Friday, May 8, 2009

Flea Problem?

I live in Hawaii and have 2 indoor dogs...I can't seem to keep the fleas off of them..I use flea shampoo and bathe them once a week along with frontline once a month..If anyone has any suggestions as far as a certain kind of shampoo or flea medicine that works great I would greatly appreciate the info! Thanks
Answers:
sounds like you are doing a great job of treating the dogs :)

Now treat your house %26 the furnishings %26 any yard that they may use when they go outside

Carpet? Salt and a vacume... it is a wonderful thing... vacume %26 throw the bad away, sprinkle with salt, wait 3 days then vacume %26 throw the bag away - repeat as needed in 3 day intervals
Grass? Mix a little Ivory Liquid Dish Soap with a bunch water %26 spray it on

Add a tiny little bit of sulpher, some garlic %26 brewers yeast to thier diet

when you wash them, leave the suds on for at least 5 minutes (chokes the living fleas) and rinse with a solution of 1 part apple cider vinegar to10 parts water.. okay they will smell like a salad, but the fleas won't find them nearly as tasty

Also, if they have fleas, please get them also tested for tapeworms.. when they bite %26 ingest a flea it becomes a tapeworm
Sounds like you are doing all the right things. If you haven't already treated your house with a flea fogger, you should probably do that next. I know of at least 5 people, including myself, who had a similar problem with Frontline last year. I ended up switching to Advantage for a couple of months, then switched back to Frontline. I haven't had a problem since.
Treat your house for flea infestations.
Use flea bomb and follow instruction.

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