I am asking for my brother who has 3 cats and two dogs. The dogs only go outside to do their business, the cats roam. He now has an undying flea problem. He has fumigated the house with an exterminator, has given each animal 3 flea baths, and yet they are still there all over the pets time and time again. Any ideas?
Thanks
2006-10-18 07:00:58 · 24 answers · asked by Kay M 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Advantage or Frontline for the animals, treat the yard where the dogs go, and vacuum the heck out of the house all the time. It'll take some time, but will work. I don't like using chemicals inside, I really can't because of my fish and bird, but I wouldn't do it anyway. Shampoos don't work. If the cats are in and out, keep them on the meds permanently.
Also, with the Advantage and Frontline, you can buy the strongest dose-for a large dog and use it on all the animals. The thing is you need to find out what the right dose is for the cats/smaller dogs, can try your vet. The dose of meds is the same in all the packages, there's just more liquid in the large dog package than the cat package. I've heard this for years from several people including vets, and just saw something for sale on ebay, basically just a plastic syringe thing that has the actual doses for the certain animal ie: small dog, cat, medium dog. Those meds are expensive to buy for each size animal, this way is just to save some $$.
2006-10-18 07:10:11 · answer #1 · answered by tikitiki 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well I have had pets all my life (including dogs and house cats and roaming cats). The best stuff that I used was Frontline. It always worked for me and the fleas never came back. This is what I recommend: Buy enough Frontline for all the pets. Give all the animals a bath (not necessarily a flea bath, a regular bath would work). Dry the animals and put Frontline on them when they are dry (make sure to do it correctly, between the shoulder blades, the pet is not supposed to consume any of it). Then exterminate your house one more time to get rid of the fleas. Keep putting Frontline on the animals on a regular basis (it says on the instructions how often) and give them regular baths. If you keep putting the Frontline on the pets on a regular basis, it should keep the fleas away from them. It worked for me.
Hope this works. Good Luck.
2006-10-18 07:09:51 · answer #2 · answered by juliakireyeva 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you've gotta de-bug the yard, house, carpets, furniture, pets and pets bedding. foggers don't get into all the cracks and crevices that you'd think. Get Triazicide Spray for the yard and hook it up to your hose, spray the whole yard and even up against the house. Keep Dogs and Kids OFF UNTIL DRY!!! Same day, Get Adams Flea spray and spray the inside of the whole house, furniture on and under, carpets and bedding. Wash the dogs and the cats if they're going to stay inside. When the pets are dry, spray them with the Adams Flea Spray. When the pets are dry, go get some Frontline and keep it on the animals. Now that that's done? Do it all over again in two weeks and then two weeks after that and one more time two weeks later. UNLESS you want to have a Terminator come out every couple of weeks and spray. OH yeah, every time the cats and dogs come in and out? they bring fleas and flea eggs in and out with them. The birth cycle of a flea is two weeks, hence, spray every two weeks. We had 7 dogs of various sizes that came in and out of the home and got fleas so bad that I thought honestly that we'd have to move and burn the house down. A friend suggested that I try this method and I did and did it exactly every two weeks for 8 weeks. Guess what? in two months time...there were no fleas in or outside the home and the dogs, although they came and went, had no fleas. Adams makes dog AND cat shampoo.
By the way...you'll NEVER be able to completely get rid of fleas, every animal in the area, city, town, county...has and will have fleas and guess what, they come through your yard all the time dropping fleas and flea egg's. Good luck
2006-10-18 07:15:21 · answer #3 · answered by sred 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Vacuum all carpetting and couches and steamclean if possible.
2. Throw out the pet beds and get new ones after you treat the animals.
3. I find that "Zodiac" products work very well. Buy the shampoo, premises spray and spray for the animals. Bath them all one by one and put each cleaned animal in a room that has been treated. (Do not bath them and throw them back into the flea infested area of the house).
4. Make sure you spray the premises. Also spray the animals with the flea spray for pets after you bath/towel dry them. Make sure you work it into their fur very well. Cover their eyes while you spray them. And DO NOT use the premises spray on pets. It's only for using on floors, couches, etc.
5. Go to the vet and get "Advantage" or another flea program for the animals. This stuff works by making the fleas incapable of reproducing thus breaking the life cycle of the fleas.
GOOD LUCK!
2006-10-18 07:15:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Revolution. Its the bomb! Then you will have to treat the home and especially the pets sleeping area. Try an exterminator or a less expensive method is Zodiac 1000 or 2000 (depends on the Sq Ft) Spray the carpets and the base boards of uncreated areas. That's where they like to hang out. You'll have to treat all the pets though. They like cats blood more but they will go from cat to dog as well. I've used this method and it works great.
2006-10-18 08:20:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
frontline flea spray is one that works for your pets really well. it depends on the weight of the animals to how many pumps they need on them. flea spay for the house needs to be used everywhere in the house on carpets bedding the lot if the house isnt done properly thats probably how the animals especially the dogs keep getting the fleas. if the cats roam alot thats another reason make sure u use the frontline correctly and apply enough the same with the household spray.
2006-10-18 07:14:39 · answer #6 · answered by ben e 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Monthly treatments on each of the animals with frontline or other back of the neck style treatments will keep the fleas at bay. He'll also have to fumigate the home again and all bedding/toys as well to prevent a reinfestation.
2006-10-18 07:03:51 · answer #7 · answered by Shadow's Melon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get some frontline: http://www.petshed.com/
When the fleas get on the dogs and cats, they will die. He probably won't have to get an exterminator. Spray the room with Raid and after that, the baby fleas will be killed by the Frontline on the animals.
2006-10-18 07:11:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Get Frontline for cats and Frontline for dogs. You can get them over the counter at the vets. You do not need a prescription to get it. Don't use the same Frontline on the cats that you use for the dogs. Dogs go by weight and the cats don't. One application will last for 3 months on each animal.
2006-10-18 07:04:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frontline works great, but you have to do all the animals even the ones who go out and come in often other then doing their business. You can also give them a bath with Dawn dish detergent. You can't use generic it has to be Dawn, the fleas will die and it is cheap and painless.
2006-10-18 07:11:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