I have a rescue dog who was very neglected and is very skittish. I had not gotten her fixed yet as we feared a surgery at this point would make her distrust us more. We moved to a new house with a chainlink fenced dog run. She went into heat the week we moved and the neighbors dog kept digging under the fence and breaking her out. She got out twice- once overnight. I do not know if she is pregnant but we are treating her as if she is. I definately didn’t want her to have puppies but if we have to I would rather they were healthy. How do I treat for fleas if she is pregnant? Thanks for any help.
I get that people get all crazy about animals not being fixed but every case is different and I was told by my vet and by the spay/neuter clinic to wait until she had settled in because she had been so traumatized. I didn’t ask for condemnation- I just asked a question about fleas- somehow I knew I would get a post from some overzealous know it all.

ok i work at a petsmart and i have come to notice that many ppl dont know alot about flea and tick issues which is crucial during this part of the year.

a few things ppl should know is do not put powders and drops on ur animals at the same time or within quite some time of the other. u should only use one product or u will make ur pet extremely sick and could in some cases kill it

powders: powders can be extremely messy and dont have a great success rate.

drops: products such as biospot have been known to give many animals skin conditions as well as causing seizures in cats.

HARTZ IS BAD!!!

flea collars: dont do a whole lot of good. they just get the neck and u end up getting most of the poison urself or someone else who touches thepet therefore not really being effective.

things that do work really well are items such as Frontline, Advantage, Advantix, and Revolution.

and u should only trust products from ur vet bcz most products u can buy in
a petstore wont do u much good and aren’t reliable.

now if many of u disagree with what im saying fine. and im sure that some of the store brands do work for some ppl im just hoping to inform ppl of what is and what isn’t that great to use on pets.

i dont want to see another cat or dog die bcz the owners were never informed about flea and tick problems

oh and revolution also helps prevent heartworms which is another handy thing to take care of.
and actually frontline isn’t the best revolution is.
oh and yes sooner has a point while u can buy frontline from petco DONT DO IT! their supplies are not assured and since they are massed produced to go to all PetCo’s are therefore not very reliable vets are reliable……..except when it comes to Science Diet

I went to the vet and asked and they said this would be fine. On the back of the box it says "DO NOT USE ON OTHER ANIMALS". I’m thinking about maybe putting just a little not the hole tube.

i have a 4 or 5 year old gray tiger cat. he’s been nutured. i have used bio-spot on him for flea prevention a couple of times, but it seems to make him sick and he looses hair at the site of application.i’m never using that one again.i’d like to know, do i have to use flea treatment on my cat at all? he’s been indoors all his life so far. we live in an apartment. there are no other animals.i dont see any fleas or ticks on his hair or skin. so is it allright just not to give him a flea treatment? if not, whats the most effective and above all, the least expensive one(i’m broke)? thanks so much for all answers.

i had both out to give to the animals and my daughter helped me but put the dogs meds on the cat. the good thing is they way the same