seriously stressing out here!!!! help...please!!!!!!!
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10-02-2008, 02:39 PM | #2 |
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| This is kind-of odd BUT... bathe her in dawn dish soap (just be careful of her eyes!). It will kill off all the fleas at once. THEN apply the flea preventive. This is what I do... and it works! There is also a pill (can't think of the name) you can get at your vet that will kill the fleas that are on her. I'm sure you'll get lots of replies. When i found a flea on Mia, i went into the health forum and searched 'fleas' and found a lot of info. Good luck!
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10-02-2008, 02:40 PM | #3 |
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| well thats the thing, stupid me, already applied the frontline on her, so now i have to wait 4 days to bathe her....i just bathed her last week, and she had no red color runoff in the water, and i couldnt find them....ahhh...im so upset right now.....
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10-02-2008, 02:41 PM | #4 | |
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yeah, its called capstar, and arggg....
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10-02-2008, 02:44 PM | #5 |
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| Well... you could always just bathe her anyway..??..frontline is waterproof right? I've also heard you shouldn't bathe them at least three days after but if you want to kill them off cuz your freaked... then I would just give her a bath and wash everything that she's had contact with, then you will be sure they are gone. Just a thought
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10-02-2008, 02:47 PM | #6 |
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| thank you! I mean, They arent on her belly, ears, face, just on her chin, and now im getting ready to vaccuumm.... i think maybe she got them from outside? i havent seen them around, i have no bites, and ahhh! this is so yucky!
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10-02-2008, 02:52 PM | #7 | |
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10-02-2008, 02:55 PM | #8 |
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| Yah..the Dawn dish soap works amazing!! I found out about it from other YT'rs. Kills those little suckers fast!
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10-02-2008, 03:04 PM | #9 |
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| dawn soap is the bomb! stupid me should have done that first....
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10-02-2008, 03:09 PM | #10 |
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| Just be careful because fleas travel to their head when you bathe them. Cooper had them and I bathed him in Dawn and gave him frontline and we havent seen any since. Thank God!!!!! |
10-02-2008, 03:30 PM | #11 | |
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Im thinking she more than likely got them from outside, and she was an easy target because i've never treated her with frontline plus until right now...you think thats stupid of me to think!?
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10-03-2008, 04:20 AM | #12 |
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| well, i think the fleas are all off my little baby.... i cannot wait to bathe her tomorrow, and hopefully be done with the fleas.....since its getting colder out, they should be GONE! thank god for frontline plus!
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10-03-2008, 08:29 AM | #14 | |
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ok, so you think we should be good!?
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10-03-2008, 08:56 AM | #15 |
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| Hi, the Dawn detergent should be mixed with water, look into old posts for the "magical" formula. When bathing, start with the soap at the neck, this sort of creates the barrier so that the fleas don't hide out in the head. I have started using a shampoo called Mink Sheen, More Product Descriptions it smells good, it protects for days, it kills fleas on them. I also read a thread that said you can put 20 drops of lavendar, rosemary into a 16 oz dog shampoo bottle and you get great protection. Good luck.
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