Getting rid of Fleas

[Shawnski]

yeah fotze, it is for your "dog".... right.... good try. That is what you name "it" now?

That is like saying "Doctor, my friend has this itch that won't go away..."



Edit, seriously fotze, quick action is important, otherwise they will spread throughout your house too. Fleas apparently drown relatively easily, so going down to the river for a while or giving your dog a long bath (preferably outdoors) would be a good first step. There are, of course, flea collars, sprays, combs etc, and a vet could give him/her a dip.

Cowperson might be able to provide wisdom on this as his worldly experience surely came across this problem before.

Second edit... he replied before I finished MY edit!! Quickest Cow on the 'net!!

[Cowperson]

Yes, the dead gopher transmittal problem . . . . I know it well.

Has your dog been inside your house yet?

Do you have other pets? Fleas can jump about 40 feet I think.

First - or maybe this should come second - prevention and elimination of a long-term problem . . . . there's a liquid application you can get from your vet which you can apply once a month to the back of the neck of your dog - external - that will ensure that whatever flea problem you acquire, it will go away within 30 days.

I believe it is absorbed into the pooches blood stream and via various chemical processes, renders the offending fleas incapable of reproducing and they simply disappear in one life cycle.

So whatever has happened and no matter how deep in trouble you are, you can get out of it that way.

I'll try to get the name of that for you.

If you're on a more immediate hunt, . . . . . go through his hair and start picking them off him!!! Squeeze them good because those little bas**rds die hard. That's one way.

The other way, I think, is with A SPRAY - different than the thing above - that you can apply to not only the pooch but also every hiding place in your house interior that will kill the little bas**rds dead on contact. if the dog has been in the house, you either do that or scratch for a while as you let the other stuff I mentioned work its magic. I'll see if I can get that name as well.

But after that, ongoing maintenance with that monthly stuff is a good idea. You can ease off in the winter.

Fleas can live on dead rodents for a while or even on the edge of gopher holes . . . . transmitted to investigating dogs.

Cowperson

[photon]

This'll probably work:



/likes cats...

[Eagle Eye]

Originally posted by Cowperson@Sep 8 2005, 11:33 AM
Fleas can jump about 40 feet I think.

Are you serious? Thats freaking crazy

[shoestring]

My dog picked them up from another dog that got them from a dog sitting place.
It ran rampant throughout the whole business.

Bathe him with some flea soap and then do it again. We use a kids swimming pool.
Then you have to do it again every week or so for a month. I will find out more a little later today.

[Cowperson]

Originally posted by Eagle Eye+Sep 8 2005, 11:43 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Eagle Eye @ Sep 8 2005, 11:43 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Cowperson@Sep 8 2005, 11:33 AM
Fleas can jump about 40 feet I think.

Are you serious? Thats freaking crazy [/b][/quote]
I overstated my case apparently . . . . . a flea can jump 13 inches or 200 times its body length.

That's like a six foot man jumping 900 feet.

Far enough to land on a cat though!!!

Cowperson

[Tron_fdc]

Shave him!! I "heard" that works.

What are we talking about again?

[Cowperson]

Originally posted by fotze@Sep 8 2005, 12:25 PM
Well a trip to the vet and $85 later we got some Revolution 20-40. The vet says it works wonders. If a bird land on the dog it dies instantly. Just kidding.

You should have your dog checked for existing heartworm before applying Revolution . . . . it might harm your dog if it has an existing heartworm problem even if this is also a heartworm medication. It probably says that right on the box.

I believe Revolution works as per my first example above, eventually going into the doggy blood stream and solving your problem through time and acting as a preventative in the future.

HOWEVER, it probably doesn't solve things for you immediately, the current flea infestation. Fleas are present, eggs have already been laid. You should probably consider a Flea Bath shampoo for the dog to neutralize what's already on the dog and a spray to apply to every orifice of the house, doggy blankets, etc, if the dog has been inside. I think you can get those things at a department store like Wal-Mart or something.

We used Revolution but now we use Advantage Multi-100.

Cowperson

[shoestring]

Revolution is supposed to be used before people take there dogs to doggy daycares. If they don't request that or what cow mentioned ^ then don't leave your dog there, the dogs are just asking for an infestation.

We used Ecto-Soothe ,an oatmeal pesticide shampoo, oooh sounds so trendy.
Probably cost a fortune,but oooh it was politically correct. Worked though.
Mind you we caught it first day so he might not have been infected and the dog Dizzy hops right into bathtubs so it was easy.

And stay away from my off leash area this weekend!! :P

[Tower]

I trade my pets in every 2yrs.... Getting a greyhound next year..

[Sylvanfan]

Yeah, when we brought home the rescue dog, he brought fleas with him. They quickley gravitated to our Samoyed, and Himylian cat (somehow the domestic short hair cat avoided it) . We had to spend a small fortune on revolution, but it did solve the problem. But yeah we had to put in some serious bathing and combing time in the process. But it did work, and the house is flea free now.

[jam26]

When I got my pup a couple years ago, I took him to the vet and asked which flea treatment she would recommend.
Her answer: "This is Alberta, we don't have fleas here because it's not humid enough for them to survive."
She also told me heartworm doesn't exist here. Here I was wanting to spend some dough and she talked me out of it. She promptly closed up shop just weeks later.
Was I completely misled? And why?
I've felt itchy all day since first reading this thread.

[Cowperson]

Originally posted by jam26@Sep 8 2005, 04:56 PM
When I got my pup a couple years ago, I took him to the vet and asked which flea treatment she would recommend.
Her answer: "This is Alberta, we don't have fleas here because it's not humid enough for them to survive."
She also told me heartworm doesn't exist here. Here I was wanting to spend some dough and she talked me out of it. She promptly closed up shop just weeks later.
Was I completely misled? And why?
I've felt itchy all day since first reading this thread.

Its not very comforting that a professional would tell you that. . . . . but comforting the quack is out of business.

First of all, your vet was missing out on selling you very expensive things like Fotze bought today . . . . I would guess he spent something like $85 to $100.

That's just bad business on her part so it takes away some kind of motive . . . . she just didn't appear to know what's going on.

They exist in Alberta. So does heartworm.

I presume you have a new vet. The monthly application of a flea preventitive, which can also act as a heartworm preventative, is something you should look into.

Cowperson

[shoestring]

Originally posted by fotze@Sep 8 2005, 08:17 PM
I am worrying that a thing that is applied to the skin, that kills a flea who lands has no side affects. Sounds like a powerful drug to me.

Little bas**rd dog!!

Wait till you get scabies or lice. Then your posts become garbled.
Or ramblin or incomprehenhensible oops are we still talking about the avian flu?
West nile?