Please someone save me from these fleas!?

Question

Ok.....I have a senior dog and a puppy and they are both INFESTED with fleas...and these are not just any annoying fleas these are mutant fleas that don't die! Me and my family have tried just about everything but because of their age its so hard to be as aggressive as we want to. We've treated the yard by applying an Malathion all over and have bombed the house like absolute crazy (were talking like two bombs per room here people) and the fleas only got worse! Frontline, Advantage, Biospot none of it works and these fleas are probably laughing at all this natural stuff I'm trying like oils, rosemary and garlic..Don't worry I'm vaccumming like crazy and have tried literally everything to combat this...I'm afraid these fleas are going to drain my poor dogs dry! So if anyone out there knows if there is a natural way of killing these fleas please help me and I will be indited to you forever! Thank you

Answer 1

Use the flea treatments on the dogs after you have bathed them thoroughly.

For carpets:  If you have a bagless vacuum, make sure you empty into a garbage bag and tie it tight.  Don't dump it out outside.  Try using seven dust.  It's not pretty, don't smell so great, but it works.  Use it inside and outside, under the house, etc.  Let it sit awhile, then vacuum it up. It is a white powder.

Hardwood and other floors:  Get some of that Lysol concentrate.  It smells like a hospital, kind of stinky, but worked really well on hardwood floors.  Fleas can get int he cracks, behind the baseboards and are hard to get out sometimes.  Bombing helps, but you have to do it regularly for a while, every few days.  

A flea comb used regularly can help.  We know we have a couple of flea beds in our yard (sandy soil) and we just located one of them, so we have some treating to do.  We comb out our dogs daily and drop the fleas either into some alcohol or into the toilet as we are combing.  Keeps them from escaping and getting back on the dog.

If you have tried everthing else, call in the exterminator or get them to recommend something for you to use yourself.

Answer 2

You need a professional exterminator.  Your dogs need vet help fast.

Your dogs can both have a capstar tablet from your vets it kills the fleas with in hours then apply Front line plus.

  

You need to clean your home from top to bottom vacumm like crazy. If you have a bag vac then get a flea collar from your vet to place in the bag.  Remove the bag after each time you vac and throw it away!  Your home is infested and that needs professional help!

Answer 3

TRY CAPSTAR I HAVE 3 DOGS AND WITHIN HOURS THE FLEAS WERE DEAD. YOU MAY SEE SOME A FEW WEEKS LATER IT IS THE EGGS THAT HATCHED BUT KEEP IT UP AND THEY WILL BE GONE. GO TO DISCOUNT PET MEDS THEY ARE CHEAP.

Answer 4

Flea baths, and there are sprays.  I'm sure if you stick with one thing for longer than you have probably tried them, then they will eventually die.  What you should do is give them a VERY thorough flea and tick bath and get them as dry as you can.  Then, while bathing them, have someone else vacuum REALLY well and dust the furniture and stuff like that (EVERY room in the house).  Then, when dog is dry, apply the flea and tick medicine.  If that doesn't work, just say so and I'll try to see about something else.  And also, use the same flea and tick shampoo on their collars, leashes, and harnesses.  And wash their beds (some are zippered and come off of the stuff on the inside).  You can also, if the Vet says it's okay, they can wear a flea and tick collar.

Answer 5

have you tried Revolution? we have been using it for 3 years and have never had fleas.

Answer 6

How long did you use the frontline and advantage for? Flea medication from your vet are one of the best choices but they are no quick fix...nothing is a quick fix. These medications take a minimum of 3-4 months to work. What they do is either kill the adult fleas every time they bite your dog or they make it so their eggs can not hatch.

You need to treat all the animals in your house. If one is not being treated then that one is helping to feed the fleas and increase their population.

I suggest getting a flea shampoo to put on the animals first, then use the vet medication. Flea shampoos are pretty useless on their own because they only kill fleas on your pet at that moment... but if you use that first to kill those fleas then put on medication they will help kill the next set of fleas to jump on your pets.

After doing that, lots and lots of vacuuming. Make sure that the bags and filters are cleaned out and that the bags they are put in are tightly closed and discarded immediately.  

I'd also get in touch with a local exterminator. Fleas are an environmental issue, so your yard my need to be looked at and have stuff to to help reduce the amount in your area.

  

Answer 7

Works great!

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Answer 8

i dont know about the house itself, only the dog.

please try this because it absolutely works and is cheap.

go to the grocery store and get a bottle of Joy dishwashing liquid.

wet your dogs and soap them up very good.

now, dont rinse off, leave it on them for 15-20 minutes

then go back and rinse.. the fleas you will see on them are all dead

GUARANTEED

Answer 9

Personally, I have always had very good luck with Frontline,  but it's possible that your fleas are breeding someplace besides your dogs.  Note that the fleas aren't going to die off altogether immediately; treatment does take a little time. I would avoid the malathion--way too dangerous for use around mammals!

Tell you what, I don't know for sure if it works for fleas, but I know that tea-tree oil is deathly effective on lice, so I figure it might work pretty well on their larger cousins.  You might at least try it--they make a tea-tree oil shampoo that works pretty well, on people and dogs.  For the house, launder everything you can launder, scrub every surface that can be scrubbed, vacuum all the carpets and pay special attention to the animal bedding.  And try to do all that  stuff within 1 or 2 days, else you  get more eggs laid and the problem just keeps going on.