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Hoping to find some help for my dog and I'm a big flustered. We just moved to the coast and our dog has been scratching himself non-stop. At our old place we were using PetArmor (Fipronil) and it controlled his fleas just fine. After moving we noticed the scratching and realized he hadn't had his flea meds in almost 2 months. I also noticed one of our neighbors has some pretty questionable looking outside cats so my fiance immediately applied the flea treatment. A couple days went by and she mentioned the dog was still having issues and thought he should have a bath. I, completely forgetting about the flea meds, gave him said bath. It was at max 3 days after his treatment so I'd imagine a fair amount got washed off and it's not working as it should. We've discussed other options such as the stress of moving causing him issues, some potential new allergy, etc but I keep coming back to thinking that maybe we just didn't phase the fleas. I haven't really noticed any bites on me (he's an inside dog) and we haven't found evidence of fleas on him (yet). Any suggestions? I was thinking on trying to find another type of flea medicine that can play nicely with the Fipronil and not hurt my dog. I'd like to rule this out before we take a trip to the vet. Itchy Itchiford fucked around with this message at 16:27 on Aug 10, 2016 |
# ¿ Aug 10, 2016 16:23 |
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# ¿ May 16, 2024 02:46 |
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porkswordonboard posted:There are a LOT of different flea treatments for dogs, and sometimes one will work better with one dog vs another. However, Fipronil is a generic of Frontline. In many areas, it's stopped working as efficiently, as fleas and ticks have grown resistant to it. This seems to be especially true of New England, from what I've heard. To update on what we have tried: We changed foods. He is already on a no grain diet. We switched to a better quality brand. Rachel Ray Walmart Grain free --> Taste of the Wild's grain free. We used a carpet flea powder, following the directions to a T. (This included vacuuming like 4 times). We used a spray on all carpets, linens, and furniture that is a peppermint, clove, and rosemary oil base. (Many sources online showed these to be a repellant for fleas.) This spray was also safe to spray ON the dog. He smelled like baked goods. We have been treating his itchy spots with a bitter spray/hotspot/lidocaine. This keeps him from making it worse. He also now has a doughnut to inhibit chewing. He hates it. He is less itchy overall but still hyper focuses on spots he can reach. To do list: De-flea yard with diatomaceous earth.
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# ¿ Aug 22, 2016 22:54 |
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Crooked Booty posted:If your dog is still itchy after all the steps you've taken, there are two possibilities. Going to the vet is the final step for us. If all of our efforts do not fix it, we will be taking him. My fiance is a medical professional (for humans) so we are not completely in the dark here. We have been told by a vet before that he has a flea allergy. Thanks for your input.
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# ¿ Aug 25, 2016 01:53 |
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Things started getting better, then the fleas reared their ugly heads again The good news is a vet office very close to us has amazing reviews on google so we're hoping to get an appointment made tomorrow.
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# ¿ Aug 26, 2016 06:29 |
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When we called the vet and explained the situation then gave us some more pointers and another form of medication. They said they would still be willing to see the dog but acted like it wasn't necessary and said their over the counter topical (Vectra) should be enough. After reading a bunch of scholarly articles we found this http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353155/ which essentially says that Seresto is essentially the best. It's also safe to double up with nitenpyram (Fastcaps/Capstar) so we can kill all live fleas that bite him in 24 hours and we'll have the protection of arguably the best on-animal flea control over the counter. Keep your fingers crossed!
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# ¿ Aug 26, 2016 22:42 |