Puppies Everywhere -- Oh Dear!!! The last One

[Grazer]

They sure have grown a lot and they are so adorable!
I'm sorry if you already wrote about it somewhere else, but I was wondering, what method did you end up using to get rid of the fleas in nursing mom and puppies. What ended up working for you?

 

[babsbag]

Right after she whelped I shaved her hot spot and just cleaned it really well with soap and water and put some neosporyin on it. She didn't lick it at all once it was clean, she was a good good girl, and I think she was too busy with the pups to notice too much.

I used a flea comb on her and dumped the fleas in a bucket of water, they don't swim well. I changed out all the bedding in the area where the pups are and sprinkled the wood with DE, especially in the cracks. I would just comb her every few days and then when the pups were 2 weeks old I used advantage on mom. I haven't treated the pups and I have seen a few on them, but not many. I don't see them scratching. They are 6 weeks old now so I will find something for them, but not advantage. I refuse to poison them when they are this small.

I need to go back and reread all the post about this as I know there were a few things suggested that I had never heard of. It also seems that the clean straw actually keeps the fleas away, maybe it is the dust on the straw. IDK

 

[Grazer]

I am so glad you almost got rid of all those nasty, little fleas!
And hopefully you'll be able to find something all natural that will work like a charm for the little ones

 

[babsbag]

I came home from work and of course I went straight to the barn to see the pups. They all met me at the gate to say hello and get some pats on the head and then, 1.2.3.

I guess it was a tough day in the barnyard. It was like Dorothy in the poppy fields in the Wizard of Oz.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Who knows what mischief they were up to?!? While the cats away the mice will play!!!

 

[redtailgal]

I got behind and am trying to get caught up so I am more than several posts behind. But, for future reference, finger nail polish works great for marking pups.

I started out by painting a toe nail (different colors for each pup), but that wore off too fast. I ended up making a strip down the rump, and hold pup to let it dry.

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

Oh.... that dark one might need to be sneaked into a box and shipped to WV.. Can you tape some feathers to his head first? USPS won't mind, really. They'll just think it's another chick order.

 

[babsbag]

Oh.... that dark one might need to be sneaked into a box and shipped to WV.. Can you tape some feathers to his head first? USPS won't mind, really. They'll just think it's another chick order.

I wish I had a way to get them shipped all over the US. I would love to have all the pups go to BYH members so I can watch them grow.

The black one has learned how to climb out of the whelping box so it won't be soon until the others are right behind him.

 

[Mamaboid]

I must have that black one, I must, I must I tell you. ..........Trying to figure out how to get puppy to PA......

 

[babsbag]

I must have that black one, I must, I must I tell you. ..........Trying to figure out how to get puppy to PA......

One is going to San Diego and the buyer found a ride for it by posting a request on BackYardChickens. Just happens that someone near me has a DH that goes to San Diego once a month and it taking the pup.. A little closer to me than PA is though. :/

I don't think priority mail would work very well; he is to big for the box.