Comments on: Fleas and novel control ideas not to try http://pawcurious.com/2010/03/fleas-and-novel-control-ideas-not-to-try/ eat. play. love. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chile http://pawcurious.com/2010/03/fleas-and-novel-control-ideas-not-to-try/#comment-4316 Chile Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:16:46 +0000 http://www.pawcurious.com/?p=3395#comment-4316 *scratch scratch* I've been lucky in my case. HOWEVER, one of the places I rented which was allegedly pet free...was infested. Took about three weeks after I moved in to notice the flea bites, I even captured some to show to my landlord. Who accused me of planting them. Yeah okay. Neither I nor my roommate had any pets at the time. So we flea bombed the place, made the landlord spray the outside (oh what they will do when you threaten to not pay rent) and got rid of the suckers. And I moved out two months later. UGH! *scratch scratch* I’ve been lucky in my case. HOWEVER, one of the places I rented which was allegedly pet free…was infested. Took about three weeks after I moved in to notice the flea bites, I even captured some to show to my landlord. Who accused me of planting them. Yeah okay. Neither I nor my roommate had any pets at the time. So we flea bombed the place, made the landlord spray the outside (oh what they will do when you threaten to not pay rent) and got rid of the suckers. And I moved out two months later. UGH!

]]> By: S. Barr http://pawcurious.com/2010/03/fleas-and-novel-control-ideas-not-to-try/#comment-4315 S. Barr Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:18:01 +0000 http://www.pawcurious.com/?p=3395#comment-4315 I live in CT, and while we don't have huge flea problems, we do have TICK problems! Once, I took my dog, Molly, on a hike to a nearby Wildlife Management Area, looking for hares and rabbits, during the fall. While he found no hares or rabbits, we did find ticks-- crawling all over the kitchen floor, over THIRTY of them, of all different species, when we got home! We are religious about tick prevention, applying it to Molly, using DEET bug sprays, and even using tick prevention lawn products. None of that stopped Molly and I from getting Lyme disease! In addition, a few months after the Grand Tick Invasion, Molly became very sick, and was in so much pain she couldn't move. It turns out she had contracted anaplasmosis, which causes excruciatingly painful swelling around the spinal cord. Luckily, with antibiotics and painkillers, she is now healthy, but it goes to show how pervasive these parasites are. Our vet told us that no matter how hard we try to prevent ticks, the problem is so widespread that even well protected dogs will most likely suffer from a tick-borne illness in his or her lifetime. In my experience, that is very true. But at least we've never had a flea problem! ;-) I live in CT, and while we don’t have huge flea problems, we do have TICK problems! Once, I took my dog, Molly, on a hike to a nearby Wildlife Management Area, looking for hares and rabbits, during the fall. While he found no hares or rabbits, we did find ticks– crawling all over the kitchen floor, over THIRTY of them, of all different species, when we got home!

We are religious about tick prevention, applying it to Molly, using DEET bug sprays, and even using tick prevention lawn products. None of that stopped Molly and I from getting Lyme disease! In addition, a few months after the Grand Tick Invasion, Molly became very sick, and was in so much pain she couldn’t move. It turns out she had contracted anaplasmosis, which causes excruciatingly painful swelling around the spinal cord. Luckily, with antibiotics and painkillers, she is now healthy, but it goes to show how pervasive these parasites are. Our vet told us that no matter how hard we try to prevent ticks, the problem is so widespread that even well protected dogs will most likely suffer from a tick-borne illness in his or her lifetime. In my experience, that is very true.

