It's slightly embarrassing to admit, but we've got a flea problem in my house and have been fighting it for 6 months straight.
The fleas came when I took in a pair of kittens. They were visibly infested. Since I already owned a cat and have had dogs all my life I figured I'd give the kittens a bath in flea dip and voila no fleas.
I was wrong, wrong, wrong. First I found out most flea treatments aren't for kittens. All I could do was give them Dawn dish soap baths and use a flea comb on them. Now they are older. They are bathed once a week and I'm still battling fleas. Tried different kinds of flea shampoos, dish soap, daily combing, vacuuming every cranny of my house after pouring salt on my carpet, flea collars, anything I can think of (except garlic... read that's a holistic way to help, but I'm won't risk it).
What works? This is crazy. I've read only 10% of a flea infestation is on the actual animal. Ew. Currently they are on Revolution, but I'm still combing off fleas. How do you guys battle this successfully?
The fleas came when I took in a pair of kittens. They were visibly infested. Since I already owned a cat and have had dogs all my life I figured I'd give the kittens a bath in flea dip and voila no fleas.
I was wrong, wrong, wrong. First I found out most flea treatments aren't for kittens. All I could do was give them Dawn dish soap baths and use a flea comb on them. Now they are older. They are bathed once a week and I'm still battling fleas. Tried different kinds of flea shampoos, dish soap, daily combing, vacuuming every cranny of my house after pouring salt on my carpet, flea collars, anything I can think of (except garlic... read that's a holistic way to help, but I'm won't risk it).
What works? This is crazy. I've read only 10% of a flea infestation is on the actual animal. Ew. Currently they are on Revolution, but I'm still combing off fleas. How do you guys battle this successfully?