Flea Washes and Flea Dust Powders
Flea washes are generally applied after the coat of the animal has been dampened – sometimes as a final rinse after
a bath.
I’m not particularly keen on flea washes – mainly because a lot of them are toxic, aren’t really environmentally friendly and it’s a messy affair afterwards if the dog chooses (which they invariably do) to shake it all off and spray you and whatever else is in the vicinity…
With a lot of the old flea washes (the concentrated ones) where you had to mix it to the right proportion, I’ve seen cats being overdosed as a result and getting tremors from it. Flea washes work to kill the fleas on the dog, does nothing to the flea eggs and larvae in the environment.
Generally they only last up to a week and you will have to repeat the whole procedure again. Flea dust powders aren’t much better in my mind. They are also messy to apply and it is very difficult to get an even distribution through the coat.
There are better ways of flea control nowadays in my mind. Read on…
- Flea collars
- Flea spot on treatments like Frontline flea control, Advantage flea control, Advantix flea control, Revolution flea control
- Flea spray on treatment like Frontline spray
- Oral flea medication
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