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Hosta 08-03-2011 02:44 PM

just when I think we have won the battle more show up. we have bombed the house twice sprayed everywhere vacuumed every day Anybody have any ideas to get rid of these things they are driving me nuts

RkayD 08-03-2011 02:47 PM

keep flea collars in your vacuum and stuffed in the couch cushions. Garlic & vinegar in their food & water..sparingly..is said to help. Rinsing them with vinegar water as a final rinse when you bathe them helps too.

Cyn 08-03-2011 02:52 PM

I give 2 dogs the pills from vet and 5 cats advantix and we have never had a problem.

lukeje 08-03-2011 02:53 PM

We have found out that the "T-Gel"
shampoo, like Neautrgenia brand...Walmart brand or Dollar store works. Tar shampoo kills the fleas.

Hosta 08-03-2011 02:55 PM

we have Frontline on the pets but we still got infested

JulieR 08-03-2011 02:55 PM

You have to keep treating to make sure you've killed them in all four phases of their life cycle. Also make sure you are treating your yard or they'll just keep coming right back in, not just on your dogs but on you, too.

JulieR 08-03-2011 02:56 PM

Also, if you live in an apartment you might check and see if your neighbors are infested.

Greenheron 08-03-2011 02:58 PM

Under control this year but last year was a nightmare. I ended up getting food grade diatomaceous earth and dusting the house. It worked but cleaning up was something else!

Glassquilt 08-03-2011 02:59 PM

20plus years ago I remember having to bomb the house once a week for three or four weeks because each time adults were killed but not the eggs. We also had to do the yard with some sort of granular stuff.

We had a dog that was very allergic to flea bites. We'd have to take him to the vet for shots. So we went to the extreme for him & us.

bodie358 08-03-2011 03:01 PM

Topical med such as Frontline, Advantage, Revolution. We live in So Calif and haven't seen a flea in years.

grammiepamie 08-03-2011 03:03 PM

Chewie takes comfortis once a month. It is chewable and it starts immediately killing the fleas immediately. It is fantastic stuff. No fleas anywhere. Even on my other dog who doesn't take it.

sueisallaboutquilts 08-03-2011 03:16 PM

Hosta, some years ago my Mom had them badly. I shampooed every carpet in the house and they were gone.

Actually, my Mom's dog had them LOL I wrote that wrong!!

ohiobuckeye 08-03-2011 03:25 PM

There's a flea spray that you can get at Walmart...in the pet section...about $10 a can. it's called ADAMS something. It's in a white can with purple/blue letters. You spray right on the carpet/furniture. A friend used the powder form and it worked, too. It Kills the fleas and attacks the eggs, too. It says it works for 260 days by interrupting the cycle....I usually use it once a year as soon as I see a flea and no fleas from my three cats and 1 dog. I had them really bad 3 summers ago and this stuff did the trick!

virtualbernie 08-03-2011 03:29 PM

You do have to spray/bomb multiple times because of the adults and eggs but we used to use moth balls which helped. We still ended up getting an exterminator :(

Maggie_1963 08-03-2011 03:31 PM

7-dust yard, if they are on your dogs, wash them with ivory dish soap, kills them instantly...I was a bather at a grooming shop...find the source, neighbors? Own yard, will need to continue treating yard if there.

leatheflea 08-03-2011 03:47 PM

The problem with sprays is that it doesn't kill the eggs. Treat your animals, bomb, spray or whatever you choose to kill the fleas. Then religously every night for a week sprinkle table salt on your floors. The table salt dissolves the egg. Every morning vacuum and empty the vacuum. You'll be flea free in a week. Vet approved and recommended! Good luck!

countrycottage 08-03-2011 03:49 PM

I feel your pain. At the moment, to keep them at bay, we are giving each dog a flea pill once a month, using Frontline Plus once a month, as well as spraying the yard.

My daughter has not had a dog in her house in months, and had fleas make an appearance last week, in her bedroom of all places.

countrycottage 08-03-2011 03:51 PM

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Wonder what would happen if we salted the dog....????? Just kidding.

sewmuchmore 08-03-2011 04:02 PM

In a shallow dish fill it with water and one drop of dishwashing liquid. Place on floor put a lamp next to it and turn it on, turn out all other light. When you get up see if it has any fleas in it. They will come to the light and die in the water. It does work.

Kooklabell 08-03-2011 04:14 PM


Originally Posted by ohiobuckeye
There's a flea spray that you can get at Walmart...in the pet section...about $10 a can. it's called ADAMS something. It's in a white can with purple/blue letters. You spray right on the carpet/furniture. A friend used the powder form and it worked, too. It Kills the fleas and attacks the eggs, too. It says it works for 260 days by interrupting the cycle....I usually use it once a year as soon as I see a flea and no fleas from my three cats and 1 dog. I had them really bad 3 summers ago and this stuff did the trick!

I used this last summer when fleas followed my fur babies home. I spent more time spraying, followed by vacuum etc. where they tended to sleep. It really worked!

irishrose 08-03-2011 04:20 PM

Cedarcide spray, available online, worked for my dogs and house last year. So far, so good this year. Lily is on Frontline Plus and Moira is on Vectra D.

