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Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:49 am

Just a word of precaution to pet owners out there. BE CAREFUL with over the counter flea products! I used Sergeant's Gold on my 2 pugs last night. My older one is fine, but my 2 year old had all sorts of problems. She was spasming, rolling around trying to scratch the spot and very out of it all night, a scary thing for sure.

She seems ok today, a little goofy still, but I think she'll be fine. I looked it up online and this particular product has a nasty habit of causing the problems she had and more.

So ask your vet, don't use these over the counter products unless you're sure it'll be ok for them!

The bitch is she didn't have fleas, I was just being careful because she spent the past weekend in the woods and a flea was found on a friend's dog.

Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:05 am

Good to know. Thanks for the tip, Rob.

Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:45 am

Haartz is also bad stuff. A friend of mine used it on her cat and the cat went into convulsions and seizures afterward.

Look at using Frontline, Rob. It costs more but it will kill the fleas within hours. Also, Zodiac flea collars are effective against fleas and ticks and are waterproof. My dogs wore Zodiac flea collars and the tick problem went away, which is a miracle considering Oklahoma is crawling with them.

Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:54 am

the vets sell a pill that works good too at killing fleas we even used them on pups

Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:25 am

does lilling a flea make them go away? :lol:

Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:32 am

so I cant type KILLING lol

Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:13 am

Looks like the cat in your avatar could. :lol:

Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:46 am

rob did you give pepper a bath to wash that stuff off of him/her?

Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:16 am

I use Frontline/Advantage as well.

Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:17 am

We've given our dogs Brewer's Yeast with Garlic tablets every night for years. They love 'em and no fleas. Available in the pet section of your favourite "Mart"... Wal-, K-, whatever.

Of course, baths help too...

Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:48 am

Tram wrote: We've given our dogs Garlic tablets every night for years.

I remember my mom doing that with our dog when I was younger. Seemed to work IIRC. Must be a trick the old folks know. :wink:

Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:47 pm

vw-in-neptune wrote: rob did you give pepper a bath to wash that stuff off of him/her?

Yeah, as soon as I saw she was having trouble. Also rubbed on/off some baking soda to try and absorb it. That seemed to help some.

I had found a lost dog a few years ago and she stayed with me for a couple of days. She had fleas, my vet gave me pills for all of them and it worked like a charm. I'm sticking with that for now on.

Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:55 pm

We don't use chemicals or medications. We just play glam rock around the dog. No fleas or ticks. In fact, after we take her on hikes in flea country, we just have her stand outside the house and play "Unkskinny Bop" or "Slide it In" and the ticks just hop right off in the opposite direction of the music. Don't ask me why, but it works.

Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:20 pm

i once confused the bottle of flea drop with my vial of liquid LSD. one drop on a 22 lb pug and she was ready for some glamrock. i found her 3 days later in the back of one of my buses right after she got started with redecorating.

Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:30 pm

So I just got home from work (and a damn 2 hour dr visit....sheesh). Pepper looks almost normal, but now the older one seems a little wacky. No where near as bad as the pup and I'm not 100% sure because the older one always walked a little perquacky. Fuck it, she got a bath too and seems to be ok.

Well, at least I have 2 clean pugs for a change :-)

Active as always.

Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:00 pm

birddog1148 wrote: the vets sell a pill that works good too at killing fleas we even used them on pups

My wife gets those for the foster dogs we take care of. 30 minutes is all it takes before they literally fall off.

Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:07 pm

We have used Frontline for years, the past few months it has not seamed to work, maybe the South Carlina Fleas are getting immune to it?

Maybe we can try Trams recipe of Brewer's Yeast and Garlic.

Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:11 pm

crofty wrote: I use Frontline/Advantage as well.

Have you stopped scratching?

Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:29 pm

i thought you were going to say this guy dropped dead.

Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:40 pm

We've been using Advantix for years. Never had any problems.