FLEAS!!!!!! I am so upset! We've had Toby for 3 years now and not a single flea!! Hubby started a new job, which puts him around some other pets (apartment maintenance) and he thinks he may have brought some home!
Its NOVEMBER! in OHIO! Fleas should be dead! Oye! He had a flea collar on too. They've always worked in the past.
I went to Petsmart got Biospot shampoo and drops. Although it was REALLY expensive, Its what the lady recommended since I have young children and Im pregnant. I guess less harsh. She told me to bathe him and let him soak in the suds for 30 minutes! Uggggg, that was the longest half hour of my life! And the poor baby was so cold! I had him wrapped in a towel, but he was still shivering! Just looked like a little drowned rat standing there in the tub! Anyhoo....that seemed to work! No itching, I went over him literally with a fine tooth comb. Not a flea! Well this morning he started nibbling at his backside, and I checked him.....MORE FLEAS!!!!! So I bathed him again!!!! I found maybe 10. Not too bad, but still Im SHOCKED! Alot of little tini ones, im assuming babies that maybe just hatched. I went ahead and put the drops on him now. Even though I know if I have to wash him again, it will wash off. IM hoping these drops will keep them off him.
Im just so bummed!!!! He's never had a single problem! His poor little body is just covered in sores from those nasty bugs! Ugggg, why my pooch!?
Anyone have any suggestions on more of a long term cure? If I get him medication from the doctor, will that stop them right in their tracks?
The lady at petsmart said it might take 2 weeks to rid us of them all because eggs keep hatching. Even the shampoo that claims it Kills eggs, doesnt really. Not sure how true that is. Ugggggg, so frustrating!
My husband has been so itchy too! LOL he swears he's got them too! He's such a dork!
flea_dog.gif (33 Kb, 1 downloads) Fleas! Drat!!!
