Pet flea control products...help?

I know frontline and advantage are the best but, they are quite pricey. I was looking at flea control products at Wal-mart and they have drops similar to frontline and advantage. I am beginning to see fleas on my babies and can't quite afford frontline this week. Will a cheaper flea control such as this work for a couple of weeks until I can afford the frontline? Also, how long will a flea bath keep the fleas away?Pet flea control products...help?
whatever you do, do not use Hartz brand.





Your best bet is to check the active ingredients and %'s of these ingredients in the top brands, and then compare cheaper brands.





You might also try Canadavet.com -- they have their own brands and they aren't very expensive.Pet flea control products...help?
Fleas are really hard to get rid of, especially once you have a ';problem';. I'd really suggest trying to get the best brands. Off-brands are often diluted, making them less effective.





Go to Petsmart and buy some flea powder (its about $5 or $10). Pour it on your carpet, let it sit and vaccuum it up. Take the vacuum bag out immediatly. Bath your dogs in flea shampoo (another $5) and put a flea collar on (another $5 maybe) and just keep up the bathings until you can afford frontline.





Some vets offer income based help.. I know of one vet in my town (Lincoln, NE) that will give frontline and advatage to low income familes for nearly 1/2 price. Try a google search, or maybe someone on here knows of a website. Goodluck!
Chemical insecticides for flea control can cause liver damage and other problems 鈥?both for your pet and for you. It is best to stay far away from over the counter and commercial flea control products.


Instead, do what I do and use Canine Target Spray. It is an all-natural alternative. It is a highly effective insect repellent, which discourages dog fleas from nesting on your dog. It can be used as a preventative as well.





This is where I bought it online: http://www.petwellbeing.com/dog-fleas-p6鈥?/a>
There is a certain way to wash them with the flea soap. The moment fleas feel water, they hide where ever they can, in the butt, vulva, ears, eyes, nose, and mouth. Then they come back out when the water is gone. So before you get the dog wet, put the shampoo on the butt and in that region, and get it around the ears and around the neck so they can't cross over to the mouth and eyes too. Then get the dog wet, shampoo the rest of the body, let it sit for 5 minutes, then rinse off. Doing the bath like that will work for about 3 days in keeping the fleas off. Then you should put frontline, advantage, or one of those types of flea control on. Bio-Spot works well, better than seargents or hartz, but not as good as frontline, advantage, or advantix. Bio-spot can only be used on dogs, and not cats. Do not use the kind you buy from the store, sargeants or Hartz or any made by those companies, they do not work. And neither do flea collars. I have seen fleas walk right across the collars, and I have seen dogs that have had an allergic reaction on their necks from them.


You will need to get rather radical to terminate all the fleas. There are many treatments available for your carpets and upholstery, and yard. Try to do this all at the same time.


Flea eggs can still hatch, but most treatments will kill the adults, larvae and the eggs. Read the directions on use of those. Try not to over chemical your dog, and you can also add a bit of garlic to your dogs food. This will help to prevent them, but your best bet is the frontline or advantage or that type of control, the bath done the correct way, and the total area treatment.


As other responders have said, there are sales going on with advantage and frontline.


Good Luck.