OK, I've been advised that an apple cider rinse after bathing will help with flea problems, and I'm going to try that. How about ticks?
I Advantix-ed my dogs on a Thursday, took them to Petco be groomed on a Sunday, and was advised when I picked them up that one of them had a lot of fleas on her chest. This seemed wrong on so many levels that I don't know where to start. OK, got the dog home, checked her out--and she was absolutely INFESTED with ticks. :madgo: I took 25 ticks off her then, more before bedtime, and could probably have kept going. You'd better believe that I called the grooming salon and "explained" things. (For one thing, the groomer couldn't tell the difference between fleas and ticks? For another--well, never mind. I'll never go back there again, so it's a moot, if aggravating, point.)
I called the pest control company at the crack of dawn. (Oh, BOY, did I call them.) They fell all over themselves to fix things up; I'm a very good customer and get everything treated that's treatable, precisely so that my dogs won't get parasites. It's expensive. It didn't work. They'd better make it work, I said. OK, they've really given it the old college try. If we all keel over in a toxic mist, you'll know why.
I talked to the vet even before the bug people. He recommended using Frontline Plus every three weeks until the problem is eliminated. So, as per directions, I Frontlined the dogs, though I was a little leery of treating them so soon after the Advantix.
I really thought we were over the hump. While I was still taking occasional ticks off Monday, they were getting fewer and fewer and did not seem to be attached. I got a couple off Katie Mae, but oddly, she never did have a big problem. (And besides, she won't let me investigate her inch by inch the way Monday will.) (She leaves.) But just now, did I not find 4 ticks in various places in my living room, just roaming around!!! And the yard was sprayed just yesterday!
I'm ready to scream. I lived through one tick infestation years ago and it was absolute hell. Does anybody have advice? Please?
I Advantix-ed my dogs on a Thursday, took them to Petco be groomed on a Sunday, and was advised when I picked them up that one of them had a lot of fleas on her chest. This seemed wrong on so many levels that I don't know where to start. OK, got the dog home, checked her out--and she was absolutely INFESTED with ticks. :madgo: I took 25 ticks off her then, more before bedtime, and could probably have kept going. You'd better believe that I called the grooming salon and "explained" things. (For one thing, the groomer couldn't tell the difference between fleas and ticks? For another--well, never mind. I'll never go back there again, so it's a moot, if aggravating, point.)
I called the pest control company at the crack of dawn. (Oh, BOY, did I call them.) They fell all over themselves to fix things up; I'm a very good customer and get everything treated that's treatable, precisely so that my dogs won't get parasites. It's expensive. It didn't work. They'd better make it work, I said. OK, they've really given it the old college try. If we all keel over in a toxic mist, you'll know why.
I talked to the vet even before the bug people. He recommended using Frontline Plus every three weeks until the problem is eliminated. So, as per directions, I Frontlined the dogs, though I was a little leery of treating them so soon after the Advantix.
I really thought we were over the hump. While I was still taking occasional ticks off Monday, they were getting fewer and fewer and did not seem to be attached. I got a couple off Katie Mae, but oddly, she never did have a big problem. (And besides, she won't let me investigate her inch by inch the way Monday will.) (She leaves.) But just now, did I not find 4 ticks in various places in my living room, just roaming around!!! And the yard was sprayed just yesterday!
I'm ready to scream. I lived through one tick infestation years ago and it was absolute hell. Does anybody have advice? Please?
