How can I get rid of fleas on a 1 week old puppy?

Question

I have a 1 1/2 week old lab puppy that has fleas ans i gave her a bath with puppy shampoo but they moved to her head around her unopen eyes. What can I do or use to get rid of them???

Answer 1

1st clean all flea's off the mother and any dogs in the home and clean bedding.
Advatage is safe to use on nursing mothers.
Use a flea comb on the puppy.
Since so young you should never use puppy shampoo's or flea shampoo's. The only thing that is safe is Dawn Dish soap.
It kills fleas without hurting the puppy.
But this should only be done if a very bad case, since washing them at this age can make them very sick, since can't regulate their own body heat right now.
So make sure when done, to get them dry, and keep them warm.

Answer 2

DO NOT!!!!! USE FLEA SHAMPOOS ON PUPPIES THAT YOUNG! DO NOT BATH A PUP THAT YOUNG! YOU CAN MAKE IT SICK AND KILL IT !!! You have to pick the fleas off by hand at this age. Read you Flea products carefully, they are an insecticide! Most flea products can't even be used at six weeks old. WHEN your pup is old enough for a flea bath, you start at the head and work your way back so the fleas do not move toward the head.

GET SOME HELP FROM SOMEONE WHO KNOWS ABOUT DOGS!

Answer 3

The only thing that you can do is to give your puppy a bath in dishsoap. It is safe and kills fleas. Once you bath her you will have to pick the fleas off. Some of the fleas do wake up as the soap only stuns them. Do this until all the fleas are gone. Before you wash her put some eye ointment or mineral oil /around her eyes to protect them from the soap. There are no flea products that are safe to use on a puppy that young. Good luck and happy flea hunting.

Answer 4

My goodness where did you get this dog? It should be with it's mother until at least 8 weeks of age 12 is optimum. Take her to the vet immediately.
She should not be being bathed at all! And you should NOT be using shampoo on her especially a flea shampoo. You are going to kill her! You need to get some proper education on how to care for her. The vet will help you in this area as well.
She is going to need more than just feeding care. Puppies learn from their mother and litter mates the skills they need to be happy well adjusted puppies. Often puppies who are taken away from their mother too soon will develop aggression issues later.

Please I am begging you get some help!

Answer 5

Dawn dish soap. This was recommended earlier by a vet tech and was reccomended by my vet. It kills the live fleas. As to whether you can bathe a puppy that young I do not know and would call the vet and check first.

Answer 6

I wouldn't use any puppy products on such a young puppy I think you're supposed to use very mild maybe shampoo and a flea comb

Answer 7

One way to get rid of them is to use a FLEA COMB. Only this kind of comb can get rid of fleas just by brushing. the down-side is this may take from 30 min. to 1 hour and 30 min.

Answer 8

Why on earth do you have a 1 1/2 week old puppy when you clearly know nothing about puppies or dogs? You cannot give a 1 1/2 week puppy a bath! You are well on your way to killing your puppy or making it dangerously ill.

Answer 9

Try brushing the dog with a flea brush

Answer 10

if you can get a nice pair of tweezers and sit in the bath with the pup, while you wash her, and they all move to her head, use the tweezers to pick them off, squeeze them, and send them down the drain. i know it sounds tedious, but you love the pup, so you must help her. how did she get the fleas anyway? if theyre in your house, you need to deflea the carpet and upholstery. they have stuff for that in pet stores. good luck!