Fleas...Grrrr!
 

I put Advantyx on Roxie a week ago. I waited almost the week before giving her a much needed bath and today I see fleas on her. What is the deal with that? It's supposed to last a month and it hasn't been lasting that long all summer. But this time it's only been a week and I see them. I put it on exactly like your supposed to. I seperate the hair between the shoulder blades exposing the skin and put it directly on the skin. Why isn't it working? Should I be following up with flea spray or powder? I'm so frustrated!! :confused:

Join the CLUB! I have been having issues with fleas for about 3 weeks now...she still has them after appling frontline plus, bathing, and then cleaning and treating the house and yard, and giving her a capstar from the vet....... I guess try bathing her in the dawn soap....

me too!! I've got frontline on pita and it did work great, but now we are seeing lots of fleas on her. I sprayed her with Adams but that doesn't seem to work. I'm so tired of fleas!!!

It is soooo annoying isnt it!? I just found a lot of flea dirt on fiona's nose, and i just shaved down her back end area and more were on her...im freaking out here, and i really dont think they are in the house..but i just vaccummed again tonight, and put her bedding in the wash.....

any other ideas, let me know! please!!!!

I've tried everything and have come to the conclusion that we now have mutant fleas that thrive on Frontline, Advantix, etc. I have found some of the biggest fleas I've ever seen this summer. Last summer - not one flea. That's the only good thing about the cold weather.

I know that here in the south, there is a huge flea epidemic, they say due to the heat and the hurricanes stirring up everything. I have been fighting them and rarely let mine outside for any length of time during this bad spell. We rarely see temps cold enough to freeze them out so it should be a great year to fight fleas :(

you are sooo right about MUTANT FLEAS...i pulled 2 HUGE ones off of Fiona last night and tonight, i was like holy crap! It just must be really, really bad this year, cuz last year nothing- I cant wait for the frost to come kill them all!!!!! its supposed to drop down to the 40s tonight...thank god!!!! :):)

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HI :)

WE STOPPED USING THE FLEA CHEMICALS WHEN OUR BBY GOT A SEBACEOUS CYST RIGHT WHERE U PUT THAT STUFF ON THE NECK.
AND HAVE USED HERBS SINCE.
THERE IS FLEABANE FROM THE HERBALIST ..U CAN JUST DUST IT ON THEM OR ROLL UP A CLEAN HANKIE WITH SOME OF THE HERB, PUT IT AROUND THE NECK.
OR
U CAN WASH UR BBY WITH NEEM SHAMPOO
OR WASH WITH UR USUAL SHAMPOO OR THE DAWN THING
AND AFTER U RINSE UR BBY PUT A FINAL RINSE OF ROSEMARY.
THE RATIO IS 1/2 TEASPOON OF THE DRIED ROSEMARY HERB IN A CUP OF BOILING WATER AND LET IT SIT TILL COOLED ...STRAIN THE HERB OUT OF THE WATER
THEN POUR OVER THE BBY AND BLOW THE BBY DRY OR DRY NATURALLY..
SEEMS TO HAVE WORKED ..CROSS MY FINGERS FOR YEARS NOW.

FOR THE CARPETS AND SUCH WE SPRINKLE WITH BAKING SODA AND SEA SALTS LEAVE FOR 20 MINUTES OR SO AND VACUUM FOR THE WEEK DAILY AND U CAN SPRINKLE THE BAKING SODA DAILY AND IF U LIKE U CAN ADD SOME LAVENDER OR FRAGRANCE TO THE BAKING SODA :)

WE THINK THE CYST ON THE NECK CAME FROM THE STUFF ON THE NECK OVER THE YEARS, AS IT DOES GET INTO THE OIL GLANDS...IT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE CLOGGING..WE GOT RID OF THE CYST WITH ACV VINEGAR COMPRESSES ..READ THAT AT AN ACNE SITE WAS WELL WORTH THE TRY AND WITH GOOD RESULTS TOO ..NO SCARRING ON THE SKIN :)
HOPE U CAN GET SOME INSIGHT FROM OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE FLEAS.

HAVE ALSO READ THAT THE AVON SKIN SO SOFT SEEMS TO KEEP THE FLEAS OFF..NOT SURE ABOUT THAT ONE..:animal-pa

The only thing that has EVER worked for us was original dawn. But there is a trick to using it properly. Mix 50/50 water and original dawn (best grease fighter!) and apply it to a dry dog. Start by making a ring around where the collar would be (so the fleas can't escape to the head) and then lathering in the daw/water mixture. If you get the pup wet first, it gives the fleas a chance to form a grease bubble to protect itself from the water and soap. Cover the dog in lather, let it sit for up to 5 minutes, and rinse.

It won't work if you don't vacuum your carpets and wash all the cloth in your home once you get rid of the fleas on the dog. If you can find fleas on them, then there are other fleas and their eggs all over your home. Those have to go too!

We had a two month fight with fleas in our house. Frontline, flea collars, flea spray, flea baths, put baking soda on the carpet and vaccuumed it up, cleaned the carpets, bombed the house, used raid... EVERYTHING. We went to the vet and they gave us this stuff called Vectra the you start at their shoulder blades and go all the way down the back and a pill called CapStar that you give them orally. You give the CapStar first and it's supposed to kill anything in their bodies. Apparently fleas can get inside of their bodies and cause infections and mutate into a type of worm. In half an hour everything is supposed to be dead. You put the Vectra on 30 minutes after the Capstar and it kills everything outside of the body. Anything that bites on for 30 days after that day will immeadiately be killed. We haven't had a problem with fleas for about 2 weeks now.

I'm going to call the vet on Monday and see what they suggest. The Advantyx used to work great but not anymore. I never thought I'd say this but I can't wait untill the first frost!!

I couldn't stand Roxie having these fleas on her anymore so I did the Dawn wash just like it says here. It did work because I picked the dead fleas off of her. I think it irritated her skin as she was digging at herself all night long. I got up and checked her over good and couldn't find any fleas on her. So my question is, did it just irritate her skin? I felt so sorry for her all night and didn't know what to do for her. It was so bad I wanted to give her benadryl to calm the itch but wasn't sure of the dosage so I didn't do it. Any advice?

Fiona still has the little buggers on her:(..i dont know what else to do...the dawn made her itch and itch all night long too...with benedryl you can probably give 1/4 tab of a 25mg but i would call your vet cuz it goes by weight.....

I really would recommend to anyone with fleas, Vectra and Capstar for the pets. Then for the carpets spread powder detergent with baking soda in it (Arm and Hammer makes some), let it sit for awhile, then vacuum it up. Then clean your carpets with a steam cleaner and clean your furniture, dog beds, human beds, clothes, etc.

ive been doing so, and still....they are on her.....:(:mad: