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Possible Flea Bites
Asked by C.T. from New York
on April 6, 2008
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My four year old son has been getting red spots all over his body for the last 2-3 weeks. When we took him the the pediatrician, he said that it was flea bites, and t...
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- Hi C.: I presume flea clean-up is similar to lice. When my 5 year old recently got lice we had to either wash or bag all of her stuff .... dolls, stuffed animals a...
- Hi there hun, Your doing the right thing changing his linens,and to wrap the matteress but first vacuum the mattress and surrounding area. If you have carpet take hou...
- Do you have pets? Fleas are hard to get rid of...you'll have to treat your pets and bomb the area. Did you consider bed bugs? Look up some info on them. If you...
Baby Safe Flea Spray?
Asked by B.E. from Jacksonville
on May 31, 2011
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We are having serious issues with fleas this summer. Our dog is an outside dog. We have (repeatedly) treated our yard and our dog (frontline), but we are still finding...
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- The groomers at Petsmart infested my precious boy with fleas, we had spent hundreds treating the yard and house and could not get it under control until I gave him the...
- I give my dogs Garlic powder on their food (blood sucking bugs DO NOT like garlic, if humans eat a lot of garlic, the mosquitoes will also stay away), and when it is a...
- what about essential oils on your dog? Inside you put down borax, leave overnight and then vacuum up
SAFE Flea Remedies
Asked by C.S. from New York
on November 28, 2007
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My soon to be 15 year old pooch has fleas. In the past, we've just shaved her down and that seems to cure the problem. She is an American Eskimo, so without the fur, t...
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- fleas hate garlic and they hate yeast... so if u put yeast on the fur and garlic in the food they will leave... i have a friend that has the same problem and i got it ...
- Hi C., I had the same problem with my mini/poodle.. My groomer recommends Frontline.. but in liquid form not the collar. The best thing about that is the fleas die ...
- You might want to do a search online. I had read something a while back, I don't remember where, about using ground cloves to get rid of fleas on a pet. You have to ap...
How to Treat House for Fleas with a Crawling Baby?
Asked by S.J. from Columbus
on August 4, 2008
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Hi everyone. I checked the past posts and thought that since mine is a bit different I'd post this anyway.
We left for vacation and returned two weeks later to see...
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- There are some flea bombs available that you don't have to leave set for a week. We had the same problem last summer when my baby was only a few months old. It's a m...
- while vacumming i would put a activated flea coller cut up in the vac bag..
- My suggestion would be to vacuum, vacuum, vacuum!! For some reason, vacuuming kills fleas. Since you already did the Frontline thing with the dogs, I wouldn't think y...
Fleas Help!!
Asked by M.B. from Providence
on August 18, 2009
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Recently, we have found that our cat, who is an indoor cat but got out a couple of times, has some fleas on him. He hangs out in our basement a lot and has infected t...
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- Hi, We had a similar situation a couple of years ago. After trying all the home remedies, we finally had to call an exterminator, because the problem got out of ha...
- Hey M., We've had fleas from time to time as well. It usually happens when I slack off on the frontline on the cats and dog. I put moth balls inside the vacuum bag ...
- Hello, Take it from me, you MUST call the exterminator. My house was once infested as well. The only way to get rid of them when they are that large is an exterminato...
FleAs In the House but No Animals...
Asked by M.B. from Los Angeles
on February 7, 2011
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This is the strangest thing..... I have fleAs in my house but I have no animals. Any idea how this is? I have done the fleA powder on the carpet and vacuumed EVERYTHIN...
Indoor Cat with Fleas... Suggestions on Defleaing Her and House
Asked by M.M. from Portland
on July 3, 2008
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Some Siamese/pursian kittens were born at my daughers house. I got the runt female kitten. She has been only indoor cat. Somehow she got fleas. I keep using comb a...
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- If the kitten is very young, be careful about treating her with chemicals...check with a vet first. We took in a 5 or 6 week old stray kitten once and he had fleas co...
- We have had the same problem in the past. I've found that Frontline usually works wonders. Put it on the animals and within a couple of days all of the fleas are gone-...
- Definitely keep treating your cat and consistently treat her, regardless of whether or not she is an indoor cat. You can actually bring in one or two fleas from the o...
How Do I Get Rid of These FLEAS!!
Asked by N.H. from Austin
on April 8, 2010
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I'm not sure if the fleas are leftover from the previous tennent from the apartment we're in or from our new cat. The previous tennent had two cats & some gerbil/hamst...
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- The only thing you can do is bomb the place. When I had this issue when I was in an apt (my roomie had a puppy and I had 2 cats) the fleas were a serious problem. If t...
- The only way we were able to get rid of ALL the fleas in our house was we first had to "flea bomb" the house. Second we had to wash everything and spray all upholstry ...
- Hi N., Same issue here. I did quite a bit of research because bug bombs make me very nervous, especially around small children. I don't want them playing in a home th...
Being Eaten Alive by Fleas
Asked by K.D. from Yuba City
on July 12, 2009
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Dear Mamas,
We have a very bad flea infestation. Lived in this house for 5 years, and have never had a problem like this. In fact, we've never had fleas in this h...
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- Hi K.- THis must be the year for fleas. We have never gotten more than a little carpet spray couldn't deal with, but not this year. I SOAKED my entire floors, walls, ...
- Are you SURE it is fleas, it could be rat mites. many people on this thread have had run ins with roof rat mites and they are covered in bites as you describe. Put ...
- We just went through this! I recommend Advantage over any other medication for your kitties. I, too, didn't want to bomb so I ended up sprinkling Borax in the carpets ...
Fleas!!!!!
Asked by J.Z. from Atlanta
on August 16, 2009
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Please help..... Our dogs got fleas and we thought they were contained to the garage. We have now started noticing them in our upstairs bathrooms! How do you cure f...
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- You definitely have to treat your dogs or you'll never get rid of the fleas. Think about how annoyed you are with them and consider that your four-legged friends are p...
- J., Ack... It's been a terrible year for fleas. Lots of people are having success with Comfortis (a flea treatment for dogs, available from your vet) but you will h...
- Hi J., Since you probably don't want pesticides in your home with a child there, you will have to google and make sure no residue is left behind with my option. All ...
