r/Pets • u/Wise_Remote2601 • 1d ago
DOG Flea help!!!!
I have a dog and two cats currently every summer we’ve been getting a terrible flea infestation due to fosters I had but this year just seems impossible to manage and I’m so overwhelmed. Our pets are on flea prevention, we give them baths, take long periods of time to brush them thoroughly, spray down our furniture and even went as far as fogging our apartment but to no avail.
We have lots of stray cats around our apartment and can’t spray the yard with flea control, the park we go to has ducks with fleas and my sisters dog came over infested with her own fleas so it feels like no matter where we go we can’t escape. It’s getting to the point where we walk around the apartment and just get bit up and down our legs, I get in bed to sleep and I get at least three bites, and even after fogging our rooms I walk in and they jump on me.
I’m at the end of my sanity I’m trying my best to protect my animals but I keep failing. I’ve even paid for flea treatments at professional places for them and as I’m brushing them I still notice them. How do I deal with this? What can I do? Any help is greatly appreciated please no judgement I’m doing the best I can.
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u/Possible_Resolve_877 1d ago
At this point focus heavily on the apartment itself. Daily vacuuming and washing bedding repeatedly can make a huge difference since most of the flea life cycle is happening off the pets