Eeeeekkkkkkk! I just found TWO fleas on the Bisc. TWO. That I had to track down under his wiry fur and crush between my fingernails like a mother chimpanzee. Then I combed him, suspiciously examining each bit of dirt removed in the process. Fleas!
Fleas on the pup who spent part of the night snuggling in MY bed against ME. Fleas on the pup whom I religiously dose with Sentinel once a month. Fleas on the pup who right now is sleeping on my favorite reading chair.
I’ve NEVER seen a flea on the cats, whom I dose regularly with Revolution. Maybe I should throw some extra Revo on the Bisc? Chemicals smemicals. I love the environment and my health as much as anyone else, but damn, I hate fleas. They are almost as bad as flies. Not quite, though.
I really, really hate flies. I bit E-spouse’s head off and considered feeding his brain to the seagulls when we were leaving the beach and he left the van open, every smucking door open, next to the full trash cans. There was an open banana on the boy’s seat. When I put my camera in the van, there were at least 20 flies buzzing around, INSIDE the van. I freaked. Poor E had to drive around the block with the windows open swatting flies out the window for like ten minutes while I hyperventilated and the kids hid.
Flies are disgusting. Their babies are maggots. They get nasty disease-ridden motes of blood and poop on their little insect legs. THEN they land on your food. The food that you’re about to put in your mouth.
Flies eat poop. Biscy eats poop too. But he’s adorable in every other way.
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Gotta love your photo of the ear-challenged Bisc. Check out the inside-out right ear on the little flea-bitten one.
– E-spouse
What a cute pooch. Absolutely.
(completely ignoring anything you have said about the fleas. completely)
household male swears that Dawn is the only thing that kills fleas on contact. we found a few on our dogs too. good luck.
We’ve always used Frontline on our dogs. Nary a flea on either one, ever.
Even though Sentinel does a great job at controlling fleas-sometimes you have to use Advantage as well- If you are not seeing any ticks-and hopefully we are exiting the tick season soon!- use Advantage. (Can either purchase 4 month supply- or if you want to bring Bicuit in- tech can apply a single dose!)
Thanks, all. Particularly April! I love having a blog reader in my vet’s office. Is Dr. Riggle reading too?
I’m hearing Frontline, Frontline Plus, and Advantage are good options? Any other insights?
P.S. I haven’t seen further fleas!
My late Basset, Sydney, ate her poop. We always said she was recyling and taking care of the environment. Guess it comes natural for the Biscuit, being in your E.C. family.
(Nanny Amanda here)
For my dachshunds, we use Frontline. We used to use Advantix but it was merely water-resistant, not waterproof so if the dogs got dirty, rolled in a mud puddle, and needed a bath then it was useless.
And even though they tell you the flea medicine works for 30 days, the life cycle of the flea is 20 days, so usually you may find one or two around day 20. I’ve since started giving them flea meds every 3 weeks so we don’t see any. And it seems to be working. Although the fleas in GA don’t seem to be as bad as those in VA.
Good luck! (And Biscuit is adorable!)
The Flea-Biscuit say, “I’m sorry.”
LOOK at that face.