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10-01-2007, 05:05 PM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ky
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| OMG a flea!! I just saw a flea on Abby!! I have no idea where it came from! It's been so hot here that she hasnt been outside in a while! She just got spayed a week ago, So I cant even give her a flea bath for another week What should I do?????????
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10-02-2007, 11:23 AM | #2 |
Piper & Sebastian Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: florida
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| I'd call the vet and ask if there is something you can use.
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10-02-2007, 11:30 AM | #3 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ky
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| thats what i think I will do. I saw that one flea, then it disappeared. I havent seen anymore. But I dont want to take a chance and wait for my other dog to catch them to. Maybe she even got them from him
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10-02-2007, 02:45 PM | #4 | |
My hairy-legged girls Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: lompoc, ca.
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Use a bandanna or cotton collar and add a few drops of either eucalyptus oil, tea tree oil, citronella, lvender or geranium. Wash the collar and or bandanna weekly and reapply the oil. For a flea repellent spray 8oz. of water 4 to 6 drops of tea tree oil 4 to 6 drops of lavender oil. Put in a small spray bottle and shake well each time you use it. | |
10-02-2007, 02:45 PM | #5 |
My hairy-legged girls Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: lompoc, ca.
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| "lavender". |
10-02-2007, 03:40 PM | #6 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Long Island NY
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| Why not Advanticks (I think thats how to spell it)? Roufi is with us on the boat all summer out on Eastern Long Island and we have not seen any "wild life" although she often runs into the brush. Stephen |
10-02-2007, 03:54 PM | #7 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana
Posts: 50
| Have you ever heard of Diatomaceous Earth, this is all natural and can even be used on prenant and nursing moms. |
10-02-2007, 03:56 PM | #8 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana
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10-02-2007, 04:35 PM | #9 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ky
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| I was browsing at the pet store today and I came across Hartz InControl Flea and Tick Drops I think its something like advantix or frontline. I bought it, does anyone think its a good brand? I dont want to use it until I know its good.
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10-02-2007, 05:11 PM | #10 |
My hairy-legged girls Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: lompoc, ca.
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10-02-2007, 08:44 PM | #11 | |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North Carolina
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Here is a website devoted to victims of Hartz products: http://www.hartzvictims.org/ | |
10-02-2007, 10:20 PM | #12 |
Proud Alaskan Grandma! Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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| You know another off the wall idea you can try is move to Alaska. We don't have fleas. Matter of fact I don't think that I have ever seen a flea in my life. LOL. Just a thought.
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10-03-2007, 10:30 AM | #13 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ky
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| OMG i used it on her last night! Thank you for that link Ladymom! Even though she doesnt seem to have a reaction to it, I will not use it again! I wish I read that sooner
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10-03-2007, 10:30 AM | #14 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ky
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| haha! after all this I might
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10-03-2007, 10:34 AM | #15 |
Proud Alaskan Grandma! Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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| LOL, but it does not stop them from selling the flea medication. HAHA Suckers.
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