shoot me now..

..arrrrrghhh!
I just noticed a flea on my pillow.
I admit, I have not treated Inky with any Advantage since, well.. last summer.. Now my lack of prevention is worth a pound of poopy. :(
I hate this!! I guess it could be worse.. my friend has a tick outbreak at her farm. I am not going within 10 mines of her..!

So, you are saying that your a flea bitten :P

So fun when they bring guests to the bed!:8:

eeeewwww..... that is one problem i've never had! well, almost never. we took nevaeh to a friends house not knowing it was crawling with fleas. so nevaeh had a bath a couple days later and that was the end of that! we've been pretty lucky i guess!

The feline Advantage should be here monday-tuesday. I used it last time; we had a pretty bad case of fleas, and honestly, within a week or so I was not seeing any, after using it. It kills the fleas on the cat within hours; I guess then it kills any that bite the cat and they eventually clear up, nto to get tooo detailed..
I am glad that it is something we can fix! But I hate fleas! I know just how the blasted things get on him; there's a stray farm cat that runs around and goes up to a certain door we have that has a 1-inch gap between the door and floor.. Inky is always looking out there. I am glad that he is up-to-date on his other vaccinations.
I only got one bite overnight; it was not a flea! Had to be a spider.. flea bites on me are tiny specks.. this thing is about baseball sized! My reaction to spider bites..

Good to hear you got your topical treatment ordered. Fleas are pretty bad this year down south, as our "winter" season didn't seem to stop the flea cycle at all... I now use Frontline Plus and if I see any fleas on any of the pets, Capstar is good for killing all live fleas on the animal extremely quickly.

Any prefered caliber? or location to be shot at? Could be very important info right there... ;)

Sorry about the fleas, they can be a real pain to deal with, especially if they've already laid eggs.

Yeah, I've been having some major issues with fleas on my dog. I did give her Capstar last week and it did help. Best of look with the fleas!

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Any prefered caliber? or location to be shot at? Could be very important info right there... ;)

Sorry about the fleas, they can be a real pain to deal with, especially if they've already laid eggs.

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lol..
But I am not one of those people who tolerate fleas. I really wish I could PAMite my whole bedroom, house, etc. But I don't use substrate and well, I don't want to die.. and the can is not big enough. :)
The Advantage has a great record with me, and my neighbor.

Is laundering all of my bedding going to kill the flea eggs/larvae that could be in it? Or will it just produce clean larva? lol.. I am putting everything through the antibacterial setting on the dryer too..
They say to vacuum the whole house.. OK.. we have all hard floors and I sweep daily and mop weekly. The only vacuum we own is a Shop-Vac; I could see me skating around the house with that thing, sucking the cloth off of the furniture!

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lol..
But I am not one of those people who tolerate fleas. I really wish I could PAMite my whole bedroom, house, etc. But I don't use substrate and well, I don't want to die.. and the can is not big enough. :)
The Advantage has a great record with me, and my neighbor.

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Yea, I imagine the wash should do a fair job at removing any embedded eggs/larva. I know it's sad you can't (or atleast shouldn't) PAM your house, however a fun alternative would be to remove the furniture and Pledge your floor (assuming you have hardwood/tile floor), and then going skating. Fun, but would accomplish little (aside from having a sparkling clean floor)! :D

Now that I think about it... My snakes get better lifes then I do. They don't do a darn thing, yet are provided with ample food, maid service, terminator service, A/C via reliable t-stat, and a entertaining 24/7 "reality TV show" on a widescreen glass viv screen. Lucky snakes.... Makes me want to go fill my house full of aspen. LOL:rolleyes:

btw, awesome avatar.

A dryer set on hot or putting items in plastic in the freezer will kill stuff off Jen. Make sure your pillows, bedding, etc. gets a good run or two through either of these methods. Stuffed toys as well are lovely hidey homes for buggies so dump them all in a big plastic bag, push out all the air and store them in a freezer for a few days.

I don't know about animal fleas but having had a kid come home years ago from bible camp with head lice, this is what we had to do with all "soft" things that couldn't go through a washing machine.

Ack now I'm itchy just thinking about it LOL.

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Yeah, I've been having some major issues with fleas on my dog. I did give her Capstar last week and it did help. Best of look with the fleas!

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Capstar alone will not clear up a flea problem. It will kill the fleas that are currently on your dog, and any that get on for the next day or two, but has no long-term residual effect. It's good for a quick clean-up of an animal who is being brought into a clean environment, but has little use in managing an active flea problem. A long-lasting topical like Advantage or Frontline plus treating the environment will be far more effective.

For treating the environment: Look for a spray that contains Nylar...it stops the flea reproductive cycle. Knockout is one brand. Others that have been used effectively are Ovitrol and Siphotrol. All of them are designed to be used on indoor surfaces and last for months.

In the absence of an area treatment, get a cheap flea collar or some of those nasty pyrethrin based topicals from the grocery store. Squeeze the pyrethrins onto a paper towel and put that towel or the flea collar in your vacuum bag (or chamber if using a bagless). Vaccum the whole house meticulously...vacuum every nook and cranny in the furniture, every rug, every seam in the floor. The eggs and larva are lurking everywhere.

It will also be necessary to keep a topical on your pet for a minimum of three months, and ideally year 'round. Even in winter fleas hitchhike in from body to body.

^ Thanks, I'll have to look for some spray. I've been vacuuming my place obsessively and the dog isn't allowed on the bed/couch now. I've been using Frontline religiously for the duration of my dog's life and honestly, it ain't working. My dog does, however, have allergies to grass, mites, other things, so when one flea gets on her, she goes nuts.

Anyway, I'm rambling. Thanks for the sound advice! :)

Sounds good. I ran all of the bedding through the hot dryer cycle that is supposed to kill off everything. I also have a furry faux-mink blanket (it is my blankie; hell, I am 26 and cannot sleep without it lol!) But anyway, I ran it through the longest sanitizing setting in the washer and overdid it on the soap; I figured that it'd have the same effect that a dish-soapy-water soak has on a snake with mites; the bubbles help kill things off. Then I ran it and the other bedding (including pillows) through the drier HOT setting.
I am waiting on this Advantage; hopefully it is delivered tomorrow. Last time I used it, it was like a magic switch went off and all fleas died in the house. I have not seen any since yesterday; hopefully this is only the beginning of their reign of terror and i can nip it in he bud.
Oh, I think I know how I got them here in the first place. Visited my friend last weekend.. brought up the flea thing on the phone yesterday.. she's like "oh; I just live with them. They hop around on me when I am reading in bed, etc. etc." ARRRGH!!!