I'm so perplexed! My pretty little Pappillon Pomeranian puppy seems to have fleas! I've noticed bugs crawling on him, so I bought flea killer and put it on him.
But i was going through his fur today and htey're STILL there, plus I'm noticing little irritated sores all over his forehead. They're BIG, much bigger than I'm used to seeing flea bites, but i think they HAVE to be fleas.
He's an indoor dog, literally the only exposure he's had in the past two months that could have given him them is 1. Playing with my moms dog outside, must be three weeks ago now. I talked to my mom to have her check HER dog, and she says he doesnt have fleas, and the area they live doesnt have them either-only ticks and biting flies. or 2. Two months ago, playing with my ex boyfriends dog. Jack had NO fleas at that time, however two weeks later I dog sat him and he was having bad flea problems, I was medicating him for them, and inspecting for bites. I've had NO flea bites on myself... and I scrubbed myself up thoroughly before coming home to Santi, but could I have carried them over to him, or might it have just taken them that long to hatch on him from his previous play session with Jack?
And also, what do i do NOW! I dont want an expensive vet bill if its something really stupid, or if the sores are from a nutritional problem, and the bugs ARENT fleas, but I want my puppy to be OK! I already used a monthly flea stuff on him, what else is there? Would a Flea shampoo be more effective, or what other methods a re there of killing my baby's parasites? I've brushed him out thoroughly and looked through most of his fur to see where bites are, what's going on, and put rubbing alcohol over most of his open sores, but what else is there? Its too late to call the vet at this point, and tomorrow I'm supposed to be working all day so I likely wont have time.
Anyone elses pets had something like this?



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