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Remember DE is like asbestos - that stuff is so small it'll get into your lungs if your not careful.
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Good luck - this is something where you have to be diligent and persistent until you find what works for you.
- First get them off your dog by bathing:
Wash them in dish soap. (vet staff told me to do this, I said "WHAT ?!" - and NFS, it works!) Breaks the surface tension of water better than any other soap, drowns the fleas on the dog. Then final rinse with hot water (as hot as your dog can stand), kills what fleas remain (or gets them to release, sending them down the drain).- Vacuum the house frequently, every other day, at least. I can't stand carpet so all my floors are hardwood or fir.
- If your infestation is so bad in the house, where you walk across a room and >20 fleas (especially juveniles) jump on you, the only way I know to stop that in it's tracks is flea bomb. Struggled with it for weeks - tried eucalyptus oil, tea tree oil, peppermint oil, diatomaceous earth, and borax, and it still sucked. Bombed it and we were GTG. Personally, I hate introducing poisons in my house. Yes, supposedly pyrethrins are natural, but they are also toxic to humans in sufficient quantities.
- I refuse to use insecticide or other yard chemicals in my yards. I noticed decades ago, putting stuff like that on my yard noticeably lessened visits by bees.
- My dogs have been interacting with a ton of other dogs this year, and consequently NONE of the topical oils (Advantage, Frontline, etc) work for shizzle. My guess, they picked up resistant fleas elsewhere.
- For over a year, I've been using Bravecto, administered quarterly, and it is a systemic that kills the fleas when they bite your pet. I haven't had a flea problem since using that.