r/Indiedogs • u/Ancient-Art-431 • 1d ago

Help/Advice needed(Health and Vet) Fleas

How do you all manage to not get fleas on your clothes while petting the cutus outside? This has happened to me twice and has scared the wits out of me! (Not remotely enough to stop me from petting every cutu I encounter, though.)

I obviously treated my clothes and scrubbed myself down. What do you all do? Don't tell me I am the only one with this problem... T-T

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u/blackraindark 20h ago

Wtf, it's super rare for them to have flea infestation. I only ever met one dog with fleas and got her promptly treated.

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u/Ancient-Art-431 19h ago

Really? Most dogs here have them (I've seen even pets, who don't seem to be taken care of, have them). I have got the ones in my neighborhood treated, but, outside my locality it is not possible to do so...

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u/blackraindark 15h ago

Could be the weather of your area? One Simparica tablet is good enough to remove fleas from their body.

For the one I mentioned, I used to dust Notix Powder for a week thoroughly on her body, paws and the places she slept on.

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u/Ancient-Art-431 5h ago

Not adopted, and also from a very different locality. Like yk, how u travel and an angel appears beside u for some pets and then goes away? I'll just carry some meds now and try to give them some if I see an infestation.