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xd4life · 12-08-2007, 12:54 AM

BORAX!!!

Sprinkle it on the carpet and the lawn, vacuum, then repeat a few weeks later. You wont have all the poison around the house and it is more effective...

Etta Place · 12-08-2007, 10:33 AM

Agree with the people who have mentioned Advantage. This is an amazing product. It works extremely well. In the summer you sometimes have to apply it a little more frequently if you notice your pet scratching as fleas are more prevalent then.

samman23 · 12-08-2007, 10:52 AM

+1 on frontline for dogs. I use revolution for cats. Those are good preventatives, but they work through their natural oils. Both of those have to bought through a vet.

Regular bathing is a good preventative also. My indoor dog only gets bathed.

Whatever you do, don't use Hartz. I went cheap at walmart one time, and it made my 12 year old lab sick for a whole month. She stunk because of the Hartz and was lethargic and looked like she gave up on life. She's better now and about to be 13.

http://www.hartzvictims.org

Brush-Wolf-Lady · 12-08-2007, 02:13 PM

I had tried flea baths and dips too with the kittens ( thats really fun, bathing cats, even little kittens LOL) and powders on the 2 adult animals. Someone told me to try Frontline Plus, so I got some off ebay for much less than the vet sells it ( but be wary of this- some sellers may sell you fake stuff). The stuff I got was written in Afrikaans and english LOL, BUT it worked! I haven't had flea problems sicne, and no I didn't dose them any more than till I ran out of the doses.

**Druac** · 12-08-2007, 04:39 PM

And it has worked very well:

12-08-2007, 12:54 AM	#11
xd4life XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Back in HOTLANTA Posts: 2,251	BORAX!!! Sprinkle it on the carpet and the lawn, vacuum, then repeat a few weeks later. You wont have all the poison around the house and it is more effective... __________________ "A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well." Rick Hebert "The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities.... It is best to win without fighting." Sun-tzu 300 B.C Bob Barr FOR PRESIDENT

12-08-2007, 10:33 AM	#12
Etta Place XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 7,567	Agree with the people who have mentioned Advantage. This is an amazing product. It works extremely well. In the summer you sometimes have to apply it a little more frequently if you notice your pet scratching as fleas are more prevalent then. __________________ "No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare." (– James Madison)

12-08-2007, 04:39 PM	#15
Druac XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Rocklin, CA Posts: 1,062	Sentinel is what we have used for YEARS. And it has worked very well: __________________ "When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion." - Abraham Lincoln "I do not feel obliged to believe that same God who endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect had intended for us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei "God is my savior...he saves me from REALITY!" - My Custom Tee-Shirt "Procreation Certification" - Me

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12-08-2007, 10:52 AM	#13
samman23 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 167	+1 on frontline for dogs. I use revolution for cats. Those are good preventatives, but they work through their natural oils. Both of those have to bought through a vet. Regular bathing is a good preventative also. My indoor dog only gets bathed. Whatever you do, don't use Hartz. I went cheap at walmart one time, and it made my 12 year old lab sick for a whole month. She stunk because of the Hartz and was lethargic and looked like she gave up on life. She's better now and about to be 13. http://www.hartzvictims.org

12-08-2007, 02:13 PM	#14
Brush-Wolf-Lady XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 656	I had tried flea baths and dips too with the kittens ( thats really fun, bathing cats, even little kittens LOL) and powders on the 2 adult animals. Someone told me to try Frontline Plus, so I got some off ebay for much less than the vet sells it ( but be wary of this- some sellers may sell you fake stuff). The stuff I got was written in Afrikaans and english LOL, BUT it worked! I haven't had flea problems sicne, and no I didn't dose them any more than till I ran out of the doses.