parsonswife
Veteran Member
We have been having real trouble with fleas on our dog. We have had them dipped, wear flea colors, flea liquid down the back.....washed all the beds and bedding each time. Any other suggestions?
Dogs Fleas
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Yes... treat the house and yard with a product that contains an IGR... insect growth regulator. It stops them from reproducing and making more fleas. The baby fleas can live in carpets, cracks in the floor or along room edges, plus in your lawn. It's a huge pain to get them under control, but treating the pet is only half the battle.
Summerthyme
Summerthyme
parsonswife
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Ty Summerthyme you have been a blessing to tb2k for decades! Time to say thank you
That might be worth trying. I'm wary about chemicals on bugs cause of the chickens.
naturallysweet
Has No Life - Lives on TB
I buy a product called quick caps off ebay. $18.99 for 100 pills. Good for cats and dogs. One pill and all the fleas die for a day. I put some in some treats and feed the feral cats and inside cats and dogs, all at the same time. Then redo it on a week. It stops the cycle of fleas that can get out of control.
You are welcome! I've learned much of what I know the hard way... it's nice to be able to help folks out and maybe give them a bit of a short cut!
Fleas are... funny. We had major flea problems for years... house cat or two, barn cats, dogs... For some reason, for four years (2015-2018) we didn't see a single flea! Even the barn kittens- which are absolute flea magnets- were completely clean. Oddly, 2016 was the worst TICK year I've ever seen. Our dogs weren't bothered, but the neighbors had dogs whose entire heads were covered by hundreds of the rotten things. And I saw my first (and thankfully only) case of "tick paralysis" that year in a dog.
I really dislike using chemicals on animals, but ticks carry way too much disease, and fleas cause intense discomfort- we had an Australian Shepherd/Blue Heeler mix who was so allergic to flea bites that ONE flea would cause her to itch and scratch and rub on walls and anything else until she was bald and raw in spots. And once they get entrenched in the house and lawns... they're a giant pain to eradicate.
I use the "spot on" type products as sparingly as possible, and we don't have carpets, which is a huge help. For non-chemical control, you could try sprinkling diatomaceous earth along the edges where the walls meet the floor, and in areas where the pets spend a lot of time. There are also water traps... you plug a small light (warmth and light) into an outlet near the floor, and place a pan of water with a bit of dish detergent (to reduce the surface tension... without it, they'll just hop back off the surface of the water!) The fleas are attracted to the light and warmth at night, and land in the water and drown.
Of course, around here, Maggie- the VERY curious and active Border Collie pup- would drink the water, or pick up the container and dump it everywhere. Sigh...
Summerthyme
Fleas are... funny. We had major flea problems for years... house cat or two, barn cats, dogs... For some reason, for four years (2015-2018) we didn't see a single flea! Even the barn kittens- which are absolute flea magnets- were completely clean. Oddly, 2016 was the worst TICK year I've ever seen. Our dogs weren't bothered, but the neighbors had dogs whose entire heads were covered by hundreds of the rotten things. And I saw my first (and thankfully only) case of "tick paralysis" that year in a dog.
I really dislike using chemicals on animals, but ticks carry way too much disease, and fleas cause intense discomfort- we had an Australian Shepherd/Blue Heeler mix who was so allergic to flea bites that ONE flea would cause her to itch and scratch and rub on walls and anything else until she was bald and raw in spots. And once they get entrenched in the house and lawns... they're a giant pain to eradicate.
I use the "spot on" type products as sparingly as possible, and we don't have carpets, which is a huge help. For non-chemical control, you could try sprinkling diatomaceous earth along the edges where the walls meet the floor, and in areas where the pets spend a lot of time. There are also water traps... you plug a small light (warmth and light) into an outlet near the floor, and place a pan of water with a bit of dish detergent (to reduce the surface tension... without it, they'll just hop back off the surface of the water!) The fleas are attracted to the light and warmth at night, and land in the water and drown.
Of course, around here, Maggie- the VERY curious and active Border Collie pup- would drink the water, or pick up the container and dump it everywhere. Sigh...
Summerthyme