How to remove fleas, ticks and lice from puppy? Please help.

@nengs10 (3180)
Philippines
February 18, 2009 6:06am CST
We bought a 1-month-old puppy just last week. It was so cute and lovely. The puppy really brings joy to us. The problem is I discovered that there are fleas on it. I really want to get all the fleas but it's just so hard to do it. Actually, the fleas are very fast that we can;'t catch them at all. What should we do? Fleas and lice are very harmful to our puppy. Please help.
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@Lindery (853)
• Latvia
19 Feb 09
You should go to any pet shop and ask for special shampoo against fleas. The shopkeeper will explain how to use the shampoo to get the best result. To avoid ticks most likely your puppy should wear a special dog-collar which is soaked with leak which avoids ticks. Good luck!
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
19 Feb 09
There are powders for dog flies available in the market. I can't recommend any particular brand coz I've already forgotten the one we used some years ago with our puppy. But you can buy any brand from the supermarkets to help you with this problem. I think there is also a shampoo for that problem.
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• Canada
23 Feb 09
My husband just said to add brewer's yeast to the food they eat. It changes the blood and body chemestry enough that fleas and ticks don't like it. Doesn't work on lice. the least expensive way to get rid of lice is something called "sheep dip." Don't know what the heck it is, but my husband who worked on a farm says it's been around for 100 years, and is sold over the counter in a FARM or FEED store. Smells like crap, but works! also works on human headlice (his kids are still pee'd off for the way it smelled, but it worked!!). Prescription equivilent that doens't smell is EXPENSIVE. Get the cheap stinky stuff from the farm store, and it'll do the trick.
• United States
18 Feb 09
http://www.puppyeducation.com/external-parasites.html This site should not only help you with your flea, tick, and lice problem but should also give you some other important info regarding puppies.