How to get rid of puppies on a 10 week old pup?

Question

I have taken my pup to the vet and all they hve given me is a capstar pill and told me to clean my partment as best I could. I have cleaned the apartment with a spray by hartz that is suppost to kill the fleas, I have tried frontline, advantage, capstar, and shampooed him with an oatmeal shampoo and a hartz foaming shampoo, i even have a flea collar on him right now, and nothing is working, I am not even sure the vet knows what to do, he is so young and is a **** zu, I just wante to becareful in what I do, but I want him safe and healthy and with no fleas, any suggestions?

Answer 1

Flea Bomb your apartment. Available at any pet store.
Give him a bath first, flea comb him, and then you and him will have to leave for like 2-3 hours after you set the flea bombs off.
Then air out your apartment, open windows, etc.

Read the directions carefully and fully before doing this! This is the only thing I've found that works(for the living environment, K9 Advantex for my dog :-), even over those house spays the Vet gave me. The Flea Bombs kill them all and other little insects that maybe hiding.

It works- TRY IT!

Answer 2

DO NOT use flea collars

honestly the best thing to do is to brush him with a flea comb and have sticky tape near by - stick any fleas to the tape...
vaccumm the apartment and wash any dog bedding
your pup shouldnt be going anywhere off your properly until he is fully vaccinated and at that time he will be old enough for other treatments like Advantage or Revolution - NEVER use flea collars though...
another suggestion is take him to the groomer for a flea bath - Shih Tzus need to have their first trip to the groomer around 12 weeks anyhow.. make sure you tell the groomer the pups age though and that it has fleas - be careful how you select your groomer DO NOT take it to one where you drop the pup off in the morning and pick it up at night.. a young pup should be at the groomer no more than 3 hours.

Answer 3

Did you give time for anything to work? Did you use them all at once?
Capstar will kill the fleas that are sucking the blood then and there.
You must give the frontline (or similar) 24 hours to work and bath the poor thing BEFORE you apply ir.
Didn you wash the dog's bedding?
Have you tried a flea bomb?

Flea collars dont work, unless the flea happens to be sitting next to it.

Answer 4

First of all get those chemicals off and away from your puppy.it's not old enough for a flea color and those things are dangerous!
For flea control.: get a large can of Sergents Flea and tic powder. Plan ahead so that the pup won't be in your home while you do this. sprinkle the powder everywhere,under the beds on the mattresses ,between the matress and box springs. move couch and chairs and sprinkle it under and on them and under the cushions. Sprinkle every area that is carpeted and sprinkle the pupps bedding or wash it and dry in the dryer on high heat while the powder is setting on everything wash and dry all bedding, and put your bed pillows and throw pillows in the dryer high heat for at least 20 minutes.Now begin vacuming everything, couches,cushions matresses carpets etc. They will also jump on curtains so if you have floor length drapes be sure to powder them too. immediately after you vacum remove the dirt bag and take it outside to the trash! after everything is vacumed get the bath ready and bring the pup in and bathe him ( Sergents flea and tic "Bar Soap" has proven to work best for my dog) I lather him up and let it sit for 5 minutes. be sure to get the soap in and around the pads of his feet. Rinse and repeat then put conditioner on the pup"Human hair condition works great! Dry the pups hair after it is dry use a flea comb and comb the entire dog and check to be sure there are no surving fleas. after you're done gromming the pup pure a couple of cups of bleach down the tub drain. because the fleas will come back up the drain if you don't. I wash down the shower walls too because they will hide anyplace and come back later. It's a lot of work but it must all be done in one day other wise they will just go to another room while you clean where they were. For continued flea control bathe your pup every other day with the Sergents flea and tic Bar Soap. When I take my dog outside I wet a cloth and apply a bit of the soap on it and wipe the dog down and then wipe a couple times with a clean water cloth.Be sure to check the pups ears and in the corner of the eyes because fleas will hide there also! My lil Shih-Tzu will be 3 yrs old next month. I took me a long time to win the battle with the fleas!But he was worth the time!

Answer 5

Yes, call fleabusters to come treat your house for fleas and spot treat your yard where your puppy goes to the bathroom and plays. Then bathe the puppy and apply frontline and give it capstar. Repeat the procedure on the puppy and yard in about 3 weeks. Fleabusters guarantees their product for 1 year. So your house should be fine.

