Help with flea issues - novice alert here

davemulheran · Feb 7, 2008

Hi guys.

What should I be looking at on Ralph when searching for fleas (apart fro the obvious black moving things!)

and where abouts are common spots to look?

also what is the best treatment to give him? is the flea ointment that is put on to the nape of the neck ok?

i treated him with this a few months ago and he hated it, poor thing. but recently he has been scratching a lot and i guess im just being paranoid. My g/f also recons she has a bite on her neck.

When he was malting I brushed him every day for a week with a flea comb to get rid of all the matted fluff in his fur. I never saw any fleas.

any help would be appreciated

thanks

Dave

Tamsin · Feb 7, 2008

Hiya,

If he's scratching but you can't see any fleas they it's more likely he has mites. This are really tiny so you probably won't see them. The vet will give him injections (ivermectin) to get rid of them.

Tamsin

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