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| Well, after faithful use for 3 months, Advantage has pretty much stopped working for us. Whether it's critters that get in the backyard and drop fleas or flea eggs or what, We are at wits end for my 3 senior dogs. We find adult fleas, baby fleas, and young adult fleas on our dogs.
I researched Comfortis and considering our one pup's super sensitivity to vaccines (muzzle rubbing and extreme listlessness) and Advantage (listless for 4 hours after an application), I don't think that's an option. Besides, what a choice--topical poison or ingested poison. Meanwhile, we've been changing and washing our bedding and their bedding every 3 days, and doing daily vacuuming the furniture, hardwood floors and the linoleum and the one carpeted room we have. We're continuing to find and kill fleas with the
I hate fleas. I'm considering also using diatomaceous earth (food grade, not the stuff they sell at pool supply stores) directly on the dogs' bodies--we'll have to make sure they don't inhale it, and we'd brush it off of them within 5 minutes or so. I read that diatomaceous earth is more effective than borax on fleas. I'm also considering rubbing the dogs with undiluted tea tree oil, or spraying them with a water-lavender essential oil spray (10 drops essential oil per ounce of water)--does anyone know if there are any problems using full strength tea tree oil or lavender oil topically on dogs? (well, other than an oily mess perhaps). I only read of one incidence where a dog had a reaction to undiluted tea tree oil applied to its body. AND I also read about giving the dogs a bath with blue Dawn or with Shaklee's Basic H to kill the fleas. Apparently, Basic H2 is a different formula, and Basic H works better. Does anyone have any thoughts or personal experiences about the safety and effectiveness of these ideas? |
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| All the other methods sound like a lot of work and to be honest, your dogs won't get any relief until you find the source of the fleas. If your dogs are confined to your yard then they're either picking them up there or else there are 'fleas beds' within your home. I would say try Frontline first, but I think you've got to first treat the yard and house, then worry about treating the dogs. There may not be anything wrong with the Advantage you're using. Fleas don't die until they bite the dog but if the dogs are continually picking up new fleas every time they go in the yard (or house), then you're going to always find fleas on them. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Getting rid of fleas
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