From:
"Sheila Cavanaugh"
Date: 2006-12-09 17:42:41 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re:fleas
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
I used to work in Animal Shelters and in Emergency Animal Rescue and
Dawn is the soap of choice! It's Important to get the original
version of Dawn.... the blue original as this is the only formula
that kills fleas. Just let it "work" for about 1 minute and then
rinse the fuzzy off!
Sheila
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, JJ <myferrets18@...> wrote:
>
> I have used dish washingf liquid from time to time if a invasion of
fleas hit.
> I dosent hurt the ferrets,might dry out the skin a bit
> but like I said "if" a invasion of fleas hit from a newbie
brought into the home,it
> does wonders,can also be used on dogs and cats.
> Jody
>
> Don't know if this will help or not, but, years ago we picked up
a
> "free"
> kitten only to get her home and find that she was full of fleas.
When
> I say
> full of fleas, I mean to the extent that she was scratching herself
raw
> and
> bloody. It was a holiday weekend (naturally) with no vets opened
so I
> called the local emergency vet's office. The vet told me that
fleas
> were
> NOT an emergency, no matter how bad. She then told me to give the
> kitten a
> bath with Pert shampoo. I figured, what the heck, ran to Meijers
for
> the
> shampoo, and, gave the kitten a bath. It killed every flea on her
> body!!!!
> Don't know what's in that bottle but I'm not about to use it on my
> head.
> LOL
>
> Jan in Michigan
>
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