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Post by Tammi21 on Jun 21, 2005 15:41:05 GMT -5
Ok I got the Frontline form the vet I gave the cat a bath. 1. I got my arms shredded by the cat. I put the Frontline on the cat. The cat is now free of fleas. I vacuumed the whole house. Cleaned the dogs bedding. I gave the dog a bath, put the Frontline on the dog, and she still has fleas. Ahhhggahh. Is there anything I can do to get the fleas off of her. Fleas are still on her *screams*
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Post by Nicole on Jun 21, 2005 16:13:34 GMT -5
Tammi, I am sorry to say that if you had a flea infestation, you will have to treat your environment, inside and the yard, to prevent re-infestation.
First off, when did you apply the Frontline. If the dog was infested, it will take a day or so for the adults to die.
This is what happens when you have a flea infestation. The flea bites the dog and lays millions of eggs. The eggs are like tiny jelly rolls and roll off the dog. They hide deep in the carpet and crevices and cracks in the floor. Within 3 weeks they become larva and spin a cocoon that protects them from almost anything. They stay in the cocoon until they feel the vibration and warmth of a nearby host. Then they jump out of the cocoon onto the dog, cat or you. If the dog is treated they may prefer you!! They can remain in the cocoon for a year or longer without food. This is why they have survived for eons.
So even though your dog is treated, there are millions of cocoons waiting to hatch and jump on him. When they do, they will die and any eggs will be sterile. But using Frontline alone is not going to eradicate the fleas that are already waiting in your carpet. Vacuuming won’t put a dent in the problem.
If the problem is serious, I would call in an exterminator for assistance. Once you treat your environment, then the Frontline should prevent any fleas from laying fertile eggs.
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Post by Tammi21 on Jun 21, 2005 17:42:24 GMT -5
I'm sorry to have troubled you. I was told that the frontline will kill them right off. So when they didn’t go away immediately I was told must have a big problem. (I think my problem is the one that I was getting advice from) I think I will get some stuff to put in my yard though. I don’t think there is any fleas in the house because I have never see them, and believe me I have looked.
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Post by icygirlie on Jun 22, 2005 1:12:28 GMT -5
I believe the only thing Frontline doesn't kill are the eggs.
When we first got Zoe, the poor baby had *a* (yes, singular) flea on her. She had picked it up in the van the rescue uses the day they brought her to us.
We frontlined her and then went through the entire house. I doused the rugs with baking soda (read somewhere it dries out the larvae/cocoons) vacuumed, washed everything and two days after I frontlined her, I bathed her to rinse off any remaining eggs. Eggs and warm water do not mix.
We probably caught it all in time as the vet combed her over fully and only found the one, but with fleas, no precaution is too great or too small.
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