I just switched the pets away from frontline plus since we don't need the tick control here, and switching to cheaper Advantage led to the discovery that the nasty allergic reaction Seamus has been having every few months (and then held at bay by steroids) was from the freaking Frontline. Sigh. Happy to have solved that mystery, but I wish we'd figured that out a bit sooner. Our dog is on Sentinel (oral med) since it does fleas and worms.
Mal: Take your people and go. Captain: You would have done the same. Mal: We can already see I haven't.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Pix - Sep 07, 2011 4:18:17 pm PDT #24681 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
Ginger - Sep 07, 2011 4:18:18 pm PDT #24682 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
So far, I haven't found a spot-on treatment that I'm not allergic to. I did a concerted effort of borax and diatomaceous earth and one round of flea bombs when I was going to be away for several days and gave him Capstar while he was away.
Pix - Sep 07, 2011 4:20:04 pm PDT #24683 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
Ginger, have you tried Revolution? It's apparently the gentlest of the bunch. It's the only kind bunnies can use, my bunny-rescuing friend tells me.
Ginger - Sep 07, 2011 4:24:21 pm PDT #24684 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm probably allergic to the damn fragrance.
beekaytee - Sep 07, 2011 4:57:48 pm PDT #24685 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
I accidentally soaked my hand in Frontline this week. Thank God I didn't have a reaction, but it was scary there for a while.
Strix - Sep 07, 2011 5:16:38 pm PDT #24686 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Front room, entry and dining room salted/Boraxed.
Funny thing: I started off laying salt/borax on the thresholds and windowsills.
Then I realized I wasn't facing demon fleas in the SPNverse (OR AM I?!?!) and started to sprinkle it like baking soda on a carpet.
sarameg - Sep 07, 2011 5:18:11 pm PDT #24687 of 30001
My salon doesn't expect to reopen until the weekend. Means they must've taken on some water.
-t - Sep 07, 2011 5:19:21 pm PDT #24688 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
They are bloodsuckers who might be repelled by garlic. Coincidence?
I found a slug in my kitchen this afternoon, I should totally salt my thresholds.
SuziQ - Sep 07, 2011 5:20:33 pm PDT #24689 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Erin, I think I'd do the same if I had to do that here (thresholds and windowsills).
We have been pretty lucky here with no fleas (knocking on wood that it stays that way). A friend tried to tell me that we don't get fleas in this part of Colorado. I don't know if that is true or not, but I'm glad I don't have to deal with it for now.
Strix - Sep 07, 2011 5:35:32 pm PDT #24690 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
It's annoying, because I've never had to deal with fleas or ticks on any of my pets, but now, we have 2 indoor/outdoor pets.
And Arthur is a Corgi, so he's low to the ground, and has a dense, greasy-ish coat, so he was literally hopping with fleas. You could look down at him and see a couple of fleas just lolling about.