Sweeterthanwine 08-03-2011 04:22 PM


Originally Posted by virtualbernie
You do have to spray/bomb multiple times because of the adults and eggs but we used to use moth balls which helped. We still ended up getting an exterminator :(

This is what we had to do when we had our dogs. Also, if there are stray cats around, they are notorious for carrying fleas. So you have to keep treating your yard to.

Ramona Byrd 08-03-2011 04:35 PM

I used to wrap garlic cloves in hamburger and toss it to my Dobermans. They stayed inside with us a lot more than outside, but for some reason never had much problem with fleas. The only time youngest DS complained about flea bites after one of the dogs napped with him, turned out to be chicken pox. And no, we didn't have any chickens!!!

sweet 08-03-2011 04:37 PM

a product from the vet called "comfortis" will kill fleas on dogs. Then follow up with the house. Good Luck, they are buggers.

Ramona Byrd 08-03-2011 04:38 PM

[quote=Greenheron]Under control this year but last year was a nightmare. I ended up getting food grade diatomaceous earth and dusting the house. --------------
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I rub it in my cats' fur on the back of their heads. And I mix it up with some canned cat food that one of them loves, and give it to him. Haven't had any worms for a long time, used to have to get shots from the Vet every year or so. And as for fussy Freddy, I smash it on top of her front paws so she will have to eat it while cleaning it off!! She's a very fussy eater.

hobo2000 08-03-2011 05:36 PM


Originally Posted by grammiepamie
Chewie takes comfortis once a month. It is chewable and it starts immediately killing the fleas immediately. It is fantastic stuff. No fleas anywhere. Even on my other dog who doesn't take it.

What is comfortis? I have three small dogs and the stuff you put on the back of their necks makes them sick for 3 or 4 days. My vet said it is poisoning them and not use it on a dog under 16 lbs. I am using flea collars and they are working. We don't have fleas, never have, but ticks are very bad this year.

BellaBoo 08-03-2011 05:43 PM

We took out all the carpet because our dog brought fleas in the house and we could not get rid of them. They kept popping up every few weeks. The exterminator wanted to keep using the poison to kill them but I didn't want all that soaked in the carpet, cleaning wouldn't get it out. If we couldn't get rid of them in the carpet they would eventaully go into the walls. No carpet, the fleas disappeared. The dogs and cats now get a once a month pill to stop the flea cycle. The outside pets have no fleas on them at all since taking the pills. Expensive, you bet, but that's part of having animals in the South.

bluteddi 08-03-2011 06:48 PM


Originally Posted by sewmuchmore
In a shallow dish fill it with water and one drop of dishwashing liquid. Place on floor put a lamp next to it and turn it on, turn out all other light. When you get up see if it has any fleas in it. They will come to the light and die in the water. It does work.

I've seen this work before......fleas are a constant battle...

qltgrose 08-03-2011 06:52 PM

I use Frontline plus on my dogs. Even in FL where we had fleas year round in the sandy soils, didnt have a problem.
Good luck, they are miserable, for sure. I found a very inexpensive source online for the Frontline. I buy a year supply at a time.

luckylindy333 08-03-2011 07:09 PM

I used to buy something called Zodiac, don't know if they still sell it, supposed to interrupt the flea's life cycle.

cjsparks 08-03-2011 07:51 PM

I have also heard a black light works with the dish of water and dish soap.

wanda lou 08-03-2011 11:08 PM

I have never had a problem with Advantix treat once per month.

We had problems a few years back with frontline never worked at all and made our dog scratch constantly.

hope it gets better.

annthreecats 08-04-2011 01:06 AM

Here's a link to a product for Capstar. You put it on the animal. I've heard good things about this.

http://www.capstar.novartis.us/

DebsShelties 08-04-2011 02:30 AM

Dawn Dish soap will kill fleas too - the original blue one. I gave my one cat baths in it as he was covered when I got him.
He is flea free now.
You can also bathe dogs in it - easier to rinse off after lathering up.

Ginnie 08-04-2011 03:11 AM

forget the sprays,bombs, vet bills, use a shallow dish, with some dish soap,make bubbles, set under a night light near the floor. Watch the fleas come, they can't bounce off a bubble, I was surprised the next morning how many dead fleas there were in the water. So much safer than chemicals in the house or on the pet, or children breathing the fumes.

emerald46 08-04-2011 03:36 AM

We got them after moving into the new house. All the sand used in the yard prior to landscaping was loaded with fleas. We had yard and house treated every three weeks for 4 months. Haven't had the problem since. Makes me itch to think about it.

ljptexas 08-04-2011 03:45 AM

If U have pets use Advantage Flea Control!! It goes on the back of the neck where they can't reach. NO MORE FLEAS!!! It really, really works!! I have 6 cats & no problems....
I get it on the internet in big doses where U use syringes. The little individual doses are expensive...

Good luck....

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jitkaau 08-04-2011 04:11 AM

Sprinkle a lot of heavy salt around - especially if you have access under the house as well.

jcrilley 08-04-2011 04:37 AM

We have 2 "in and out" cats that we treat 6 months of the year with Advantix. It's not cheap but it has worked for us for the past 15 years. Much cheaper than trying to get rid of fleas!
Be careful with spray bombs. I got one at the vet's 30 years ago - followed instructions, kept cat out of house for 3 days - still poisoned him. I have never gotten over that.

rannyof3 08-04-2011 05:08 AM

Avon Skin so Soft.....


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