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Permethrin does not last long, it breaks down with light. It's also very toxic for cats, so if you have any pet cats that cuddle up with your dogs, they could be in danger.
You need to treat your yard, especially around and under decks and porches. You can buy insecticide granules for lawns at a hardware store or garden center. This prevents your dogs from bringing new fleas into your home every day.
Washing bedding doesn't kill fleas, but a clothes dryer gets hot enough to kill fleas and flea eggs. Put everything that's not nailed down into the dryer as often as possible, daily is best.
DE on the carpet is a good plan!
The life cycle of a flea is temperature dependent. At normal room temperature, the life cycle is approximately 3 weeks. Expect to be fighting fleas for 4 generations (12 weeks). Whatever you do to fight fleas, do it consistently for 12 weeks. If you do it for only 2 weeks, for example, you might kill off one generation - but you'll have another generation hatching in a week and your infestation continues and grows!
In my experience, Frontline+ is more ECONOMICAL and more SAFE!! than DIY flea control. If you buy it from your veterinarian and use it as directed on all dogs (and cats) for 3 months, it have a guarantee. If it doesn't work, get your money back or they'll send an exterminator to your house!
Maybe try a different veterinarian? Frontline+ is not prescription, so your dogs don't need to each be seen in order to buy it. You can buy it at other stores or online, but you will NOT get the manufacturer's guarantee.
Frontline+ works by interrupting reproduction of fleas, and takes 3 months to get rid of an infestation. It does not work as well in situations where the dogs are bringing in new fleas from outside, so make sure you treat the yard too.
You need to treat your yard, especially around and under decks and porches. You can buy insecticide granules for lawns at a hardware store or garden center. This prevents your dogs from bringing new fleas into your home every day.
Washing bedding doesn't kill fleas, but a clothes dryer gets hot enough to kill fleas and flea eggs. Put everything that's not nailed down into the dryer as often as possible, daily is best.
DE on the carpet is a good plan!
The life cycle of a flea is temperature dependent. At normal room temperature, the life cycle is approximately 3 weeks. Expect to be fighting fleas for 4 generations (12 weeks). Whatever you do to fight fleas, do it consistently for 12 weeks. If you do it for only 2 weeks, for example, you might kill off one generation - but you'll have another generation hatching in a week and your infestation continues and grows!
In my experience, Frontline+ is more ECONOMICAL and more SAFE!! than DIY flea control. If you buy it from your veterinarian and use it as directed on all dogs (and cats) for 3 months, it have a guarantee. If it doesn't work, get your money back or they'll send an exterminator to your house!
Maybe try a different veterinarian? Frontline+ is not prescription, so your dogs don't need to each be seen in order to buy it. You can buy it at other stores or online, but you will NOT get the manufacturer's guarantee.
Frontline+ works by interrupting reproduction of fleas, and takes 3 months to get rid of an infestation. It does not work as well in situations where the dogs are bringing in new fleas from outside, so make sure you treat the yard too.
For everything else, carbaryl (sevin dust) is great. It can be sprinkled onto things as well as mixed with water and sprayed onto things and I've even added it to the washing powder and running it through the washing machine to get lice out of blankets (thank you, cats). Worked brilliantly.
