Fleas What Are You Chaps Using?

[willum 89]

As title says really have got a litter of kits in with my gill they are just over 3 weeks I handle / check them over daily and have notice the odd flea on them nothing major yet just wandering what's out there that's good and safe enough to treat the gill and kits cheers willum.

[youcanthide...BANG 1,051]

I use spot on for small animals, expensive but works great

[willum 89]

  On 15/07/2013 at 19:19, youcanthide...BANG said:

I use spot on for small animals, expensive but works great

Would this be ok for kits aswell ?

[AirgunGuy 362]

I had a few on my ferrets last year. Gave them a bath in the sink and washed them with a tiny amount of dog flea shampoo. Done the job

[nothernlite 18,135]

spot on for kittens

[willum 89]

Cheers for the advice chaps

[onthehunt 40]

As above, spot on for small animals works fantastically with mine. Alternatively a spot on for cats such as advocate or frontline from the vets works too

[Joe67 239]

bottle of front line, will use it now and will need it again.

[Stretch177 39]

Aye frontline will get rid, although you will only need a small amount. Easiest way to do it is spray it on some latex gloves and massage it into their coat, 1 spray for the kits and 2/3 for the adults. I have never used it on kits as young as that tbh so maybe try the wash and shampoo first and then just treat the jill. It will get spread about the bedding etc from the jill

Edited July 15, 2013 by Stretch177

[Malt 379]

Frontline spray is the safest thing to use on ferrets, and you don't want to be using anything meant for cats.. Ferrets and mustlides in general are more closely related to dogs than they are cats, despite how they look...

[onthehunt 40]

  On 16/07/2013 at 16:33, Malt said:

Frontline spray is the safest thing to use on ferrets, and you don't want to be using anything meant for cats.. Ferrets and mustlides in general are more closely related to dogs than they are cats, despite how they look...

Don't know where you got your info from mate..Its actually the other way round

[Malt 379]

  On 16/07/2013 at 21:21, onthehunt said:

 

  On 16/07/2013 at 16:33, Malt said:

Frontline spray is the safest thing to use on ferrets, and you don't want to be using anything meant for cats.. Ferrets and mustlides in general are more closely related to dogs than they are cats, despite how they look...

Don't know where you got your info from mate..Its actually the other way round

 

What is?

[youcanthide...BANG 1,051]

  On 16/07/2013 at 21:21, onthehunt said:

 

  On 16/07/2013 at 16:33, Malt said:

Frontline spray is the safest thing to use on ferrets, and you don't want to be using anything meant for cats.. Ferrets and mustlides in general are more closely related to dogs than they are cats, despite how they look...

Don't know where you got your info from mate..Its actually the other way round

 

Sorry mate your in the wrong they are more related to dogs than cats

[Malt 379]

They are in the caniforma suborder, not feliforma..

[onthehunt 40]

Only in physical traits, not in genes i.e. both cats and ferrets are obligate carnivores but dogs are not-same goes for all canidae.

Edited July 16, 2013 by onthehunt