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Fleas

Posted: October 8 08, 7:20 am
by Sutter'sBeard
Anyone else having trouble with these little varmits this year. My dog is ten and has never had them until this year. He spends a grand total of 3 minutes a day outside pooping. Now my house is infested and I have very little carpet. I hate those little f**kers.

Re: Fleas

Posted: October 8 08, 7:46 am
by lukethedrifter
What makes you so sure it was the pooch what brought 'em in?

Re: Fleas

Posted: October 9 08, 2:39 pm
by docellis
i give my dogs baths every other week. last night i saw fleas. this sucks. i thought i liked having less winter but i forgot about fleas.

Re: Fleas

Posted: October 9 08, 2:41 pm
by cardinalkarp
Do you guys use that frontline stuff on your dogs?

Re: Fleas

Posted: October 9 08, 2:43 pm
by docellis
cardinalkarp wrote:Do you guys use that frontline stuff on your dogs?
back in the South i used to use that. you had to back there - it never got cold enough to kill bugs so fleas were almost a year round battle. but since i moved here i never have used it and i have never had fleas.

but that crap is so freaking expensive.

Re: Fleas

Posted: October 9 08, 2:46 pm
by Arthur Dent
docellis wrote:but that crap is so freaking expensive.
No kidding. I got some because I took my dog camping and was worried about ticks. I don't think I will continue as fleas haven't been a problem. Serious sticker shock there.

Re: Fleas

Posted: October 9 08, 2:58 pm
by cardinalkarp
Hmm, I never noticed how expensive it is. My wife always brings the dogs to the vet.

What's it cost about 30 or 40 bucks for a application that lasts a few months? I know we don't put it on them very often and they have never had fleas.

Re: Fleas

Posted: October 9 08, 3:15 pm
by Richie Allen
I've got a 9 year old and a 3 year old that have never had fleas until this week. Not sure what's going on out there but they're terrible. I just left the back deck because 3 or 4 ended up on me somehow.

Re: Fleas

Posted: October 9 08, 4:30 pm
by Richie Allen
I just noticed we have four applications of Advantage Flea Killer. I think those were pretty expensive too, if I remember correctly. Hopefully they'll help with the problem. Now I've gotta go start vacuuming.

Re: Fleas

Posted: October 9 08, 5:05 pm
by planet planet
We've got three cats so 1 package of Frontline Plus only lasts us a month. The stuff doesn't work for us. There were some dead fleas after initial application, but a week later, still scratching, and still fleas.