what is the cheapest but good flea treatment for your pets. I have 4 pets i need something affordable?

Answer 1

Be sure their environment is treated. Even if the animal has the best flea treatment on it, if its yard or bedding has a lot of fleas the animal will get fleas too. Also, go to your vet for flea prevention to apply on your pet. Some of the flea drops that you can buy at the store can cause skin reactions or even seizures.

Answer 2

Adams. It comes in a blue bottle with a red cap. It is not overly inexpensive, but it works the best. It is also safe for cats, kittens, dogs, and puppies. A 16 oz bottle is about $11. You also need to get a flea comb. You can get these at Wal-Mart for $2 or less.

If you decide to get Adams, you should also buy an empty ketchup or mustard bottle. You can get two bottles (red & yellow) or one clear (mayonnaise) at Wal-Mart for $1.

Mix the shampoo up in the squeeze bottle. Squirt the mixture around the neckline. Do this before you get the animal wet. When you get the animal wet, all the fleas run to the face and head. After you have the animal soaped up, then use the flea comb on the animal’s face. Be sure to get the entire head. You can wipe any fleas you find on the head directly onto the shampoo bubbles. This will kill the fleas. You can also have a mixture of alcohol and hot water to rinse the comb in. This way will probably upset your pet more because then you will get their face wet. The fleas may also survive the water mixture.

You will also need to treat your carpets, pet bedding, and furniture. You can see how badly your home is infested by walking through with white socks on. You will have itchy ankles, but it is the best way to find the fleas. Wash the bedding in hot water. Do not forget to wash your own bedding too.

Good luck with this. I used Adams and a Raid fogger for my home. My pets have been flea free ever since.

Answer 3

Cheapest--baths with dawn dish soap and then use a flea comb, also flea-bomb the house... Not the most fun with 4 pets! (I had 5--I gave up after the first bath) We tried all the over-the-counter ones at Wal-mart, Target, grocery stores... None worked! In desperation we called the vet, Frontline Plus. Took care of the cats and the house! ;-) Took 2 treatments 'cause we had fleas REAL bad but once we got rid of them we were able to stop the treatments. Do not use Advantage though--didn't work for us, that was frustrating! Apparently expensive does not equal effective! Good Luck!

Answer 4

Over the counter products are not that effective when it comes to fleas, and the collars you buy can cause severe allergies in pets. the BEST stuff on the market is Frontline. It's a little more expensive, but worth it. Dogs and ESPECIALLY CATS are highly sensitive to flea treatments, so this is the cheapest way to go when you figure in vet bills for other problems the pet may get when you treat with cheaper products. Frontline only takes one spray per 10 lbs, (check with your vet on proper dosage and DO NOT exceed.) It lasts much longer and often only requires one treatment, so in the long run - it's cheaper.

Personally, when it comes to my pets, I prefer safer to cheaper. And really, when you figure it out, this is the cheaper (and MORE effective) product, I'm on a very tight budget as well, but sometimes you just have to take care of those you love. Good luck!

Answer 5

Cheap Flea Treatment

Answer 6

First and foremost, get a dog shampoo - that is a soap designed especially for dogs. Dogs have very sensitive skin and our soaps can actually irritate a dog's skin. So that's first.

Second, bathe your dog with a dog shampoo. It does not have to be a flea shampoo as long as it is a soap designated for use on dogs. Get a good lather up and let the lather sit on the dog without rinsing for at least 5 minutes. Then rinse well. Repeat this. Here's what happens: fleas can't breathe through the lather. They will detach from your dog to get air. While they are off your dog, that's when you rinse and they all go down the drain. You repeat it to get even more of the fleas to leave your dog. Rinse thoroughly. The water should run clear when you are finished.

The final rinse should be a 50/50 mix of apple cider vinegar and warm water. This will leave your dog's fur soft and shiny and will help keep the fleas at bay. Do not rinse the water & vinegar off. Make that the final rinse, then dry him with a soft towel

Answer 7

If you are looking for a flea bath product I recommend using Zodiac Flea and Tick Shampoo. You can dilute it to 50% and it is still just as effective. Just dont put it on their heads or faces buy a tearless dog or baby shampoo to apply there first to ensure that the fleas cant hide there.
If you are looking for the flea applications that you put on the back of the neck I recommend Frontline. It is normally only available at a vets office where it would cost you at least 30-40 dollars per month per pet which is expensive but if you buy it online you will get a pack of 4 for roughly 30 dollars. So it would be saving you around 100 dollars!!! I believe you can buy larger packs as well.
Go to www.petedge.com or www.ryanspet.com to order and they are very fast on shipping!

Other than that the cheaper stuff tends to be a waste of money. The flea applications you can buy at grocery stores tend to not be water proof so they are pointless if your dog gets a bath or gets wet. And they dont tend to work as long as they advertise. Some people buy the flea sprays where you spray your pet but I dont recommend that unless your pets have extremely sensitive skin. And even then its not doing much good on the top of your dogs coat when the fleas are underneath the hair. And if your pets licks themself alot they are licking it off before it can do any good and can result in a serious allergic reaction. You avoid that problem with the applications because they can not lick the back of their necks. And flea collars are pointless they are only sold because some customers dont like to see their pets scratch their necks because it used to be considered embarassing to have someone see that. other than that flea collars dont do anything period.

Answer 8

You can get cheap flea treatments, or you can get good flea treatments-it doesn't come both ways. Frontline works, over the counter stuff doesn't, and the Hartz and Sargent's drops are highly toxic, especially to cats. If it's only fleas and you want to save money, you can use Frontline once every 60 days and still get effective flea control. It won't last a full 60 days against ticks though. And keeping Frontline on your pets is ALL you have to do, the time and energy it saves is worth the cost.

Answer 9

Is it for dogs, cats, or both? I started using Adams flea & tick control at the begining of the year and I'm so far happy with it, but it's for dogs only. It contains an insect growth regulator (IGR). I usually use Bio Spot for dogs, but just wanted to try the Adams since I can get it at Wal Mart.

For my cats I use bio Spot for cats usually, but I tried Zodiac this time to see if there was any difference.

If I could afford Frontline or Advantage, I would, but I have 14 cats, a wolf hybrid and 2 dogs. My yearly bill would be over $2000 just for Frontline only.

When treating for fleas its a 3 prong attack. Treat the yard, house and pets at same time for best results.

Answer 10

The Adams works pretty good, but the worst thing I have found responsible for fleas is bark dust!! This is where fleas live, so if you have any around your house, get rid of it! We have none around our house and have never had a single flea with 7 indoor/outdoor dogs.
In your carpet the old school laundry detergent called Borax I think, you can get it Walmart also is awesome, shake it onto your carpet, kind of grind it in with a broom, making sure you get ALL along the edges. Let it sit for about 15 minutes and then vacuum up. Worked like a charm for in the last place I lived that was flea ridden. Hope that helps!