Emergency - Help With Fleas - Page 1

I really need help with fleas.  My heeler puppy is pretty much infested with them and has already gone through tape worms because of them.  I'd really like it if she didn't ahve to go through it again.  Surprisingly, my shepherd hasn't got fleas really badly, but she still has them.  I NEED to get rid of them. Obviously.  

I would very much appreciate it if anyone knows how to get rid of fleas.  I know there are a lot of products, but I don't know specifics.  Name brands or home remedies, anything that will help without causing the dogs harm would be greatly appreciated. 

Also, I live in Texas(the DFW area)  and I know that its hard to get rid of fleas in Texas, so knowing things that DON'T work would be nice too. 

Thank you,
Haley

Dust the animals face and dip the animals away from buildings.  Spray the ground where you plan on doing this first.
Use something like Permanone on yourself to keep them off of you.
Spray everything else with a stronger concentration of the dip, read the label.
Bedding, dog houses, out buildings and the house.
Separate products are needed for the house, its a mess.
Many years ago I rented a house that had become infested.    I still remember the smell of the bug bombs we had to use and spraying every single piece of furniture, beds etc.
You must at the same time get rid of any rats and mice on the property.
You should treat any and all animals you have at the same time.
You will have to worm again and probably do a repeat spraying later.
Fleas can be hard to get rid of once you have an infestation.

P.S.
I believe my vet furnished me with the chemicals at that time, maybe some came from the vets supply company  that we had at the time.

Make sure you  have advantage or advantix on all dogs...then spray house with a non chemical spray and put DE in dogs house and on dogs...use in flower bed...go to chemical store like one we have here in Tyler called  Solutions...and he will sell you a bottle of full strength for all yard...hook up a garden sprayer to garden hose and start and do whole yard....put DE> in the barn , house . back porch...buy the food grade DE  ,,,that way you can put on dog and if he gets in fodd , it will benefit him not make sic....respray in 1 week and 1 week...Keep a bottle of Adams spray to check dogs legs and yours... I use waterbase Adams  for the pups...only one you can use on puppies...I vacuumed till I was nuts...but the DE  made it impossible to vacuum , even with a Rainbow..the dust went all over ...the house...I stopped immediately....got sweep it up...doesnt matter it , stops new bugs and fleas and it deodorizes. , and does a lot....but  is messy...harmless though....



.I bought also the 3 dollar can of flea spray from Dollar General...9 cans...and used it in house , on dogs, and the barn , and on porches.  After the first spraying,,, ..I put granules on the cocker pen area , which is a fenced part   in front of  house and tomorrow I will coat with DE>>>It rained three days ago so I need to respray in a few days...I am so exhausted fighting all this ....i could shoot my neighbors...cant shoot the dogs...they disappeared while I was in Galveston...someone did me a favour....???


  I got infected last month...neighbor moved and left behind 3 infested dogs..who stood in front of my property daily running fence and antiganizing my shepherd.s ..Fleas got on my dogs and not all had advantage...I was using Frontline Plus and all friends and vets are having major resiistance build up to it and it is doing no good.

...got it under control now...to the tune of over 400.00..my cost...my son in law rented a huge tank and used the firemans 4 wheeler to do my property...I then started the over spray..Odo ban kept the back kennels down the hill from getting any fleas...but the barn and nursery were bad...as soon as I left an took the dogs out...and Frontline plus is not working for me..

.used 15 bottles of Adams water base spray to keep nursery and pups clear....messy and expensive....
advantage is now working...

We have Tick problems here not so much fleas, I also spend alots of money on the kennels and dogs but nothing really seem to work for a long time, then someone told me to get PURE LEMON OIL delude it with warm water and spray it everywhere even the dogs so I did believe it or not I have not seen a tick or flea on my dogs or me in a month now, plus it makes your kennels , Dogs and Grass area smell good and it keeps the dogs coats nice and soft and shiny . It's alittle kostly but it's worth the money you pay , you should be abble to find it in health food stores.

I'm holistic as much as possible and avoid sprays and toxins, although my dogs get heartworm tablets.  With fleas I recommend  you get Fleabusters.  It is a powder you work into your floor and upholstery, then vacuum.  Do a google search for it.  I did one treatment for it, and the fleas were gone.  It is non-toxic, although you don't want to breathe it in any more than you would any dust.

Fleabusters is, I think, a silica (?) that acts like razor blades on the pupae and larvae of the fleas.  When they emerge from the eggs, which can survive atomic attack, the pupae and the larvae are cut by the silica and die.  It takes about 10 days to two weeks to break the cycle.  You sweep the powder onto your rugs and your wood floors, into the cracks and crevices of your upholstery, and let it sit.  Then you sweep and vacuum it up after a period of time - don't remember exactly but maybe two hours? They say it won't work on wood floors but it does - I have board floors throughout the house and tile in the kitchen.  There are cracks between the boards and the grout catches stuff too.  The eggs slide in there and when you sweep the Fleabusters over your floors, the silica slides in after the eggs.  When I did this years ago I didn't have kennels built outside but you can use this in kennels too. 

I am not related to the firm, don't get anything for telling you this!  I used it once in my house and the fleas were gone.  Several friends have used it on my recommendation, and they never had fleas again.  One treatment has lasted for 12 years for me, and another friend hasn't had fleas for 10 years.  I may have done a second dusting two weeks after the first one, but basically that is one treatment.

I also have used nematodes in the garden to control the flea eggs out there.  But it did not work that well.  Breaking the cycle in the house ended my flea issues completely.  My cats go into the garden, my dogs go everywhere in fields and woods.  No fleas.

Joss Moroney

I have used flea busters, love it. Until Advanta come out.
YR, frontline does not work for me either, I use advanta or advantix.

Warning:   How long has Comfortis been on the market.?..how many people have used it for number of years with no effect on Liver..?

..not on my dogs will I ever use it...too many chemicals introduced by pharmacutical companies for intrusion into the blood system of dog...

fleabusters is probably  DE with a commercial name....Much more economical to go to feed store and buy food grade  DE...much cheaper...get a whole bag for 15.95(in Texas)

I want nothing to do with a chemical you can put in or on my dogs that works magic in one day or two hours and treats one -6 problems at one time....we have become a Nation of chemical dependence.

All well and good, but what would you do if you found your home and animals totally infested?
Its a whole different problem.
I like the smell of lemons and have used cedar shavings in my dogs bedding.
I don't care for a lot of harsh chemicals.
Lindane
Permetherin
Sevin
The OP said infested.
Or you could pay thru the nose and call an exterminator, and guess what they might be using.

Wash the dogs in lemon joy dish soap Kills fleas on contact. bug bomb the house while you and the dogs are out of it for a few hours. It's the cheapest way to get rid of fleas