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03-16-2012, 02:13 PM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: WEST VIRGINIA
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| Flea / tick treatments Any ideas on a safe flea / tick treatment? I hesitate to use anything, but fleas aren't shy.
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03-16-2012, 03:52 PM | #2 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| I use Advantix and it seems to work very well for us. Frontline seems to do nothing for ticks here so I won't buy it anymore.
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03-16-2012, 04:18 PM | #3 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: MS
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| I used "safe" and natural Vet's Best spray for fleas and ticks while in SW Louisiana last summer (including a house in the country with horses and cows on property). It was a lot of work bc I keep the girls' hair long, and we still ended up with fleas. Unfortunately, anything naturel just doesn't have the staying power of insecticides and parasiticides. Our locally owned pet/feed stores are recommending K9 Advantix II. Because it repels fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, etc. Unlike other topicals in which the bugwuggies have to burrow thru the hair, get down to the skin, and in some cases, bite them to be killed. I've done a lot of research on flea/ticks options, and while I don't yet have it put into a form ready for posting, I'd be happy to share what info I have found if you have questions about specific products.
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03-17-2012, 09:00 AM | #4 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: In the sticks, MN
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| , I have tried just about every brand and off-brand available. They all seem to work pretty well, but one of my Yorkies starts behaving weird after the applications. He tucks his tail and slinks around the house, hides behind couches and acts like he did something really wrong. That goes on for days and It usually ends with me giving him a bath. After that, he's back to his normal self. I dread the tick stuff every year and this year I can't avoid it since we're getting bugs early. Does anybody out there have dogs with this kind of reaction? How about the "natural" based stuff that's available? I've seen it at Petsmart or Petco. Any thoughts on that?
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03-17-2012, 09:44 AM | #5 |
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| The reaction you see in your pup is not unusual, these are pesticides, they are designed to kill/repel/sterilize/destroy their nervous system of the insects. Some pups are more sensitive than others and will feel the effects more than others. Curiously, these potential side effects are not published in the literature accompanying the products, nor do many veterinarians know the dangers. But there are numerous anecdotal reports from veterinarians in the U.S. and the U.K. of dogs who were treated with spot-on products who have displayed signs of neurological damage, such as depression, lethargy, convulsions, underactivity, tremors, overactivity, stiffened limbs, and lameness. A lot of the products at the pet store have pyrethroids /permethrins in them There's been a lot of pets injured or have died from the use of these. I would stay away from them........ 2008 study by the Center for Public Integrity reported at least 1,600 pet deaths related to spot-on treatments with pyrethroids were reported to the EPA over the last five years. In April 2009, the EPA issued an advisory about spot-on products after receiving over 44,000 reports of adverse reactions during 2008, including 600 deaths. This represented a very disturbing 57 percent increase in reported incidents in a single year -- incidents ranging from mild skin irritation to seizures and death. Battling these bugs on a "natural" level is a tremendous undertaking. Personally I have been using cedar oil on the pets and there bedding. I get it at Cedarcide. I have two little spritzers and then I buy a qt. to refill them. They do have a product for the lawn but I haven't tried it as of yet to see if it actually works. I do know the spray works, I sprayed a couple of fleas and an ant , they died within seconds. CEDARCIDE.COM Last year I started addressing the yard, as to tackle the source of the problem, I have been applying D.E. I can now buy an organig bag of D.E. at Menards. I used to buy it on line but the shipping gets pricey. I will continue to use this until I find some other methods. About two years ago I did apply nematodes to the lawn. Since I can't actually "see" them I don't know if it's doing anything.I've found an acticle using dish soap in a hose end sprayer for the lawn but I have not tried that either so I don't know if it actually works or not..... Dawn dish soap... mix 4 oz dawn dish-soap with 16 oz water into a liquid spreader (typically used to spread fertilizer on lawns) set concentration to the highest setting and spray lawn liberally (this will usually last 30 days unless there is excessive amounts of rainfall) and is much cheaper than lawn treatments for fleas. Good luck on your bug battle. I have a feeling since we didn't have much of a winter and the warm weather is here already we're in for a nasty season....
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03-17-2012, 04:26 PM | #6 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: Bellflower, Ca, USA
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| So far I like advantage. Frontline wasn't doing its job well enough so I switched. I used advantage 3 months ago and still haven't had to reapply. He goes outside and I know there are fleas outside in my neighborhood. |
03-19-2012, 06:45 AM | #7 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Illinois USA
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| I'm going to try K9 Advantage for the first time, I used to use First Shield, but it seemed like everytime I would apply it Giorgio would get really lethargic, so I finally stopped using it and was using Pet Armor from Walmart during the winter, now that its warm, I am hoping the K9 works, this season is going to be awful. |
03-19-2012, 09:47 AM | #8 |
T. Bumpkins & Co. Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New England
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| I have used Frontline for 12 years now......never had a flea, and have never pulled a tick despite living in a high tick area of the northeast. I use Frontline every three months except during the summer months when I use it monthly. Forgot to add, all dogs are Lyme negative each year when tested, despite 90% of dogs here testing positive.
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