Posted: 12/5/2010 8:17:42 AM EDT
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Fighting a flea outbreak thanks to a new puppy........might wanna aded some way to rid your home and dogs to your preps......was up itching half the night......Benadryl spray does wonders once I remembered I had it
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wash the dog in blue dawn dishwashing liquid. it kills the fleas on contact. then get him a dose of frontline +. you will need at least a 3 month run because the eggs will re hatch in 30-60 days. And that's the tough part. After killing the live ones, Gen 2 emerges. Because your vacuum cleaner sucks up the eggs, consider cutting up a flea collar and sucking the bits into your vacuum. This will kill the hatchlings that emerge in there. |
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My cat gave me a nice flea infestation. It will take a little time, but you can have your house flea-free in no time, and inexpensively. First off, bathe the dog and apply Frontline. Second area of attack is to buy some Raid Carpet Spray for fleas. It comes in a purple can, and I found mine at Walmart. Do Not waste your time and money on flea bombs.
I had two rooms that were so bad, you could walk in the room in your shorts, and in ten seconds your legs were covered. I sprayed the carpets and upholstery down good with the spray, and within 5 minutes, I could walk in there again without being attacked. I continued throughout the house, spraying anything that was carpet or upholstery. Also spray any outdoor bedding or areas where he lays. If you think you have fleas in the yard, then spray down the yard with a pyrethroid product. This will kill the fleas you have, and now you have to deal with the eggs. The spray will have some effect on the eggs, and you might want to spray again in 2 or 3 days to kill new eggs. Your dog, treated with Frontline, will now function as a flea magnet. Any fleas that either escaped the treatments, or fleas from the eggs, will jump on the dog, and be killed by the Frontline. After 4 or 5 days, you will rarely see a flea, but there will still be the ocassional one. It took me a little better than two months to declare the house flea-free. It has remained free for the last two years. Just keep the Frontline on the dog, and you will be fine. Good Luck! |
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My cat gave me a nice flea infestation. It will take a little time, but you can have your house flea-free in no time, and inexpensively. First off, bathe the dog and apply Frontline. Second area of attack is to buy some Raid Carpet Spray for fleas. It comes in a purple can, and I found mine at Walmart. Do Not waste your time and money on flea bombs. I had two rooms that were so bad, you could walk in the room in your shorts, and in ten seconds your legs were covered. I sprayed the carpets and upholstery down good with the spray, and within 5 minutes, I could walk in there again without being attacked. I continued throughout the house, spraying anything that was carpet or upholstery. Also spray any outdoor bedding or areas where he lays. If you think you have fleas in the yard, then spray down the yard with a pyrethroid product. This will kill the fleas you have, and now you have to deal with the eggs. The spray will have some effect on the eggs, and you might want to spray again in 2 or 3 days to kill new eggs. Your dog, treated with Frontline, will now function as a flea magnet. Any fleas that either escaped the treatments, or fleas from the eggs, will jump on the dog, and be killed by the Frontline. After 4 or 5 days, you will rarely see a flea, but there will still be the ocassional one. It took me a little better than two months to declare the house flea-free. It has remained free for the last two years. Just keep the Frontline on the dog, and you will be fine. Good Luck! Ive alllways used adams stuff and have good luck. I use advantage on my older dog with excelent results......the pup is a stray that showed up and I took in. I need to get advantage for her when she goes in to get fixed.......I had a can of adams and hit the living room last night and have been in their all day (home sick) with no probs......washed their blankets in super hot cycle and the pup got a bath in adams flea shampoo......sprayed my bedroom too.......hopefully this will take care of it......will add a couple cans to the preps as im alergic to fleas. Never even thought about till this outbreak. |
