2006-10-14 02:29:38 · 10 answers · asked by shydelite1965 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
The best, and safest, thing to use is Dawn dish soap. Just give it a bath using the blue or lemon scented as a shampoo. Be sure you rinse really good and prevent water from going in their ears, nose or mouth (or they could get pneumonia). Also, have a small space heater to blow towards them as they bathe and dry off. They need to stay roughly 98 degrees to prevent them from getting sick.
Frontline makes a topical flea medication for puppies as young as 3 weeks. Talk to your vet about this.
If I remember right, Capstar is also good for puppies this young. Again, talk to your vet about it. Capstar is relatively cheap, I believe it'll be about $1 per pill.
You can also consider using some kind of bedding or scent near the crate/cage/box that they are in. Most insects (including fleas) HATE the smell of cedar. Providing a cedar bedding for the pups will help with the flea problem a little (but if you only treat one puppy and put it in a cedar bedded area, the fleas will just jump to the next available dog and you'll have to start over). You have to treat all puppies, mom, bedding and area at the same time.
Keep in mind fleas are often the culprit behind hook worms. If your pups have fleas they probably have hook worms too so you should start deworming asap. If you use an OTC hook worm medication, it's mostly likely going to be 1cc per pound of puppy's body weight and they should receive a dose at 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 12 weeks old.
2006-10-14 02:33:03 · answer #1 · answered by Adoption P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This could be a family project. While one person is cleaning the bedding area, put the puppies in a box on a clean towel. Give the mother a bath with Dawn Dish liquid, original. Massage it into her coat, first around the mouth and near but avoid getting in the eyes, and around ears then around the butt area then the rest of the body. Massage it in for a few minutes then rinse the dog real well. Use a flea comb to remove remaining fleas because some will be stunned but not dead. Dry the mother on low heat or cool dry. Put her back in the area with clean bedding and do the same bathing procedure with each pup taking extra care not to get any soap in eyes, nose or mouth, (or water when rinsing). Use a flea comb to be sure all fleas are removed after rinsing. Dry the puppies on a very low heat setting and put them back with the mother. This should help. You don't want fleas on the pups and the mom because on the pups it can cause anemia and for all, tapeworms which they will likely need to be treated for eventually anyway. Congrats on your pups! I recently fostered an eight day old kitten that was abandoned by it's feral mom and it was covered in fleas. I had to do what I just recommended to you because fleas literally drain small critters of their blood and can be life threatening even. Though the kitten was so young and weak and injured as well, the bath did not hurt it and in fact saved its life because the gums and tongue were whitish. That kitten is now a feisty three month old! ; )
2016-03-28 08:43:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First clean up Mom and all the bedding and anywhere the fleas have gotten. But of all these Mom is the most important. The puppies can not be treated for fleas yet. You can bathe them in a very mild shampoo( think baby shampoo) but it cannot have the chemicals to kill fleas in it. This would be toxic to the pups. Keep Mom and the bedding clean you can use the chemicals on Mom and bedding. This will help to keep the flea population down on the pups.
2006-10-14 02:35:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
bring him to a vet when he's a bit older. like 5 weeks. he's ok till then. get him deflead. 3 weeks i would think is a little to young to separate him from his mama. even if for just a little while. get his mama taken care of at the same time. cause the babies gettin it from somewere. and since he's around his mama most of the time.......she probably has it now if she didn't before. no point in gettin him treated and puttin him back with her to get infected with fleas again
2006-10-14 02:33:37 · answer #4 · answered by Jody SweetG 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most commercial flea meds will kill puppies. Try bathing them in a solution of water and Dawn dish soap. Dawn kills fleas and shouldn't hurt the puppies.
2006-10-14 02:32:54 · answer #5 · answered by The Baron 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tough one. First off I would call a vet for advice, being that young they cant tolerate routine flea treatments.Good Luck.
2006-10-14 03:25:40 · answer #6 · answered by donamarie_1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
forget the stuff at walmart,go to your nearest vet and get a product called "frontline".this product works on the weight of the dog,not the age so to speak.we just did our 2 chiwawa pups and worked great.if the pups are indoors then you may also need to "bomb"your house to get the eggs and larva too.
2006-10-14 02:38:35 · answer #7 · answered by drayhose_2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should talk to a vet!! the pups are too young,and if given the wrong dose of flea prevention ,they could get sick!!!
2006-10-14 02:52:59 · answer #8 · answered by babygirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take them to the vet. They should de-flea them and worm them as well.
2006-10-14 02:33:57 · answer #9 · answered by Elena 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the vets and get flea medicene. that'll take care of them.
2006-10-14 02:36:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