Answer 6

Oatmeal shampoo wont do the trick because thats more for allergies. Be VERY careful of how much medication your putting on your puppy. Hes way to young to have all that on him. It could make him sick. make sure what ever you use its strickly for puppies. You will continue to have fleas if you dont bomb your home. Either get an exterminator or bomb it yourself with products you can get from petsmart. Wash EVERYTHING he uses in bleach and hot water. Hope this helps.

Answer 7

This was a terrible year for fleas. I use "Happy Jack" flea and tick spray..Works well for mine. Look up "Happy Jack dog products" on the internet.

Answer 8

i had the same problem with my shih tzu, he was just 7-8 weeks old when we got him and he had flees. i called my vet and they told me to bath him in dawn dish washing soap, i did that and put frontline on him and then i went to walmart in the pet aisle and found some carpet stuff that you sprinkle on the floor and leave for about and hour and then vacuum it up, i did that about two to three times and i have not had a problem since. you can also bath your puppie in ivory dish soap also, but the dawn worked great for me.

Answer 9

It is true that many products are too strong to use on puppies. I suggest you and your puppy go elsewhere for a day and you flea bomb the house.

The Bottom Line You need to be relentless and thorough if you wish to rid yourself and your pets of fleas.

So your cat or dog has fleas. It's very common, and fleas are very hard to get rid of. But don't fret! You can get rid of them, you just have to know how.

Recently, my two cats, my husband and I had a several-month long battle with a small army of fleas that wished to claim our apartment as their new home. We wouldn't have it, and after trying several different things, we learned what needs to be done to get rid of fleas all together. Here's what we did to get rid of our flea infestation -- hopefully some of our experience will help you with your problem.

You need to kill each and every flea
The first thing we did was call the vet. Our vet suggested we pick up a pack of Frontline from his office. I'll review Frontline in detail later, but the short version of it is that it is basically a liquid product that you drop between the shoulder blades of your cat or dog. It soaks into their blood, and the fleas are killed each time they bite into your pet, and they are unable to reproduce.

So I went and picked some of those up and applied it. Unfortunately, it did not work for us the first time. We think that it was because at that point, the fleas were living in our apartment. They didn't just feed off our cats, but they were feeding off us! The Frontline didn't seem to be strong enough. The lesson we learned is that each and every flea needs to be addressed if you want to rid yourself of the flea problem.

Off to Petco we go
The second time we attempted to get rid of our flea problem, we were successful. But it wasn't easy -- it cost money and we had to take several steps. I'll share our experience here in the hope that it will help one of you with your flea problem:

1.) First, we went to Petco and purchased three flea bombs to set off while we were out. We have a small apartment so we got three -- one for our living room, one for our bedroom and one for our enclosed porch. We also bought flea spray. This was for "spot treating." We didn't want to actually bomb our kitchen (I didn't like the idea of setting off all of those chemicals near the food we eat. So we ended up bombing the three rooms and then spraying the hallway, kitchen and bathroom.

2.) Now you can't be in the house while the bombs are going off. They only take a few minutes, but the chemicals in the bombs "settle" for over an hour. You, and any animals, need to be out of the house during this time. (Not to mention that after all of the chemicals settle, you have to air out the area for several more hours.)

We decided that we would take that opportunity to take both cats to the vets for flea dips. The flea dip would kill every flea on their body, and the flea bombs would hopefully kill all of the leftover living fleas in the house.

3.) And to be safe, we re-applied Frontline. Any leftover fleas would go searching for our cats, but then die once they bit them. We knew we would need continued treatment.

All of this worked -- eventually
It took several days after we did all of this to stop seeing fleas. We had actually begun to feel very frustrated, we thought that all of our efforts had gone to waste. But I think it just wasn't an immediate solution. In fact, the last day or two, several fleas decided to dine on my stomach and I was itched for days after they were gone from the apartment.

We haven't seen a flea in over a month. I am hoping it is because of our effective treatment, although I have a feeling it was a combination of that, as well as the drop in temperature and the fact that it is the end of flea season.

Answer 10

Try having a pest control company coming out and bombing your house, especially if over the counter stuff is not working... You need a pest control company to come out and let you know what you need to do.