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My cat gave me a nice flea infestation. It will take a little time, but you can have your house flea-free in no time, and inexpensively. First off, bathe the dog and apply Frontline. Second area of attack is to buy some Raid Carpet Spray for fleas. It comes in a purple can, and I found mine at Walmart. Do Not waste your time and money on flea bombs. I had two rooms that were so bad, you could walk in the room in your shorts, and in ten seconds your legs were covered. I sprayed the carpets and upholstery down good with the spray, and within 5 minutes, I could walk in there again without being attacked. I continued throughout the house, spraying anything that was carpet or upholstery. Also spray any outdoor bedding or areas where he lays. If you think you have fleas in the yard, then spray down the yard with a pyrethroid product. This will kill the fleas you have, and now you have to deal with the eggs. The spray will have some effect on the eggs, and you might want to spray again in 2 or 3 days to kill new eggs. Your dog, treated with Frontline, will now function as a flea magnet. Any fleas that either escaped the treatments, or fleas from the eggs, will jump on the dog, and be killed by the Frontline. After 4 or 5 days, you will rarely see a flea, but there will still be the ocassional one. It took me a little better than two months to declare the house flea-free. It has remained free for the last two years. Just keep the Frontline on the dog, and you will be fine. Good Luck! Ive alllways used adams stuff and have good luck. I use advantage on my older dog with excelent results......the pup is a stray that showed up and I took in. I need to get advantage for her when she goes in to get fixed.......I had a can of adams and hit the living room last night and have been in their all day (home sick) with no probs......washed their blankets in super hot cycle and the pup got a bath in adams flea shampoo......sprayed my bedroom too.......hopefully this will take care of it......will add a couple cans to the preps as im alergic to fleas. Never even thought about till this outbreak. I have used Adams spray on outside dogs before, and it gets the live fleas on them. My little recipe above worked like a charm for me, and I have advised two others to use the same, both with excellent results. Six months worth of Frontline and two cans of Raid are around $80. I had it so bad, I honestly thought I was going to have to move out for a few days while exterminators took care of it. |
| dont forget to spray your yard to. no point in getting rid of the ones in the house if your going to leave the ones in the yard alone. i used i believe cutter yard spray for mosquitoes and it also killed fleas. worked great on both and for the last 2 summers have had no fleas and very few mosquitoes. its called Cutter bug free concentrate". you can buy it in the garden center at walmart. or dog was infested with flees and ticks when we first moved here. treated her and sprayed the yard with this and she was tick and flee free for the last 2 years before she dies. i dont recommend products unless i really really really like then and they do what they say. this is one of those products. you will need a pump garden sprayer and follow the instructions and you will be GTG. |
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Quoted: Keep a small bowl filled with water, and few drops of dish soap. Put it against a wall under a light. DING DING DING... I used a dinner plate with water/soap and suspended a work light and made a shield where the only light was on the plate. Turn out all the lights and WHAM! Flea Soup... |
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My cat gave me a nice flea infestation. It will take a little time, but you can have your house flea-free in no time, and inexpensively. First off, bathe the dog and apply Frontline. Second area of attack is to buy some Raid Carpet Spray for fleas. It comes in a purple can, and I found mine at Walmart. Do Not waste your time and money on flea bombs. I had two rooms that were so bad, you could walk in the room in your shorts, and in ten seconds your legs were covered. I sprayed the carpets and upholstery down good with the spray, and within 5 minutes, I could walk in there again without being attacked. I continued throughout the house, spraying anything that was carpet or upholstery. Also spray any outdoor bedding or areas where he lays. If you think you have fleas in the yard, then spray down the yard with a pyrethroid product. This will kill the fleas you have, and now you have to deal with the eggs. The spray will have some effect on the eggs, and you might want to spray again in 2 or 3 days to kill new eggs. Your dog, treated with Frontline, will now function as a flea magnet. Any fleas that either escaped the treatments, or fleas from the eggs, will jump on the dog, and be killed by the Frontline. After 4 or 5 days, you will rarely see a flea, but there will still be the ocassional one. It took me a little better than two months to declare the house flea-free. It has remained free for the last two years. Just keep the Frontline on the dog, and you will be fine. Good Luck! +1000 on the Raid in the purple can!!! It works GREAT! I always keep a couple of cans around for emergancy flea eradication.... 2 dogs and 2 cats in the house.... 
