Fleas!

[margimello]

So Carl like to bite his ass a lot and now I'm suspecting fleas but I'm hoping it's allergies. I've been looking around on the internet and now I'm all kinds of itchy. I was poking around the fur near his butt and there were little back specks. I'm going to go home this afternoon and double check him -- do the wet cotton ball test. I'm hoping

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[frstjade]

have you put any flea preventative on him, or taken him to the vet?

[margimello]

No flea preventative but yes to the vet. I just went to check on him at lunch and I'm pretty sure it's not fleas. Either way, I'm going to go get some flea preventative ASAP and some shampoo for the both of us.

[frstjade]

frontline or advantage once a month is a small price to pay to avoid fleas and their consequences. any hair loss? i might ask the vet about a skin scraping if he's still scratching.

[margimello]

Skin scraping? Sounds scary.

Have any of ur babies had any weird problems or am I just suffering from Münchhausen's?

[subprime_crime]

yo, whether or not he has fleas now... you need to put him on flea prevention like yesterday.

you do not want fleas to infest your home.

[margimello]

Done and done.

[benlbr]

ass biting may be a sign of worms.

may be more evident when they drag their asses across the carpet with their two front paws.

[margimello]

No ass dragging yet but I'll be sure to keep an eye out for that. That's so nasty.

Um...is insanity also a sign of worms? He used to be addicted to Greenies but now he thinks they're the enemy and pounces on them. HA. It's kinda funny -- finally, something that makes me glad I have a dog.