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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 320804" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>I found many years ago, even when I lived down South in TN, that what I fed my animals made a big difference in whether or not they picked up fleas or ticks.</p><p></p><p>Feeding the animal an optimum, meat based diet that is high in healthy fatty acids and the like, makes the animals smell less attractive to fleas.</p><p></p><p>I am very sensitive to flea bites and I swear they go for me before they go for the critters. Durng my vegetarian years I was much less likely to get bitten.</p><p></p><p>If you see one flea on your pet, you have hundreds of them and their offspring in your house. Not just carpet and upholstery, but places like the gaps between floorboards and the like.</p><p></p><p>Ideally, you should bomb the house and arrange to have the pets dipped at the vet's or groomer's.</p><p></p><p>Time it so that you vacuum before you pick up the pets. Use a vacuum with a bag and toss in part of a flea collar or a good handful of flea powder in the bag before use.</p><p></p><p>Remove the bag and it's contents outside of the house.</p><p></p><p>IME, treating the animals is useless unless you also treat the house.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 320804, member: 1963"] I found many years ago, even when I lived down South in TN, that what I fed my animals made a big difference in whether or not they picked up fleas or ticks. Feeding the animal an optimum, meat based diet that is high in healthy fatty acids and the like, makes the animals smell less attractive to fleas. I am very sensitive to flea bites and I swear they go for me before they go for the critters. Durng my vegetarian years I was much less likely to get bitten. If you see one flea on your pet, you have hundreds of them and their offspring in your house. Not just carpet and upholstery, but places like the gaps between floorboards and the like. Ideally, you should bomb the house and arrange to have the pets dipped at the vet's or groomer's. Time it so that you vacuum before you pick up the pets. Use a vacuum with a bag and toss in part of a flea collar or a good handful of flea powder in the bag before use. Remove the bag and it's contents outside of the house. IME, treating the animals is useless unless you also treat the house. [/QUOTE]
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