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Worst part is, you don't even need pets to have fleas show up. Typical situation... neighbors, particularly in apartments, have a cat... cat has fleas.... neighbors move.... fleas hatch, got nothing to eat... so they move on over to your place.
If the neighbors flea problem was really bad, you can get hit with a pretty obnoxious amount of fleas. |
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Tag for info. Our 4 dogs, which have never had a flea problem, are now infested. We give them Frontline monthly (vet switched to Advantix+ this month), keep our yard mowed, etc. UNFORTUNATELY, on the other side of our privacy fence we have...The 'Burbs (neighbors). 2 huskies that remain fenced, and 2 little yappy dogs that exit the fence and roam freely. All are BADLY infested with fleas. In addition, their back yard (where dogs are located) is...well...it's just a sight to behold. I may actually take pictures tomorrow. Weeds / growth / vegetation that's waist high and higher, wildly growing vines, etc. It just looks like abandoned jungle back there. Literally not mowed / trimmed / controlled in any manner. I cut the limbs off of trees that were growing over the privacy fence, and into my yard. I dumped the limbs into a pile on their side of the fence...you can't even see them there. So, not only do they have a bunch of dogs that are GREAT flea hosts, they have a very flea friendly environment as well. And the 2 smaller dogs roam freely. And I'm confident that NONE of the dogs have seen -any- sort of flea treatment in their lives, much less recently. These dogs are pretty neglected in all areas of their lives. Not sure what the best route is to address this situation. Obviously, I'll be spraying my yard, washing bedding / dogs, etc. If I speak with the neighbor (we're on otherwise good terms) I don't really see my neighbor caring / doing anything about -their- side of the fence, as they are pretty much complete liberal slobs. They live in filth, I wouldn't expect the dogs to be any different. I have lots of chemical that I use to control vegetation at our properties, and I could easily nuke a "DMZ" on their side of the fence that's a few feet wide. I'm convinced it would just invite their dogs to spend -more- time at the fence, though. From my fence, with my spray rig, I could probably even nuke their whole yard, and claim ignorance...I'll think more about it tonight. |
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I used to do this for a living so....
Start with a pyrethroid such as Suspend SC. http://store.doyourownpestcontrol.com/Product/Suspend-SC- Then use an insect growth inhibitor such as Precor. http://store.doyourownpestcontrol.com/Product/Precor-IGR-Concentrate-pt Knocks them dead. The IGR is very important to stop the life cycle of the insects. Spray down in to vents. Be careful with the Precor as it is oil based and could possibly stain fabrics and damage wood finishes. Test small areas. Glad i don't do it anymore as it is a shitty job. |
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I should point out that our dogs are, indeed, outside dogs...mostly. After a bath they may get to spend some time indoors, but within a day or so, they're back outside. They do, however, get to sleep in their bed in the garage each night. Just wondering...is there an effective yard treatment available at Wal Mart, Lowes, Home Depot, etc? Something that I can spray...today or tomorrow? Or am I far and away better off to buy the products from the site listed above, and wait a week or so for shipping? Having fleas, -any- fleas, on my dogs (indoor or outdoors) just drives me insane. It's such a preventable situation... |
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Sevin (carbaryl) is effective against fleas. Comes in dust or liquid concentrate. If you have a farm supply you can get it in large bags and use a drop spreader to apply it to your yard. Or mix up the liquid concentrate in a hose end applicator. You may have to reapply for gen2......∞ |
| go through this every year at my GF house. she has one dog and one cat both inside pets. the old man that lives next door has almost 15 pitbulls all outside all the time. its a pain in the ass for sure. we treat the fence line pretty good and it helps alots but some fleas do make it through. got so bad last year we called animal control on them and they were pissed. but this guy doesn't take care of the dogs like he should. no baths. no flea collars, no nothing. I hated to make that call but hated to see the dogs suffer like that. they took all but 2 dogs last year and he has let them bred since then so numbers are getting up there again. will we see what happens! |
