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Title: How to get rid of fleas Post by: fla.swineslayer on May 02, 2013, 09:08:24 pm Just wondering what kind of tricks and tips y'all had for keeping the fleas knocked down
Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: boomerdog89 on May 03, 2013, 07:11:22 am Sevendust
Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: reatj81 on May 03, 2013, 09:50:40 am Confortus not sure of spelling
Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: fonzie on May 03, 2013, 10:53:27 pm A bath in dawn soap
Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: boone823 on May 04, 2013, 08:13:49 am Bayer tree and shrub
Title: Re: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: Fixitlouie on May 04, 2013, 12:15:57 pm (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/05/puzapa2u.jpg)
this worked when nonthing else would from me.....who else. tapatalk Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: williamsld on May 07, 2013, 02:43:34 pm we got some stuff called Happy Jack flea and tick spray, it works miricles
Title: Re: Re: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: AnotherRunner on May 08, 2013, 05:48:06 pm A bath in dawn soap X2 dawn soap will kill them just about instantly, just done this yesterdayTitle: Re: Re: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: Hog Dog Mike on May 09, 2013, 04:00:46 pm A bath in dawn soap X2 dawn soap will kill them just about instantly, just done this yesterdayX3--put two cups in a water bucket and pour it on a fire ant mound. It kills them too. Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: chads7376 on May 09, 2013, 06:31:47 pm Comfortis... Hands down. Battled fleas all year last year. Been crazy bad this year. I have spent hundreds on everythin under the sun. Gave all my dogs comfortis several weeks ago and we have zero fleas. We went from having fleas covering your pants when you walked in the kennels to none anywhere.
Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: Nathan83 on May 12, 2013, 02:03:11 pm I use Ultra Shield EX you can get it at tractor supply kills tics, flies on contact and fleas good good stuff!
Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: YELLOWBLACKMASK on May 12, 2013, 10:14:56 pm Bayer tree and shrub quit workin for me....dawn is great to kill the fleas on the dogs but will not hold residual to keep killin the ones that jump right back on em.
Take some of this mix it with some vegetable oil in a pump sprayer to make it stick better. It will smoke fleas and their buddies wives too. Cost ya around 14 bucks and will do a twenty or more dogs with pissed off veitcong sand fleas with no passports carrying AK's. (http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h450/YELLOWBLACKMASK/2012-05-28_10-21-44_747.jpg) Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: J Carroll on May 16, 2013, 10:06:59 am comfortis....quick, easy, and last for a month at a time. it's not cheap though. probably 14.00 a pill, but its worth it to me.
Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: b.b.b kennels on May 16, 2013, 01:10:56 pm I rotate between Stock-tox (permitherin based, under $20) and Ortho granular bug-b-gone (also under $20). When I put out either one I mix up a batch of I.G.R 1 ounce bottle ($6) in a gallon sprayer and spray anywhere the fleas have been. Keeps the eggs from hatching. Then I wash dogs with dawn for two days in a row. The comfortis works awesome but doesn't kill the eggs laid around the dog's kennel or tie-outs.
Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: Myles Man on May 16, 2013, 04:13:26 pm This is some pretty stout stuff. It's got a good residual too....1 pound container runs about 30-35 bucks. It will treat 25-30 gallons of water, but that's xtra strength, it's active ingredient is Cypermethrin ...40%, it can only be sprayed on the ground/dwellings, so Permethrin 10% can be sprayed on the dogs.
(http://i1151.photobucket.com/albums/o637/mylesman1/null_zpse3d2b88b.jpg) (http://i1151.photobucket.com/albums/o637/mylesman1/null_zps14cf3c6a.jpg) Also--That imidacloprid 1.47% posted above is a good active ingredient as well... Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: Reuben on May 16, 2013, 04:22:59 pm Ortho Tree and Shrub with the imidacloprid 1.47% as the active ingredient still works for my dogs...been using the same bottle for over 2 years if my memory does me right...about twice a year and all fleas stay iradicated...but having concrete floors helps a lot...
Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: chads7376 on May 16, 2013, 08:45:02 pm Bayer tree and shrub quit workin for me....dawn is great to kill the fleas on the dogs but will not hold residual to keep killin the ones that jump right back on em. Take some of this mix it with some vegetable oil in a pump sprayer to make it stick better. It will smoke fleas and their buddies wives too. Cost ya around 14 bucks and will do a twenty or more dogs with pissed off veitcong sand fleas with no passports carrying AK's. (http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h450/YELLOWBLACKMASK/2012-05-28_10-21-44_747.jpg) I have this and the Bayer and neither of the two work whatsoever.. Maybe I had a bad infestation but the only thing that thought about working was the Comfortis. I even bought the Permithrin SFR(high dollar crap) and it helped but they were back in full force within 2 weeks.. Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: Mike on May 16, 2013, 08:56:47 pm Comfortis, Comfortis, Comfortis!!!
... and when any eggs hatch it will kill them little daddy didn't marry mommys too!!! I give mine two, maybe three doses a year. You can get the large dog tablets, crush one up and split between two dogs. So, $75 for twelve dogs... no bathing, spraying yards or kennels. The dogs become flea killing machines. Be sure and crush the tablet because the medicine may be on one side... we learned that the hard way. Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: chads7376 on May 16, 2013, 09:05:01 pm Comfortis, Comfortis, Comfortis!!! ... and when any eggs hatch it will kill them little daddy didn't marry mommys too!!! I give mine two, maybe three doses a year. You can get the large dog tablets, crush one up and split between two dogs. So, $75 for twelve dogs... no bathing, spraying yards or kennels. The dogs become flea killing machines. Be sure and crush the tablet because the medicine may be on one side... we learned that the hard way. [/quote This was my first attempt with the comfortis. I am hoping on the two or three doses a year. I did the large dog tablets and split them but didn't crush them. No ill effects but I will crush them next time just for good measure. Good call Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: Mike on May 16, 2013, 09:08:16 pm Chad, you won't get any ill effects... you'll just have one dog it works on and another still covered in fleas.
Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: Caseydejohn on May 16, 2013, 09:20:00 pm Mike, does comfortis work for ticks too? I don't have fleas but my dogs have been covered in ticks this year and where do you get it at?
Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: Myles Man on May 16, 2013, 09:38:02 pm Comfortis....I've never heard of it till this was posted....sounds nice n easy which I like. All the spraying (2 times a month) gets old. It's a lot of work to maintain spraying that much.
Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: Mike on May 16, 2013, 10:06:05 pm Mike, does comfortis work for ticks too? I don't have fleas but my dogs have been covered in ticks this year and where do you get it at? No, I wish it did... I get mine from the vet in Coldspring. Title: Re: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: BigCutters4 on May 16, 2013, 10:20:09 pm Get a load of this I have never had a flea prob in 15 yrs I have a dash hound that stays in side in the last week or so she has been covered in fleas and the huntin dogs that stay out side don't have a flea on them and I have never used flea meds on any of them .why?
Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Tapatalk 2 Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: halfbreed on May 17, 2013, 07:07:07 am man fleas are funny that way , a couple of my curs have no problem with fleas at all and a couple just stay covered up with them [ inbetween sprayings ] I know fleas love a white colored dog , the white attracts them . they were getting ready to get bad around here till I mowed and broke out the permethrin 10% and the martins I.G. REGUALTOR but I think this is gonna be one of them bad years I was hoping the late freeze would knock them back .
Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: Myles Man on May 17, 2013, 09:16:45 am So I just called to vet. A tablet for a 100 lb dog is $17.50, crush it up in 1/2, and give it to two 50 pound dogs, every 3 or 4 mths?
Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: Bowtech99 on July 22, 2013, 05:51:56 pm Yeah im callin the vet and getting some pills tomorrow. too many of ya'll voted for comfortis for me to run a pump up sprayer.
Title: Re: How to get rid of fleas Post by: mike rogers on July 22, 2013, 10:00:00 pm I always go proactive. I treat the soil with the flea and tick killer. The granular kind that you water in. Kills grubs and other stuff too. The I treat with the tree and shrub stuff. I heard today that you can give them garlic pills , you know the cheep pills from walmart in the vitamin sections. I'm not sure if it'll work or not, but it may be worth a try. The thing is when you get it under control, dont stop.... keep a good routine going. Just like a worming routine.
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