Avalon Pier

[stingo]

Got an infestation. Best way to get rid of 'em?

[Sandlapper]

[kittylou]

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Tangled up in blues

[Sandlapper]

[stingo]

kl rocks as usual.

[Buckeye Bob]

[stingo]

That's what I did yesterday, bb. Only I drove north on Route 1 for a couple of hours, then turned around, came back and aired out the house. We seem to be flea-free now. But those critters were ruthless, I'm telling you.

[Hamilton]

We had an Elkhound that would pick up fleas from the barn cats at the in-laws house. A couple here and there, not a big deal. Could control it with a collar, bath and Frontline

BUT, every year like clockwork, our apartment would explode with them when we took off for the Labor Day weekend, leaving the apartment for 3-4 days. Apparently without the dog there to be bitten and poison them, and human activity that crushes the fragile eggs and larvae, they had a party.

We;d walk in through front door and you could feel them jumping on and bouncing off your legs.

Our tradition became stopping at the Agway before the ride home and buy three aerosol bombs, drive the 3 hours, leave the dog in the car, and draw straws to see who the sucker was that would dash in and set them off.

We d then leave for three hours, going to our local watering hole and wait it out.

We had a downstairs neighbor who worked nights and slept days, and hated the dog, as she was a rescue with abandonment issues. She would bark at everything she heard, for a long time, once we left for work, which was when he was going to bed.

The day after our ritual, I got a knock at the door, and it was the guy s wife. With the dog at my side she asked if perhaps my dog had fleas? I panicked and answered no, never.

Using all my mental strength I looked at the dog and willed it not to dare to scratch, because I knew this was not good!

I innocently asked why she would ask. She said Ozzie had woken up with bites all over his legs, and apparently fleas all over the apartment.

I expressed my dismay and horror and offered condolences. Then I suggested she ask the super to inspect the window to the crawl space under their apartment, because it looked broken, and perhaps raccoons had taken up residence?

She left. This place was built like a bunker before WWII. Solid construction, plaster and lathe walls, tight. How those fleas migrated down to his apartment still amazes me!

Forgot to mention, it said NO DOGS on the top of every page of the lease, but that was superseded by a local law that said the landlord had 90 days to request a dog to be removed. They dragged their feet and missed the window of opportunity. The dog eventually had more rights than we did.

Poor, tortured, Ozzie. Between the barking, fleas, and rowdy Super Bowl parties, I m surprised he didn t set the place ablaze. We werent mature enough to live in such a nice place. He did put differences aside, and was very helpful when we moved out 5 years later.

BTW, NY has recently outlawed the use and sale of those aerosol bombs for consumers. Professional pest control only. They claim people were poisoning themselves by not leaving the premises when the bombs went off, and in some urban areas folks were using too many in small dwellings, not turning off pilot lights, and causing huge fires.

[Sandlapper]

I have been using this stuff on my dog/s for the past 10 years. Just one drop on the back of the neck and you're good for 30 days. Not only that, they say: "It kills fleas and ticks on your neighbor's dogs and cats too".
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