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I should point out that our dogs are, indeed, outside dogs...mostly. After a bath they may get to spend some time indoors, but within a day or so, they're back outside. They do, however, get to sleep in their bed in the garage each night. Just wondering...is there an effective yard treatment available at Wal Mart, Lowes, Home Depot, etc? Something that I can spray...today or tomorrow? Or am I far and away better off to buy the products from the site listed above, and wait a week or so for shipping? Having fleas, -any- fleas, on my dogs (indoor or outdoors) just drives me insane. It's such a preventable situation... I had a major flea problem at my new place and picked up something in a red container that hooks up to your hose at Wallmart. I cant remember the name but it had "Kills fleas +150 other bugs" and was about $10.00 a bottle. $40.00 Took care of the problem outside in one shot + about a 30' kill zone around me 
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motoguy- Sevin (carbaryl) is effective against fleas. Comes in dust or liquid concentrate. If you have a farm supply you can get it in large bags and use a drop spreader to apply it to your yard. Or mix up the liquid concentrate in a hose end applicator. You may have to reapply for gen2......∞ You can also directly dust your dogs and their bedding with Sevin dust. I've done it many times. Directions are on the label (or at least they used to be). We've also used it on the dogs, their bedding, and their runs to kill ticks. It's a great product. |
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Austin is battling them right now...
We got an infestation.... and don't even have pets. Turned out there were 3 possums living under the house, and their nightly game trail turned my backyard into a flea zoo. It was BAD. I have a garden and try everything non-toxic before I pull out the agent orange. First I got rid of the vermin under the house. Sealed that up, then another two moved under the shed in the back yard. Relieved them of that command as well. I got some diatomaceous earth, and beneficial nematodes. The nematodes worked perfectly, until the temp went above 95... then the next flea generation kicked in with a fury. The diatomaceous earth was the key. I got 8 lbs and put that shit everywhere. People say it doesn't work, but it's because they don't get ridiculous about it. Get a big kitchen strainer with a handle and sprinkle that stuff all over, leave a fine dusting in every corner, then across the grass. I doubled down and dusted the entire house floor too. It won't hurt pets or people, as long as you don't breathe too much of it... then it's a mild irritant (NOT toxic chems that'll give you cancer in 7 years...). I like the idea of it, basically it lacerates anything with an exoskeleton and they bleed out (so I'm told, and I LIKE IT). First 4 days or so I saw a decrease in the flea population, I dusted everything again and about 7 days later they are all gone. Yes, the stuff is everywhere and the maid hates me, but I hate fleas. Cost is very reasonable, DE is about $12 for 8 lbs, I bought 16 lbs. and got the job done (2 applications, entire house and yard front and back). Don't forget to change out your AC filter because it'll get pretty clogged... Back to the nematodes... these are little critters like micro worms that will eat the flea larvae in the soil. They can't handle heat (and it's HOT right now), so when the temps come back down I'll spray those militant eaters in the yard just in case some flea larvae managed to survive. |
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We got an infestation.... and don't even have pets. Turned out there were 3 possums living under the house, and their nightly game trail turned my backyard into a flea zoo. Oh, man, that makes my skin crawl. Just FYI, fleas are the vector (trasmitting organism) that transfer the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis from rats to humans or, in the case of plague endemic in some rural parts of the US, from chipmunks and ground squirrels to humans. They can also transmit various rickettsial diseases (like typhus). For whatever it's worth, I don't know of them transmitting anything from opossums to humans, but I'm glad you knocked those things out. Yuck. |
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Ivory soap bath for the indoor critters. Mothballs in the vac bag. Melt some mentho cough drops in boiling water and spray on furniture. Don't use that nasty chemical shit on your pets unless you want to put it on yourself first. Yep! Uh, no. I value my family more than any animal. Fleas are bad, and carry/spread tapeworms. Not your normal human tapeworms but a nasty dog version. Dogs get tapeworms by eating the fleas when they pick them off. Tapeworms know what they are supposed to do in a dog, but if you were to somehow ingest a flea and get one of these tapeworms it can be fatal and require surgery as you are not the normal host, and they can end up in the internal organs, the brain or the eye. Parasites are no joke, even "harmless" fleas. Get frontline and use whatever you need to get them out of your house. |
