How can I get rid of fleas? I have washed the dogs, sprayed the dogs, frontlined the dogs, fogged the house, everything I can think of. The dogs still have a couple of fleas. I am horrified. Someone else must know of something to do.
there are several threads, one going right now under Cat/Dog :lol: http://www.4042.com/4042forums/showthread.php?p=424544#post424544
You have new ones hatching, that's why you have to keep at it. Eggs can lie dormant for a really long time.
This trick worked wonders in one of those houses in Raleigh converted to apartments, without any chemical sprays: They are attracted to light. So you get a dinner plate or a serving platter, put water in it, then add a drop or two of dish detergent. Put it on the floor, and set up a desk lamp over it, and turn on the light. The fleas jump to the light, fall in the water and drown.
Did you spray your yard? That is a really key thing to do when having a problem with fleas & ticks. You can get the stuff at Lowes (Spectricide or Bayer) that attaches to your waterhose and sprays the chemical all over your yard. Read instructions about keeping animals out of the treated area. If you have carpet, get some 20 mule team borax and sprinkle it on your carpet at night, next AM vacuum it up and throw away the vacuum bag. Do this for 3 nights and it should take care of your flea problems. You want to keep the dogs from sniffing the borax powder, it may irritate their noses...
A vet that I had back in KS told me to drop about a dozne moth balls into my vacuum cleaner bag and vacuum ever other day. As the eggs hatch, they will get sucked up in the vacuum and die. Yes it will smell of moth balls, but the smell doesn't last very long and you can always use air freshener afterward. I have been doing this for years and it does help.
We went through what seemed like a perpetual cycle of fleas from last summer until January. I finally was at my wits end and I called the vet and asked what else is there on the market as I thought our dog was over it and then bam, they were back. They told me there was a pill that is out (I think the name is concertis). Its only flea protection though. I told her I didn't care as i wasn't having a tick problem, I needed something that was going to work. With this pill, it kills the fleas within 15 min. I've not (or my dog that is) has not had a flea problem since then. Oh, and one thing that dawned on me well after the onset was to change the vacuum cleaner back - never dawned on me that any flea and eggs were hanging out in the bag) i do remember the other day reading another post about Borax that it was good to rid fleas. Good luck -- it is frustrating.
Advantage works better for fleas than Frontline. BUT......Frontline works better for ticks than Advantage.
It's "Comfortis". My dog is on it. We didn't actually have a flea problem, the vet was convinced a skin issue my dog was having was a flea allergy. 3 visits later, I think I finally got him to understand, LOL. But since warm weather was coming, I've kept her on it. No fleas. I have pulled a few dead ticks off her, so it does work. Geez the ticks are BAD this year. DH had 4 on him Sunday just from helping with an outdoor Scout function. :?
Thanks everyone. I will try to bowl and water trick. I am spraying the yard this weekend. Hopefully that will help. I am also re-powdering the house, then vacuuming.
