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Fleas! OMG! They grow everything bigger and  better in Queensland.

Reg, Indigo and I were relaxing beside the caravan in the bush, enjoying out first glimpse of blue sky in weeks, as we dried out all the damp things in our caravan and aired all the bedding in full sunshine and I called Indigo over for a cuddle and a groom as she had been enjoying a dust bath under the caravan. 

I started to rub my hands through her coat as I often do when we are travelling; mostly checking to make sure she has not picked up another tick.  I remember 2 years ago getting one heck of a shock when she picked up  a bush tick, I was ready to yell for the roadside assistance, because, beaing a northern Victorian, (where we do not have any ticks) I had never seen a tick on a dog and I went into a panic.

Anyhow I found fleas on Indigo OMG!, she has NEVER had a flea before.  I have always used those drops you place at the back of the neck every month, bought the best and most expensive from the vet and they work. This trip however because I was so worried about ticks, I bought flea and tick collars. The, BayO Pet Kiltix Tick Collar, I used, is supposed to control fleas for 5 months and paralysis tick for 5 weeks so Indigo has been having these replaced every month and here she was suddenly full of fleas. L. 

I had some flea powder with me, as I had been dusting her down before putting her down on the ground in areas where I was extra concerned about ticks.  So I have been dusting her with flea powder, twice a day, combing her with a fine flea comb and killing half a dozen fleas at every go and I have now put one of those once a month flea treatments on her. Tonight put on a new tick and flea collar and fingers crossed we will come to the end of these fleas soon.  They grow things bigger and better there in Queensland, this dog flea colony seems to be the most resistant I have known.  

Yes I know every piece of soft furnishing in the place will require washing, plus the front seat of our car and our mattress will need some sun exposure and time away from the dog to break the cycle and I read the female flea can lay 30 eggs a day, 2,000 eggs in her short 115 day (max.) lifetime.  TThe flea can not live more than a couple of days without the host animal. I will be doing close inspections on Indigo twice daily and will try to give her a flea rinse bath tomorrow as well, I sure want her to be free from fleas before we get home.     
The main reason why any dog gets fleas is because it has associated with other dogs that also have fleas. Indigo spent a lot of time with Reg's fishing mate's dog, just before we left Flying Fish Point and I did not check her until the following day. 
 
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