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How do I get rid of these fleas on my dog?
My dog is 13 years old and has never had fleas since he was a puppy. But this woman that my dad is seeing moved in and brought her dog along with and he has fleas and passed them onto my dog and I am mad. Please I have never had to deal with this.
6 Answers
- Pat BrownLv 67 years ago
BOTH dogs need flea treatment, soon. The easiest and simplest way is to use something like Advantix II. You get the right kind based on dog's weight. There are videos online or someone can show you how to apply, it is not hard.
Once a month. It will kill fleas, prevent flea eggs from developing, kill/repel ticks, and some treatments protect against mosquito bites which can cause heartworm in dogs.
Fleas are a nuisance, but years ago, before these treatments, they were much much worse.
- 7 years ago
You can wash your dog in blue dawn dish soap. Keep washing then rinsing until you don't see any fleas fall of when rinsing. You have to comb through and scrub to get them off. When bathing the fleas go to the head and under chin/neck so really scrub there. It will most likely take multiple baths. This will dry out the skin so put coconut oil on your dog after final bath. Hope this helps my foster dog just had fleas and I got this information from the vet
- Anonymous7 years ago
You can use flea treatment such as advantage and k9 advantix which will help get rid of them but those are more for preventing fleas. What I recommend getting is a flea wash which is like lice shampoo for humans, it will kill most if not all the fleas and then you should get k9 advantix or advantage and then use those monthly to get rid of fleas
- Mick WLv 77 years ago
use advantage obtainable from your vet, on the back of the pets neck it kills 99% of fleas in 24 hours, it stays effective for a month, you can also get sprays from the vet, to get rid of them in carpets and furniture, bedding and pets bedding.
if you use the spray its recommended not to vacuum for 24 to 48 hours, i suggest trying the advice below before embarking on the added expenditure of the sprays.
to reduce costs if you get an advantage for a larger dog than you own, (it goes on weight) empty the phial into a vessel and use a syringe or two to halve the dosage, putting half back into the phial and applying it to each dog in turn.
i;e i have 2 cats, the recommended dosage is 0.4ml per animal for up to 4 kg of body weight, by buying one for a large cat 0.8ml (4 kg and above) and dividing it into two doses, using old pet insulin syringes, i can treat both for about 50p more than the cost of a single 0.4ml dose for one cat,
IMPORTANT
you must be aware that only the adult fleas live on your pets, the rest of the life cycle the eggs, larva and pupa, are in your carpets and furniture, bedding, pets bedding, and when they hatch out they infest your home and pets again,
at any one point only 5% of the flea population is present on your pet, as adults, the remaining 95% is in various stages of development, in your home, and each time they replicate the infestation gets considerable larger.
regular vacuuming of the home is essential to break the cycle and get rid of them, say every day or even twice a day to start with, i used to put a flea collar round the stub of the vac where the dustbag fits to kill off the ones that hatch out, and crawl out of the vac and reinfest your home, or you can empty the vac bag immediately after vacuuming, or even throw it in the bin,
as i now have a dyson there is no bag, so it goes straight in the dustbin outside.
A vacuum cleaner that beats and sweeps causes the maximum fatalities to the flea population in its various stages of development.
remember a female flea lays up to 50 eggs a day, white in colour and about 1/2 a mm long, you may spot these on a dark coloured pet blanket.
without doing this the infestation will continue, as irrespective of how many adult fleas you kill, days later a fresh lot hatch out any you're back to square one again.
be advised that the secondary infection in your pet will be worms, as their eggs are in the fleas saliva, so they infect your pet when they bite it.
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- Anonymous7 years ago
Got to the vet, and they will give your dog flea shampoo. Just follow instructions on bottle.
- 7 years ago
U have to set him on fire that will kill the fleas.my old dog had them and I just put a little gas and struck a match and poof they where gone.but I must have waited too long cus they killed him while they where burning.but if my new dog gets fleas im goin to doit as soon as he gets them