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Posted: 8/4/2011 1:59:40 PM EDT
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7 dust from lowes
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Posted: 8/4/2011 3:21:02 PM EDT
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This has been the worst flea season for the last 7 to 10 years.
Good luck with the outside animals. Sevin dust sounds as good an idea as any other. |
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Posted: 8/4/2011 3:30:07 PM EDT
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Yes
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Posted: 8/5/2011 11:38:50 AM EDT
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Kittens are too young for the good stuff. I think I might dip them in Pyretherin diluted to some percentage with water? Any ideas. Luckily cats aren't in the house. We have dipped a cat in heavily diluted Pyrethrin with no ill effects. At the time, I did the math to come up with what should have been a safe ratio when mixed with 30 gallons of water in a bath tub. Yes, fleas have been very problematic this year for us. Our indoor cats never go outside and we are still finding fleas indoors this year. Frontline didn't seem to be having an effect, so we have went back to old style flea collars. |
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Posted: 8/5/2011 12:16:57 PM EDT
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We have dipped a cat in heavily diluted Pyrethrin with no ill effects. At the time, I did the math to come up with what should have been a safe ratio when mixed with 30 gallons of water in a bath tub. Natural repellent from Chrysanthemums: = pyrethrins Synthetic copy of pyrethrins = permethrin Natural pyrethrins are broken down by digestive juices, while synthetic pyrethrins (permethrin) are metabolized by the liver Toxicity in cats occurs because their livers are incapable of properly metabolizing synthetic pyrethrins, AKA permethrin. Natural pyrethrins are generally considered safe for cats, although in some cases they can have severe reactions. Symptoms of synthetic pyrethrin toxicity are far more frequent and serious. In a British study, they reported that nearly 97 percent of 286 cats exposed to a spot flea treatment with the synthetic pyrethrin Permethrin developed symptoms of toxicity. Permethrin isn't anywhere as toxic in dogs. In fact, Advantix II is permethrin based. So, if you have a cat, just be careful when using either the natural or synthetic versions. It is also highly toxic to fish. |
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Posted: 8/5/2011 12:55:11 PM EDT
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We have dipped a cat in heavily diluted Pyrethrin with no ill effects. At the time, I did the math to come up with what should have been a safe ratio when mixed with 30 gallons of water in a bath tub. Natural repellent from Chrysanthemums: = pyrethrins Synthetic copy of pyrethrins = permethrin Natural pyrethrins are broken down by digestive juices, while synthetic pyrethrins (permethrin) are metabolized by the liver Toxicity in cats occurs because their livers are incapable of properly metabolizing synthetic pyrethrins, AKA permethrin. Natural pyrethrins are generally considered safe for cats, although in some cases they can have severe reactions. Symptoms of synthetic pyrethrin toxicity are far more frequent and serious. In a British study, they reported that nearly 97 percent of 286 cats exposed to a spot flea treatment with the synthetic pyrethrin Permethrin developed symptoms of toxicity. Permethrin isn't anywhere as toxic in dogs. In fact, Advantix II is permethrin based. So, if you have a cat, just be careful when using either the natural or synthetic versions. It is also highly toxic to fish. I should also note that, while I don't want to cause poisoning to any kitty, this particular cat was a feral that we caught in a live trap. We wanted to be able to turn him loose in the house without worrying about causing a flea infestation during the taming process. I sometimes shoot feral cats, but he seemed to good to waste. He did not enjoy being plunged into the bath tub while still in the live trap. I also dumped several bowls full over him also for good measure. 
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Posted: 8/6/2011 5:09:19 PM EDT
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Havent had a flea in 13 years, until this summer.
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Posted: 8/7/2011 1:46:48 PM EDT
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I should also note that, while I don't want to cause poisoning to any kitty, this particular cat was a feral that we caught in a live trap. We wanted to be able to turn him loose in the house without worrying about causing a flea infestation during the taming process. I sometimes shoot feral cats, but he seemed to good to waste. He did not enjoy being plunged into the bath tub while still in the live trap. I also dumped several bowls full over him also for good measure.
Man, you are going to have cat poop in your shoes or on your pillow for the rest of that cat's days :P |
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Posted: 8/7/2011 2:16:37 PM EDT
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feed brewers yeast with garlic in thier food. I have a cat and a dog both inside and outside, the dog i just put the tablets in her food. the cat i crush tablets and mix with food. i've done this for years and have never had fleas. fleas don't like garlic. dosage amounts are on the bottle. $12.00 for 1000 tablet bottle.
