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12-28-2008, 08:03 PM | #1 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Long Island, NY USA
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| My baby had a flea Yippes!!! I just found a flea on my baby girl pebbles. She just came in from outside and was laying on my bed on her back and I saw it on her belly. I got it off but now I'm creeped out. I checked all three of them with a fine toothed comb. Don't see anymore. I didn't know they could get fleas in the winter. Tomorrow all three will get a flea bath. Can I give my 3mo. old a flea bath or is she too young? What else could I do? COCO PEBBLES TRIXIE |
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12-28-2008, 09:03 PM | #2 | |
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12-28-2008, 09:27 PM | #3 |
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| Dawn dishwashing soap kills fleas and is safe for puppies. Use it 50/50 detergent and water and let the lather stay on for as long as your puppy will hold still, then rinse. We've had some pretty mild weather this winter plus fleas can live indoors, so it's a good idea to use a flea preventative all year long. |
12-29-2008, 06:46 AM | #4 |
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| Most flea preventatives aren't healthy at all so we don't use them here unless Ellie actually has fleas. Fleas baths, depending on the brand of the shampoo, can be very dangerous. If Dawn doesn't work, I would stick to something like Frontline Plus or Advantage.
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12-29-2008, 09:19 AM | #5 |
My hairy-legged girls Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: lompoc, ca.
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| I wouldn't put any harsh chemicles on any animal. They cause cancer. Try one of the natural products that keep fleas off naturally! Chinaroad Lowchens of Australia - Ticks, fleas, bees, flies, snakes and other gremlins! And how to deal with them!
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12-29-2008, 09:59 AM | #6 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North Carolina
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| Down here in North Carolina we have to use a flea preventative. The fleas are bad year round. Even people who have indoor cats only have to use flea treatments and they come right in through the screens or hitchhike on your legs. When I lived up in New York I never had to use flea treatments all the time, but we had a terrible problem with ticks up there. You can't win. |
12-29-2008, 10:06 AM | #7 | |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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Thankfully up here we do and Ellie rarely get them.
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12-29-2008, 01:20 PM | #8 | |
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