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sapo1009 · 10-01-2009, 04:08 PM

What is good to use. I have used Dawn and it helps a little but not a lot what is better and will not hurt the pups or the momas?
Thanks

Mardelin · 10-01-2009, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by sapo1009

What is good to use. I have used Dawn and it helps a little but not a lot what is better and will not hurt the pups or the momas?
Thanks

Bio Groom Flea Shampoo is very gentle...

bjh · 10-01-2009, 05:26 PM

You can also use a flea comb on them a couple times a day and get the fleas off that way. I have heard that a little coconut oil on the coat will also repel the fleas but I have not tried that yet.

Mardelin · 10-01-2009, 05:59 PM

The one problem you'll face is having mom and pups tested for tape worms......

Make sure that you change and wash bedding regularly a couple of times a day. Put moth balls in your vacum cleaner to kill any flea eggs you pick up. Diatimatious earth is great for the garden a natural way of killing fleas...

sapo1009 · 10-02-2009, 03:22 AM

Those are all great ideas I will try them, they are not bad I have just seen a few. I have given the pups baths and all that good stuff.
Glad to see you back Mardelin!

Mardelin · 10-02-2009, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by sapo1009

Those are all great ideas I will try them, they are not bad I have just seen a few. I have given the pups baths and all that good stuff.
Glad to see you back Mardelin!

How old are your pups?

sapo1009 · 10-02-2009, 04:05 AM

They will be 5 weeks on Saturday. I bathed them in Dawn.

Mardelin · 10-02-2009, 04:14 AM

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They will be 5 weeks on Saturday. I bathed them in Dawn.

Mmmm. You may want to contact your vet. About 3 years ago I found a couple of fleas on my 6 week old pups. My vet recommended 1/2 tube of Frontline for each. His instructions were to leave it on for 24 hours then bathe them in puppy shampoo. But, to monitor them for those 24 hours for any adverse problems. It worked. But, I wouldn't do it without your vets input.

sapo1009 · 10-02-2009, 04:32 AM

I will check with him today although I am not finding anymore, so I hope they are taken care of.

Sugar's Mom · 10-02-2009, 05:16 AM

The only thing I can ad is please don't use flea medicine on your pregnant girl no matter how safe the vet says it is. I did that once and lost my puppy. It was born deformed and dead. It was found to be from the flea medicine.

sapo1009 · 10-02-2009, 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Sugar's Mom

The only thing I can ad is please don't use flea medicine on your pregnant girl no matter how safe the vet says it is. I did that once and lost my puppy. It was born deformed and dead. It was found to be from the flea medicine.

But flea shampoo is fine correct?

Mardelin · 10-02-2009, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by sapo1009

But flea shampoo is fine correct?

Make sure it's a gentle flea shampoo....Bio-groom is one of the gentlest.

Sugar's mom is right no flea med on your preggie girl.

Sugar's Mom · 10-02-2009, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by sapo1009

But flea shampoo is fine correct?

I wouldn't even use flea medicine on mine. We go with Dawn original. usually, I will bath one week in it and always follow with a good conditioner. Then next time, unless I see fleas, we go with the good shampoo and conditioner. Not on the prego girls!!!!!!

jp4m2 · 10-02-2009, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Sugar's Mom

The only thing I can ad is please don't use flea medicine on your pregnant girl no matter how safe the vet says it is. I did that once and lost my puppy. It was born deformed and dead. It was found to be from the flea medicine.

You have that right Dee, this is from Frontline research.....

Carcinogen: The U.S. EPA classifies fipronil as a carcinogenic because exposure to fiproni caused benign and malignant thyroid tumore in lab. animals. Thyroid cancer,
Organ damage: Altered thyroid hormones, increased organ weights, liver toxicity
Neorotoxin:Loss of appetite, underactivity, convulsions, whining, barking, crying
(vocalization), body twitches/tremors, overactivity, salivation, stiffened limbs,
unsteady gait, incoordination, labored breathing.
Reproductive damage: Reduced fertility, decreased litter size and body weights in litters, fetus mortality.
Skin problems: Skin sloughing, chemical burns, itching, hair loss at and beyond application site.

In tests with lab. animals fipronil caused aggressive behavior, damaged kidneys, and " drastic alterations in thyroid function". A fipronil manufacturer sponsored a study in which rats were fed fipronil for their expected lifetime ( two years) . The study found signs of neurotoxicicity, including aggressive behavior, at all dose levels.

Acute symptoms of headache, nausea, and abdominal and lumbar pain are associated with carbitol, one of the “inert” ingredients in Frontline. According to the MSDS, carbitol induced these symptoms in laboratory settings. Curiously, these potential side effects are not published in the literature accompanying the products, nor do many veterinarians know the dangers. But there are numerous anecdotal reports from veterinarians in the U.S. and the U.K. of dogs who were treated
with spot-on products who have displayed signs of neurological damage, such as depression,lethargy, convulsions, underactivity, tremors, overactivity, stiffened limbs and lameness.

Sugar's Mom · 10-02-2009, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Sugar's Mom

I wouldn't even use flea medicine on mine. We go with Dawn original. usually, I will bath one week in it and always follow with a good conditioner. Then next time, unless I see fleas, we go with the good shampoo and conditioner. Not on the prego girls!!!!!!

meant to say flea shampoo. Sorry

10-01-2009, 04:08 PM	#1
sapo1009 YT Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: MI Posts: 322	Flea's and pregnate and nursing girls? What is good to use. I have used Dawn and it helps a little but not a lot what is better and will not hurt the pups or the momas? Thanks __________________ "LOVE A YORKIE" Christina

10-01-2009, 05:59 PM	#4
Mardelin Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California Posts: 14,776	The one problem you'll face is having mom and pups tested for tape worms...... Make sure that you change and wash bedding regularly a couple of times a day. Put moth balls in your vacum cleaner to kill any flea eggs you pick up. Diatimatious earth is great for the garden a natural way of killing fleas... __________________ Mardelin *Yorkshire* *Terriers*

10-02-2009, 03:22 AM	#5
sapo1009 YT Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: MI Posts: 322	Those are all great ideas I will try them, they are not bad I have just seen a few. I have given the pups baths and all that good stuff. Glad to see you back Mardelin! __________________ "LOVE A YORKIE" Christina

10-02-2009, 04:05 AM	#7
sapo1009 YT Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: MI Posts: 322	They will be 5 weeks on Saturday. I bathed them in Dawn. __________________ "LOVE A YORKIE" Christina

10-02-2009, 04:32 AM	#9
sapo1009 YT Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: MI Posts: 322	I will check with him today although I am not finding anymore, so I hope they are taken care of. __________________ "LOVE A YORKIE" Christina

10-01-2009, 05:26 PM	#3
bjh Donating YT 5000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Southeast Texas Posts: 7,959	You can also use a flea comb on them a couple times a day and get the fleas off that way. I have heard that a little coconut oil on the coat will also repel the fleas but I have not tried that yet.

10-02-2009, 05:16 AM	#10
Sugar's Mom BANNED! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 9,248	The only thing I can ad is please don't use flea medicine on your pregnant girl no matter how safe the vet says it is. I did that once and lost my puppy. It was born deformed and dead. It was found to be from the flea medicine.