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Posted: 8/8/2011 4:31:16 AM EDT
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I should also note that, while I don't want to cause poisoning to any kitty, this particular cat was a feral that we caught in a live trap. We wanted to be able to turn him loose in the house without worrying about causing a flea infestation during the taming process. I sometimes shoot feral cats, but he seemed to good to waste. He did not enjoy being plunged into the bath tub while still in the live trap. I also dumped several bowls full over him also for good measure.
Man, you are going to have cat poop in your shoes or on your pillow for the rest of that cat's days :P Actually, once I tamed him, he was sweet as could be. Taming a feral cat requires a lot of patience though. |
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Posted: 8/9/2011 12:39:01 PM EDT
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Our indoor cats got fleas this year as well. Advantage seems to be working pretty well so far......
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Posted: 8/9/2011 5:55:01 PM EDT
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Same here this season.
Thankfully they aren't the big get into everything even the carpet this year, but we can't seem to shake them of the dogs. They're the little tiny suckers and my dogs aren't even making it 3 weeks on Frontline. I suspect these little suckers, it has something to do with they have a slightly different life cycle. I don't really want to increase the Frontline or go with a stronger skin absorbed chemicals, Leukemia is very high in the animals more aggressively treated. I guess we'll go old school using flea baths and flea powder (making sure to lock them outside a good while giving the little buggers time to escape but not in my house). Anyway, its different. The summer here is hot but not dry and where the fleas ought to be big, they're small. We have no animal cross contamination so I think my perimeter (I live next to a forest) insecticide treatment is not holding them back. I may have to do a whole yard treatment which I really don't like to do. It kills my lizards which I don't mind sharing my hill with. The lizards eat the bad things like termites etc. Tj |
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Posted: 8/10/2011 9:27:12 AM EDT
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Fleas have been awful here. I have 2 outside dogs and 1 inside dog. All three were infested even with regular Advantix treatments as was the outside dogs pen and the inside dog's sleeping area.
I haven't had a flea problem in the 8 years I've been in TN until this one, something is definitely different. Ortho Home defense max took care of the pen and bedding areas, and for prevention purposes I treated the porches and rooms entering the house from them. Instead of extra advantix I used a diluted permetherin solution to bathe the dogs in. Been 3 weeks since their last advantix treatment, I should probably do another permetherin bath. Nothing I hate more than fleas. |
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Posted: 8/10/2011 5:56:39 PM EDT
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Dealing with this and my cats. Moved into a new apartment. My cats are indoor cats and were flea free. Old tenants were dirty hippies. They left the place a god damned mess. They had cats so I assume it's from them. I wish we lived in an area with Army Ants so something like this would happen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-xLIfjrtFo You'd think that if nature created parasite creatures that feed off animals and exist in droves that something else would have come around to prey on them. I can only hope as humanity gets a better hold on biology and synthetic organisms we come up with a bacteria/virus/creature to eradicate fleas, ticks and mosquitoes. Keep a handful of them alive in a lab like smallpox in case we should somehow need them. |
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Posted: 8/11/2011 9:03:09 AM EDT
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Crazyness....and here I just thought it was the kittens we had in the basement for a while.
I have never seen such flea madness... the basement was insane. Shopvac, spray x 10, light and pan of water....killed them by the hundreds for a month but just now seeing the end of them. |
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Posted: 8/11/2011 9:54:36 AM EDT
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http://cedaroils.com/
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Posted: 8/11/2011 10:15:28 AM EDT
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To go along with the fleas down here, we have tick because it's so dry. There's nothing more fun than trying to pull a tick out of a horse's ear.
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Posted: 8/11/2011 12:14:31 PM EDT
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I am currently battling a flea problem in the house.
Weapons utilized: Pyrethrins permethrins IGR's...insect growth restricters. These help break the life cycle. Nylar is a good one for this. vaccum cleaner. This sucks the little bastards up so they can't get to you. Supposedly the vaccum beats the crap our of them and they die. Go to Ace hardware. They carry a lot of the good stuff you will need. |
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Posted: 8/11/2011 12:25:57 PM EDT
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Bad season indeed
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Posted: 8/11/2011 12:48:23 PM EDT
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my neighbor turned me onto the ceder oil treatment for the dogs. we have not seen a flea or tick this year using it once a month on them as a dip. natural, no chemicals, no smell. i am using on my clothes now as well when i hit the woods.
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Posted: 8/11/2011 12:54:29 PM EDT
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It's ticks here in NH. I have 2 dogs, and while I haven't picked a single tick off them so far due to Advantix, I have picked several off myself that hitched a ride on my dogs. Blech, ticks disturb the hell out of me. They've never been so bad before as they are this year.
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Posted: 8/11/2011 6:53:56 PM EDT
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Not 1 flea on our boys this year. I'm actually astonished. |
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