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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by carpenter matt</i> <br /><br />BB71, whats the best thing out there for fleas, is it the stuff above?Every year I fight the little BAS@#$* like the plague.[:(!] <br />[/quote] <br />Ok, <br />Question 1 is/are they in house? <br />Question 2 is/are they in yard? <br />Question 3 is does the next door neighbors have cats and dogs? <br />Question 4 can your cat or dog come in contact with other animals wild or tame? <br /> <br />Treat house several times with DE in every place more than once because of the life cycle of the flea starts as eggs then, larvae, then pupae, then adult flea. <br />The eggs are laid on the pet and most drop off where pets spend most of their time. Pet bedding, floor crevices, carpeting, along baseboards and areas near their favorite sleeping and napping sites are especially likely places where eggs will be found. <br /> <br />These eggs hatch into legless larvae. The larvae spin a cocoon and, depending on environmental conditions, emerge as adults in as few as five days. The adult fleas then mate (after a blood meal from your pet) and then lay eggs. The life cycle is then repeated--until control measures break the cycle. <br /> <br />The total life cycle can last from 25 days to several months. Unhatched flea eggs have even been frozen with liquid nitrogen and brought back to life ! <br /> <br />Screening of foundation vents and other access areas to keep mice, rats, squirrels and other flea carrying wild animals out. <br /> <br />DE application to carpeted areas and furniture and outdoor lawn or grassy areas, paying close attention to areas frequented by pets. Under decks, shrubs, trees and doghouses are favorite flea breeding areas. <br /> <br />Treat the dog or car in bath of Tea Tree Shampoo in bath tub. You will be shocked at the amount of fleas on the dog or cat that come off dead with just Tea Tree Shampoo! <br /> <br />Again the key is control DE is some great stuff and I have had my cats well, one is 13 yrs old and other is 2 yrs old with no tick or flea problems. <br />Unless your my Uncle and brings his mutt over for a bath and the fleas are just so thick I can not believe it that is when I use the Tea Tree Shampoo on her. <br />Watch the face cause they run to it like a safe house. <br /> <br />You can buy DE in large lbs bags and do your whole lawn, your buddies fence, etc... <br /> <br />Go get them [}:)][}:)][}:)]
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