question for lankeela!!

[blue eyes ;)]

hi lankeela,thought id ask you as your good with the animal questions! i de fleaed my puppy last month so hes not due for de flea until the 14th of this month(prescription flea stuff called advantage from vet)
ive found 2 fleas on him in the last week but i cant de flea early as the vet said you shouldnt.is this flea stuff any good or is it that the fleas are trying to live on him but cant.the fleas were very slow and dozy?!!! help please xxx

[funkymoped]

sounds like your dogs got "wolverhampton fleas"...

very slow and dozy !!!! LOL.....

[divegirl]

I wouldn't worry too much, it sounds as if the treatment is still working. Just be sure to keep his bedding clean or anywhere that he lays as fleas lay their eggs on carpets etc....not on the animal. Also give him a good grooming,. as this will dislodge any remaining dying fleas.
Hope this helps.
Lisa x

[Noweia]

Sorry to jump in in front of Lankeela!

Advantage (like all flea treatments) takes at least 1-2 hours to kill fleas that jump on the animal once it's been treated.

So the fleas may just have jumped onto your pup and not have been killed yet when you found them.

[lankeela]

If it is the spot on stuff for the back of the neck, this usually works by killing any eggs that the fleas leave, so they don't hatch out. They don't tend to kill the fleas they have on them, or prevent them getting on them.

I would shampoo your dog with a flea shampoo (or any sort if you can't get any) and get Frontline spray from your vet, which is a 'knockdown' treatment, killing the fleas straight away. This shoud last up to 3 months, but can be done again in about four weeks, if the animal is in contact with lots of fleas (i.e. catches a hedgehog or runs about where there are wild rabbits, or cats sleep in your garden).


Personally I don't like the spot on stuff even though I sell it (some people want a cheap version on the market) but I believe its a waste of time. I'd rather spend out on a bottle of Frontline which will last for several 'sessions' with one dog.

Make sure you shampoo the dog first, to make sure the old stuff is out of his coat.

[blue eyes ;)]

thanks guys/gals,i shampooed him and groomed him to check for fleas but cant find any of the little *******! maybe they were dying ones then.i think ill go to the vets tmrw and get frontline then and use that instead! xx

[Noweia]

Advantage is about as good as Frontline - they have different active ingredients but in general they kill the fleas as rapidly as each other.

Advantage is a spot-on treatent that kills adult fleas and larvae in contact with your pet. When you first put it on it will kill over 98% of fleas in the first 12 hours, and any fleas that find your pup after that will be killed within 2 hours and won't feed. Advantage won't kill ticks.

Frontline is also a spot on that will kill flea adults and larvae, and ticks on your pet. It takes about the same length of time to kill all fleas, and usually kills reinfesting fleas before they bite.

The 'slow and dozy' fleas were very probably dying!

Don't forget to treat the house as well as the dog, Frontline and Advantage are effective against some of the flea population in the carpets, etc., but it is alwasy best to treat these areas separately too.

As a side note, frequent bathing or swimming can reduce the effectiveness of Advantage!