Ugh...fleas (house, buy, floors)

[plaidfrogg]

Our dog has fleas. She's had them for a few weeks in spite of regular flea treatments. Our vet friend says it's a common issue around here with this extended warm weather. Our cats don't seem to be bothered so we are looking into changing the dog's treatment medication. In the meantime, we're seeing fleas in my child's room, where the dog sleeps.

Has anyone used indoor home treatments for fleas? Is there something better/safer than the flea bombs used 20+ years ago? I'm reluctant to use any kind of chemical in the kids' rooms.

We may also need to treat the yard....any recs for products?

[colcat]

Originally Posted by plaidfrogg

Our dog has fleas. She's had them for a few weeks in spite of regular flea treatments. Our vet friend says it's a common issue around here with this extended warm weather. Our cats don't seem to be bothered so we are looking into changing the dog's treatment medication. In the meantime, we're seeing fleas in my child's room, where the dog sleeps.

Has anyone used indoor home treatments for fleas? Is there something better/safer than the flea bombs used 20+ years ago? I'm reluctant to use any kind of chemical in the kids' rooms.

We may also need to treat the yard....any recs for products?

Advantage(the stuff you put on the back of their necks) is the only thing I have ever had success with. Good luck.

[jiffener]

I have read diatomaceoys earth can be effective and is very safe , but after appearing the yard with Cyonara and the house with Ptecor 2000 (obtained locally at solutions on 1960), switching from Front Line to Trifexis for the dog and Advantage Multi for the cats, I never needed to try the DE.

DE is much more environmentally friendly than the chemical approach but it has its limitations. (I suggest googling flea control diatomaceous earth for more info.)

Vacuuming daily is really useful, even if you have heard surface floors.

Other people suggest using flea combs and making your own flea trap with a bowl of water or what have you. Those require a lot of effort. Actually so does spraying and vacuuming. It's a war regardless what approach you take.

I've heard others looking for help with fleas in the last week. Maybe I should fire up the flea trap at my house and see if I suddenly have customers again.

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[jiffener]

Ugh. Stupid autocorrect.

"Diatomaceous“ earth.

"Spraying" the house.

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[piyf]

Be careful with using advantage or frontline. 1 out of 3 of my dogs got a severe allergic reaction from it. Go to Lowes or HD and buy a couple flea traps. All it is is fly paper with a lamp above it. It will catch a lot of them. Just make sure it's the only light source during the night and it's in a great location.

Also, wash your dog with a small amount of Dawn (blue dish soap) and also make sure the water level stays about 2" deep so when they drop they will stay under the water. Rinse them off good and use a good conditioner as the dawn will dry their skin.


If you find fleas on your dog and can pick them off. An easy way to kill them is to have a glass with water and dawn in it. Then just put your finger tips in it and release the flea into the glass. It'll sink to the bottom of the cup. A deep dish plate will work too.