But at least we’ve never had a flea problem! ;-)

]]> By: Tassia http://pawcurious.com/2010/03/fleas-and-novel-control-ideas-not-to-try/#comment-4314 Tassia Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:33:09 +0000 http://www.pawcurious.com/?p=3395#comment-4314 This post makes me itchy. :( This post makes me itchy. :(

]]> By: Kari http://pawcurious.com/2010/03/fleas-and-novel-control-ideas-not-to-try/#comment-4313 Kari Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:31:27 +0000 http://www.pawcurious.com/?p=3395#comment-4313 I had those a bit over a year ago, only I called them the nuclear fleas, because no amount of Frontline or flea bombs seemed to make them go away. It took four long, itchy months before they finally were eradicated. Ugh. :-/ I had those a bit over a year ago, only I called them the nuclear fleas, because no amount of Frontline or flea bombs seemed to make them go away. It took four long, itchy months before they finally were eradicated. Ugh. :-/

]]> By: Natasha http://pawcurious.com/2010/03/fleas-and-novel-control-ideas-not-to-try/#comment-4311 Natasha Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:52:28 +0000 http://www.pawcurious.com/?p=3395#comment-4311 ...mayonnaise? I don't know whether to laugh or cry! I had super fleas last season that didn't disappear until the freeze. Ugh! Not looking forward to having them back! The moment I realized I had too many animals was when I hit "submit" on my order for expensive flea treatment...ugh, wash-rinse-repeat every month all summer! One of my cats have a flea allergy, so if even one of those little buggers survives, he's a mess. More thorough vacuuming is needed, I guess...Not looking forward to this flea season! …mayonnaise? I don’t know whether to laugh or cry!
I had super fleas last season that didn’t disappear until the freeze. Ugh! Not looking forward to having them back! The moment I realized I had too many animals was when I hit “submit” on my order for expensive flea treatment…ugh, wash-rinse-repeat every month all summer! One of my cats have a flea allergy, so if even one of those little buggers survives, he’s a mess. More thorough vacuuming is needed, I guess…Not looking forward to this flea season!

]]> By: Nicole http://pawcurious.com/2010/03/fleas-and-novel-control-ideas-not-to-try/#comment-4307 Nicole Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:22:47 +0000 http://www.pawcurious.com/?p=3395#comment-4307 A similar thing happened to me! After being blissfully flea-free with only the most minor of steps for months and months after moving into my apartment, I was suddenly COVERED in fleas. My house made me feel sick and my poor, poor cats... well. Turns out it was my new neighbor. I caught a glimpse of his dog and... wow. Poor baby. I think the landlady must have stepped in because the apartment is empty now and the fleas are, again, blessedly gone. A similar thing happened to me! After being blissfully flea-free with only the most minor of steps for months and months after moving into my apartment, I was suddenly COVERED in fleas. My house made me feel sick and my poor, poor cats… well.

Turns out it was my new neighbor. I caught a glimpse of his dog and… wow. Poor baby. I think the landlady must have stepped in because the apartment is empty now and the fleas are, again, blessedly gone.

]]> By: Ashley http://pawcurious.com/2010/03/fleas-and-novel-control-ideas-not-to-try/#comment-4305 Ashley Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:53:43 +0000 http://www.pawcurious.com/?p=3395#comment-4305 Over the summer we had an infestation of what I know refer to as "the ninja fleas." I would bathe, and bomb, and Frontline as many times as possible, but lo and behold, there would be another smudge of flea dirt and a tell tale itchy cat. Turns out our lovely neighbors knew nothing of pest control for their two wayward dogs as was evident when they moved and the owner of the building had to pretty much gut it because of an uncontrollable flea infestation (one among many other problems). The fleas were jumping ship onto my lawn and dog thus making my life miserable. Over the summer we had an infestation of what I know refer to as “the ninja fleas.” I would bathe, and bomb, and Frontline as many times as possible, but lo and behold, there would be another smudge of flea dirt and a tell tale itchy cat. Turns out our lovely neighbors knew nothing of pest control for their two wayward dogs as was evident when they moved and the owner of the building had to pretty much gut it because of an uncontrollable flea infestation (one among many other problems). The fleas were jumping ship onto my lawn and dog thus making my life miserable.

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