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steph_bella · 03-19-2012, 11:55 AM

i think bella has fleas!!!

i bought some flea shampoo will this work?

Jesslmetz · 03-19-2012, 12:00 PM

You may have some success with flea shampoo. Fleas were so bad at my parent's last year that the only thing that worked for them was comfortis. This is a monthly pill you'd get from your vet. Within a couple hours your baby would be flea-free... Until next month, when it would be time for another dose!

kjc · 03-19-2012, 12:23 PM

A topical or pill from your vet would work better than shampoo.

Yorkiemom1 · 03-19-2012, 03:49 PM

You will, need more than shampoo! But when you shampoo her, start around her neck, all the way around her neck, because all the fleas on her body start "fleaing" for her eyes and inside her ears, where they take refuge! If they have to run across a "barrier" of flea shampoo, it will kill them as they cross it, on the way to her eyes....then you need to follow up with medication....I like Revolution because it actually kills fleas on the dog within hours...my favorite heartworm pill is Sentinel, but it doesnt kill fleas, it keeps the eggs from hatching and fleas from breeding....

03-19-2012, 11:55 AM	#1
steph_bella YT Addict Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Middlesbrough, UK Posts: 274	Oh no! i think bella has fleas!!! i bought some flea shampoo will this work? __________________

03-19-2012, 12:00 PM	#2
Jesslmetz Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Edmond, Oklahoma Posts: 174	You may have some success with flea shampoo. Fleas were so bad at my parent's last year that the only thing that worked for them was comfortis. This is a monthly pill you'd get from your vet. Within a couple hours your baby would be flea-free... Until next month, when it would be time for another dose! __________________ Jess & Kevin and our sweet Gypsy

03-19-2012, 12:23 PM	#3
kjc I♥PeekTinkySaph&Finny Donating Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Posts: 18,869	A topical or pill from your vet would work better than shampoo. __________________ Kat Chloe Lizzy PeekABooTinkerbell SapphireInfinity

03-19-2012, 03:49 PM	#4
Yorkiemom1 Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 9,462	You will, need more than shampoo! But when you shampoo her, start around her neck, all the way around her neck, because all the fleas on her body start "fleaing" for her eyes and inside her ears, where they take refuge! If they have to run across a "barrier" of flea shampoo, it will kill them as they cross it, on the way to her eyes....then you need to follow up with medication....I like Revolution because it actually kills fleas on the dog within hours...my favorite heartworm pill is Sentinel, but it doesnt kill fleas, it keeps the eggs from hatching and fleas from breeding....