Don't ya just hate fleas?

[WiccanLiberal]

Dang bugs! My animals have never had a flea problem until now. Guess some of the neighbors aren't careful about their dogs and those fleas get on Emma and Emma brings them home to the cats and so on.So today I am top spotting the cats, bathing and top spotting the dog and flea dipping the kitten who is too little to use any of the standard top spot meds. AJ is not too little to protest the cavalier treatment however. He apparently has the usual feline disdain for water as applied to the fur. Then I have to wash all their bedding. Dang little vampire bugs... grumble cuss snarl mutter......

[glockmail]

That stuff that you put on the back of their necks monthly works great for my cat and dog.

[WiccanLiberal]

That's what I am doing - Frontline for all but the littlest one. Him I use a botanically based flea shampoo and a fine tooth flea comb.

[glockmail]

The stuff is amazing. When I first adopted her after a hike in the woods my 21# terrier mix would get 7 or 8 ticks. Now I just use that stuff 6 or 7 times/ year and never any ticks. Never seen a flea on her either.

[WiccanLiberal]

Well hopefully I have finally gotten the little bloodsuckers gone. Everyone seems to be scratching less and relaxing more.

[Anton Chigurh]

Eradicate then naturally and without Vietnam-era nerve gas toxin (frontline and all other such are that)

Use this:

Concern Diatomaceous Earth Crawling-Insect Killer

[logroller]

^ heck yes on the organic stuff. My dog's groomer turned me onto that stuff (or something similar)-- it's cheaper too.

but fleas are nasty; just read about their life cycle...disgusting. My first house had three litters of feral kittens born on site (two under the house) in the first six months of my living there. Spay and neuter people; else it's euthanized... the dept of animal control doesn't even merit a phone call; I've no qualms when the health of my family is at stake;

[SassyLady]

I live in the country and wild animals are always trekking across our property. So, even though we treat the yard (2 acres) with bug killer, I keep Frontline on my dogs.

[Anton Chigurh]

I live in the country and wild animals are always trekking across our property. So, even though we treat the yard (2 acres) with bug killer, I keep Frontline on my dogs.

The DE works in that situation as well... Kept on your pets, it continually breaks the mating cycle of the fleas, ticks and all other insects it touches.

"Frontline" and other such toxin is one of the main chemical causes blamed for the spread of colony collapse disorder among bees. It's NASTY stuff that doesn't readily degrade and really is bad for the ecology.

[glockmail]

The DE works in that situation as well... Kept on your pets, it continually breaks the mating cycle of the fleas, ticks and all other insects it touches.

"Frontline" and other such toxin is one of the main chemical causes blamed for the spread of colony collapse disorder among bees. It's NASTY stuff that doesn't readily degrade and really is bad for the ecology.

I use Tilex to clean my shower too. I guess that makes me evil.

[Anton Chigurh]

I use Tilex to clean my shower too. I guess that makes me evil.

Umm, no.

[SassyLady]

The DE works in that situation as well... Kept on your pets, it continually breaks the mating cycle of the fleas, ticks and all other insects it touches.

"Frontline" and other such toxin is one of the main chemical causes blamed for the spread of colony collapse disorder among bees. It's NASTY stuff that doesn't readily degrade and really is bad for the ecology.

What does it do to the dogs? My dogs are 8 and 10 and I've always used it on them. How does it get from the dog to the bees?

[glockmail]

Sounds like one of those hyper-theories to me, like fracking causes groundwater pollution, or Yucca Mountain has faults that would let nuclear waste leak out...

[Anton Chigurh]

What does it do to the dogs? My dogs are 8 and 10 and I've always used it on them.

It can make them sick and kill them if they ingest it. It is toxic to mammals.

How does it get from the dog to the bees?

http://tinyurl.com/beepoisons

[glockmail]

It can make them sick and kill them if they ingest it. It is toxic to mammals.http://tinyurl.com/beepoisons

From your link:

...the causes of this widespread disappearance, known by the acronym SSC of 'colony collapse disorder', have not yet been clarified, many hypotheses have been suggested, such as the use of pesticides in agriculture, a parasitic mite called Varroa or even the decrease of blossoms in their habitat. ...