Fleas....

Yvonne G said:

Here is's opossum. I've seen freshly dead opossum just covered in fleas.

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That's disgusting!

MPappagallo said:

We use the Seresto collars on our dogs, and they seem to be the only thing that works for us so far. Our vet told us one source of fleas in our area is the wild squirrels that run through our yard and raid our bird feeders.

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+I put Seresto collars on all my dogs and put Diatomaceous Earth all over my yard and some times in the house at the doggie door openings. I have no fleas and no ants. I still get a few flying insects but that's it. And I live on a farm with farms animals as well. Anyway, this works for me.

Yvonne G said:

Here is's opossum. I've seen freshly dead opossum just covered in fleas.

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Luckily, we don't have many possums around here (although they apparently eat tons of mosquitos), but we have squirrels, rabbits and occasional neighborhood dogs and cats.....so it seems to be a never-ending battle. We have had the best luck with the Seresto collars...and we also use diatomaceous earth in the yard about twice a year. Seems to help a little bit.

kewp said:

My indoor cat has fleas. I’m trying to work out where they are coming from. I bring the tortoise in sometimes. Can they carry them in?

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The tortoises don’t carry them in but you do on your pants legs! We recommend Bravecto which is a prescription topical or comfortis to control fleas on cats. Consult your veterinarian. Also you definitely do need to treat the environment

I live in the "high desert". Dog and cat fleas won't survive up here. Not any time of year, not in rainy years, not in dry years, not in years with mild summers, not in years with warm winters and no freezes. We take our dogs and cats down into L.A. and they pick up fleas and bring them home. The adult fleas are dead and gone within a day or two, and the eggs and babies simply don't survive. I don't know why this is. Our climate and weather doesn't seem all that different, and it seems like this area would be just as hospitable as areas just a little south, but its not. We use no flea products and never have, and we have no fleas here. Having said that, the rabbits and other wild animals up here DO have fleas. These are a different flea species, and they do not infect our dogs and cats. This is why I said before: Fleas are very host specific. Rabbit fleas don't go after dogs and vice versa. There are no tortoise fleas, and no reason for a flea to be on a tortoise. It is possible for a flea to physically sit on a tortoise and ride it into your house, but it could also do this on a shoe, a dustpan, or any other object that you bring into your house.