Discouraging hedgehogs?

blue_monkey_2

I was in the vets a week back and someone was complaining that their frontline had stopped working, also if you search for the thread about cheap flea treatments a week back someone else is saying the same thing. Hedgehog fleas do not live on anything else other than hedgehogs so they are not giving your dog and cat fleas. I would speak to your vet about what they are using to treat your pets - if the flea treatment e was giving was working and they did get fleas from the hogs the flea treatment would kill the fleas so something is not right, your vet could not have been giving them a treatment that was working so I think you need to speak to them about that! if using Frontline then change as this seems to have topped working for a lot of pets and maybe you need to use Program instead.

The thing is, we pump all these chemicals into our pets (and it must go into the skin) it is no wonder the fleas are getting immune to it. If I took paracetamol every day for years I am sure that eventually it would stop being effective.

katiep_2

Thanks for that everybody! Reassuring to know we're not likely to get a flea infestation! I will leave Mr Tiggywinkle in peace!

On the subject of fleas, I've just started giving my dog a garlic capsule once a day instead of yukky chemicals. It's supposed to work for horses and humans too.

Shogunladyuk

Speaking of Frontline...I have two small dogs, and I use to purchase their flea treatments from the Vets...£34 for 6 pipettes :eek: (2-10 kilo weight).I found an online pet pharmacy that sells it for £20.30 with free p&p...bit of a difference...They also sell it for medium, large & Xtra large dogs ( a little more expensive obviously )If you don`t need a six pack, they do it in a 3 pack and they also do Frontline for cats...
HTH
Vet UK for Healthy Happy Pets

frivolous_fay

computerwoman wrote: »

I have been bitten all around my neck...which was confirmed today by my GP as insect/flea bites...

So, not really a conclusive verdict of hedgehog flea bites then? There are a lot of biting insects out there.

Lara

Vet changed my dog to Advocate from Frontline - if that helps!

cruisemad

I was told by a vet over 20 years ago that hedgehog fleas do not live on dogs. We live in the country and have loads of hedgehogs around, my harlie Dane thinks they are toys and is sooo proud when he brings them back to us, he never hurts them, just brings them back and places them on the ground in front of us!! However each time he finds one you can see the fleas running up his muzzle and over his head, so if the fleas cannot live on him why do they insist on leaving their life source to commit suicide on my dog?

computerwoman

Debt_Free_Chick wrote: »

YIKES :eek:

does Frontline not work then?

obviously not...as the vet has charged me £25 per pet...per month for the past 3 months...so annoyed...4 cats 2 dogs and £25 a bottle to go around the house...of which we have had 3 so far it would have been cheaper to get someone in...my pets are fleaed regularly so this is abit of a shock to say the least and has become very expensive...:mad:

computerwoman

blue_monkey wrote: »

I was in the vets a week back and someone was complaining that their frontline had stopped working, also if you search for the thread about cheap flea treatments a week back someone else is saying the same thing. Hedgehog fleas do not live on anything else other than hedgehogs so they are not giving your dog and cat fleas. I would speak to your vet about what they are using to treat your pets - if the flea treatment e was giving was working and they did get fleas from the hogs the flea treatment would kill the fleas so something is not right, your vet could not have been giving them a treatment that was working so I think you need to speak to them about that! if using Frontline then change as this seems to have topped working for a lot of pets and maybe you need to use Program instead.

The thing is, we pump all these chemicals into our pets (and it must go into the skin) it is no wonder the fleas are getting immune to it. If I took paracetamol every day for years I am sure that eventually it would stop being effective.

thanks have spoke to the vet he says it's frontline but used something different last time...so went to the pet shop and got some bob martin dog and cat flea drops and 4 cans of johnsons house flea spray...now gonna to spend all day doing everything...the pet shop man is under the impression as are the vet and the RSPCA officer that it is the hogs that are causing this...what ever they are they have armoured caseing as nothing seems to be getting rid will let you tomorrow if they have worked...have done the dogs and cats and they seem to have stopped scatching so far was outside the pet shop at 9am and back home by 9.30am...dogs and cats rounded up and done by 10am...now they are all in the garden looking at me like I'm mad as have all the doors shut so I can do the house...got downstairs done and have stopped itching myself just up stairs to do now...so it may be that frontline has out lived itself and no longer any bloody good...am gonna tackle the vets once I know this stuff has worked...and see if I can get some sort of refund...:D

candygirl

computerwoman wrote: »

obviously not...as the vet has charged me £25 per pet...per month for the past 3 months...so annoyed...4 cats 2 dogs and £25 a bottle to go around the house...of which we have had 3 so far it would have been cheaper to get someone in...my pets are fleaed regularly so this is abit of a shock to say the least and has become very expensive...:mad:

omg cw its like having a 2nd mortgage:eek: .when you get rid of the fleas this time you could try giving them garlic capsules, and brewers yeast.This works for my 2 dogs(and was recommended by ny vet)

blue_monkey_2

obviously not...as the vet has charged me £25 per pet...per month for the past 3 months...so annoyed...4 cats 2 dogs and £25 a bottle to go around the house...of which we have had 3 so far it would have been cheaper to get someone in...my pets are fleaed regularly so this is abit of a shock to say the least and has become very expensive...:mad:

He has charged you what?? Even a 3 months upply of Frontline only costs around £20. What on earth has he been using that is charging £25 a month each pet. Sorry but that is wrong, I know vets are expensive but there is no way it can cost that much - so he has been charging you £150 for the treatment (£25 each) and another £25 for the spray? OMG - sorry but something is wrong there. I would seriously be having a word and changing vets!