[Dailydrool] Flea Control

[Jennifer Beezley]

We have had one heck of a time controlling them this summer.  I am religious
about advantix for everyone but I could not get the fleas under control.
Everyone was itching, scratching and biting.  We found out our behind the
fence neighbours have a FLEA INFESTATION.  I had to bring out the big guns.
In consultation with our vet, we added comfortis to the mix.  They are
treated monthly with advantix and comfortis, 2 weeks apart.  Everyone got a
bath 24 hours after the comfortis, all bedding was washed in hot water with
bleach.  I BOMBED my family room (where the dogs hang).  We moved during the
month of July and I told my pest control people to saturate the back yard
(of the old house).  He said the fleas were swarming at the back fence line.


The key is constant vigilance.   I got lazy on washing the bedding and I
think that is how the fleas were able to set up- that and my neighbours who
chose NOT to follow the pest control people's recommendation for getting rid
of the fleas.


-- 
Jennifer
Jacksonville, AL
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Abby, Eli and Hannah (Eyson and Lucy ATB)
Ahhrooo y'all
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They had buried him under our elm tree, they said — yet this wasn't totally
true. For he really lay buried in my heart.

Willie Morris,
My Dog Skip
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