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Oh no! You need to make sure to wash all the soft surfaces in your house that the pets use to kill some of the fleas. Make sure that you keep them on flea medicine for a while since some of the meds only kill adults and not eggs and larvae. Vacuuming the carpets up would probably be a good idea too (not sure if it actually does anything but sounds like it would clean up things).
@MissAsB: Good idea. I will vacuum our rugs. Its a good thing we have hardwood floors and just recently moved so we only have 2 rugs! Ill go ahead and vacuum the couch too. We also just changed our sheets last night and this cat doesnt sleep in our bed so I feel okay about that.
My dog got fleas from my FMIL's house (grrr...). I washed my dog twice with flea soap, but then I had to drive 5 hours in my car back from Houston to Dallas. I had to flea bomb my car when we got back because some of the fleas jumped off my dog into my car. After that they were pretty much gone but I still checked her everyday and picked out any stragglers and vacuumed daily until I was sure they were gone. I would vacuum everything! Those things jump high! My dog takes K9 Advantix Monthly too and those things still were hanging out all over her. :(
ETA - I think it was a week and half or so before I truly felt that all the fleas were gone.
@kericita: Ugh that sucks! Luckily we havent seen any jump off of him - his fur is pretty thick! Also I would be so irritated by your FMIL! Even though it probably wasnt her fault lol! The guy who lived here before us had 2 cats so Im pretty sure thats where these fleas came from. I know I will be feeling gross for the next week - hopefully it will be less than a week and a half before they are gone! Thanks for sharing :-)
@PitBulLover: Oh it was most definitely her fault! But that is another story...haha. But really, just vacuum, vacuum, vacuum. Maybe even buy some of that stuff you sprinkle on the carpet and vacuum.
@kericita: Well DH loves any excuse to use the Dyson! :-)
What kind of dog is in your picture?
One day our dogs got out of the yard and lo and behold one of them got fleas. We did a flea dip and then gave them a 2nd bath in blue Dawn dish detergent. For some reason blue is the only one that works, it's supposed to suffocate them.
And then I did the following to keep them away:
You can make an effective flea repellent from lemon by cutting it into quarters and immersing it in boiling water. This is then steeped overnight to get you the repellent. By spraying this all over your pet, especially behind the ears and generally around the head, and also at the base of the tail and the ‘armpits’, you can rid it of fleas.
My dog and my roommates dog both got fleas last year. We used a home spray around the house, kept them both on a flea pill (Comfortis) and bathed them regularly. We alternated shampoos from one labeled as a flea shampoo and dawn dish soap. Dawn is supposed to be really good for animals, it's what they use for oil spill animals. Once my roommate shaved her dog (long haired pom) and stopped repicking them up in the yard our methods worked.
@CaraMia10: and soonerpsych: its interesting that you both used the blue dawn dish soap!! Maybe I will try this. The lemon thing sounds good too. I will really do anything so long as it prevents future fleas and gets rid of them now!
When I adopted my first cat (kitten at the time) I had no idea she had a bad case of fleas. It wasn't until she was big enough to sleep on my (pure white) bed that I noticed something was off... she would leave a little dusting of flea dirt on my linens... Once we realized the root of the dirt, we discovered she had the worst case I've ever dealt with. They were EVERYWHERE... what's worse was I lived with roomates at the time in an enormous three story, 5 bedroom house... which she roamed free in.
Basically, for about a month my life turned into vaccuming, laundry (hot water), spraying, cleaning etc. non-stop. It was awful. I obviously had her treated right away, but that didn't change the fact that there were fleas in and around the house... she was about the only one immune to them!
My advice, just don't leave any stone unturned... vaccum EVERYTHING, spray, powder! Whatever you must to avoid a bigger, or more drawn out problem. I'm positive if I had noticed earlier on, it wouldn't have been a fraction of the problem it was.
Goodluck!
@forforever: Yuck! That must have been terrible! Thanks for the advice (and the scare!) :-)
@PitBulLover: haha ya if you hadn't noticed, I'm a little scarred from this. Anything to help someone avoid a living hell!
Ugh, fleas are the worst! My cat had a terrible infestation last year and nothing worked (Frontline, flea baths, flea bomb) until we tried Advantage. I definitely recommend it if the Frontline doesn't work for you!
@GreekGirl: Thanks! I appreciate that! Im crossing my fingers the frontline works so we dont have to spend more money!
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I was petting our one cat tonight and noticed a little black thing crawl across his skin. I thought it was a flea so DH and I took him in the shower to wash him off. I think we were so panicked we didnt know what to do! Once his hair got all matted in the shower we could see his skin and more fleas!!! DH immediately went to Petsmart and got Frontline for our cats and our dog (we normally use frontline for our dog but its been about 2 months since we ran out for him - in the 4 years weve had our cats weve never used frontline for them) The vet said frontline will kill the fleas within 3 days and that our other pets should be fine.
Have any other animal owners experienced fleas with their pets? What did you do? We plan to take him to the vet tomorrow to get Revolution, but I still feel like there is something I should be doing - like washing everything in hot water?
Help!