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Flea ?
H and I are going house hunting this Saturday and MIL offered to watch the dogs. We had left Max with her a couple years ago in September while we went on vacation and he came home with fleas. She lives in the city and she says a lot of stray cats run through her yard
My question is, are fleas prevalant right now (it's 20 degrees here during the daytime)? Should I give them a flea treatment before they go? Charlie is only 6 months old and I'm not sure if he's even old enough.
I don't use any kind of flea treatment usually...we kind of live in the middle of nowhere and we've never had a problem with fleas here (and I'd rather not unnecessarily put chemicals on them). TIA!
Re: Flea ?
You can start flea treatments as young as 12 weeks, I think. We certainly started giving Zoey a flea preventative (Sentinel) when she was less than 6 months. They'll state right on the package "for dogs x age and older" or something along those lines.
Your best bet is to just get 1 application of a flea preventative from your vet for each dog; that way you KNOW your pups aren't going to come home with any fleas. We just found a couple on Zoey when we were at my mom's for Christmas (granted, she lives in AL, but I don't know where exactly she picked them up). If stray cats around your mom's place have fleas living on them, the cold won't matter.
Just my 2 cents; I'd rather be safe than have to deal with an infestation later, which is a LOT more work and products to get rid of!
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