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Quoted: If you are really concerned check out Permethrin. I picked up a container of this at the local farm supply store the other day. I just finished spraying the whole yard, outside places where the dogs hang out, etc. I don't have an IGR yet, so I think I need to pick up some of this as well. |
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Quoted: The stuff I listed above are professional products that work. Follow the directions and it will take care of the problem. Thanks lokifox. In another life, I was a vegetation control guy, with my applicators license. I never ventured into critter control, though. At this point I'm looking to control the flea problem as well as learn what I need to do to a preventative treatment on my house for termites. I guess if I'm placing an order, I may as well get some fipronil as well! |
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The stuff I listed above are professional products that work. Follow the directions and it will take care of the problem. Thanks lokifox. In another life, I was a vegetation control guy, with my applicators license. I never ventured into critter control, though. At this point I'm looking to control the flea problem as well as learn what I need to do to a preventative treatment on my house for termites. I guess if I'm placing an order, I may as well get some fipronil as well! Yeah one day I may get back in to it on the side but the current war situation keeps me a little busy.... Anyway - Termidor is great stuff. Don't let anybody convince you to use anything other than fipronil based products. Bait stations are for suckers - and barrier products like Demon TC are commonly used by companies that cut corners (AKA bigger profit), or for customers who simply cannot afford Termidor - and don't offer nearly as effective prevention or solution. |
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Tag for info. Our 4 dogs, which have never had a flea problem, are now infested. We give them Frontline monthly (vet switched to Advantix+ this month), keep our yard mowed, etc. UNFORTUNATELY, on the other side of our privacy fence we have...The 'Burbs (neighbors). 2 huskies that remain fenced, and 2 little yappy dogs that exit the fence and roam freely. All are BADLY infested with fleas. In addition, their back yard (where dogs are located) is...well...it's just a sight to behold. I may actually take pictures tomorrow. Weeds / growth / vegetation that's waist high and higher, wildly growing vines, etc. It just looks like abandoned jungle back there. Literally not mowed / trimmed / controlled in any manner. I cut the limbs off of trees that were growing over the privacy fence, and into my yard. I dumped the limbs into a pile on their side of the fence...you can't even see them there. So, not only do they have a bunch of dogs that are GREAT flea hosts, they have a very flea friendly environment as well. And the 2 smaller dogs roam freely. And I'm confident that NONE of the dogs have seen -any- sort of flea treatment in their lives, much less recently. These dogs are pretty neglected in all areas of their lives. Not sure what the best route is to address this situation. Obviously, I'll be spraying my yard, washing bedding / dogs, etc. If I speak with the neighbor (we're on otherwise good terms) I don't really see my neighbor caring / doing anything about -their- side of the fence, as they are pretty much complete liberal slobs. They live in filth, I wouldn't expect the dogs to be any different. I have lots of chemical that I use to control vegetation at our properties, and I could easily nuke a "DMZ" on their side of the fence that's a few feet wide. I'm convinced it would just invite their dogs to spend -more- time at the fence, though. From my fence, with my spray rig, I could probably even nuke their whole yard, and claim ignorance...I'll think more about it tonight. Ask your vet about comfortis. Give your dog a pill and the fleas are dead in 30 min. My dog hasnt had any in months and the fleas still wont bite. |
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Ask your vet about comfortis. Give your dog a pill and the fleas are dead in 30 min. My dog hasnt had any in months and the fleas still wont bite. +1 I work with my wife who is a vet. We are in a rural area that has a high flea problem. For the past 10 years our go-to product has been Frontline+ . But for the past 2 years it seams not to be working as well, even used every month. 6 months ago we started to put pets on Comfortis. It has knocked the fleas dick in the dirt! It kills the fast enough that they can't lay eggs. It DOES not kill ticks, for them a Preventic collar works for 3 months. Comfortis also has come out combined with a heartworm prevention. It is Trifixis |