Vet Q & AMy dog still has fleas after treatment. What should I do next?
Capstar will only kill those fleas that are on the dog and sucking blood once.
Getting rid of fleas is relatively easy but entails work for a few months:
Unfortunately fleas only hop on the body of your pet when they want to feed, then they hop off again and stay in your pet's environment. So you need to treat all pets in the household as well as the environment (which contains the fleas, their eggs and larvae).
Flea treatment:
1) Get some flea medication such as a Flea spray or a spot on from a pet shop or your veterinarian and apply monthly )Bravecto/Nexgard/Seresto will last longer)
2) get flea powder, put some in your vacuum cleaner bag and vacuum your house and furniture and also non-carpeted areas frequently to remove flea larvae and eggs which live off house dust., Dispose of the bag in the trash outside. Hot-wash all the pet's bedding,
If you do this diligently for a few months you will get rid of the fleas.
Flea products:
Spot-ons:
Advantage, Advantix
Advantage Multi (Advocate in the UK)
Frontline (ticks as well)
Bravecto/Nexgard spot on (ticks as well) - for cats, in tablet form for dogs
Revolution (stronghold in the UK)
Tablets: comfortis (will only kill fleas once)
Collar: Seresto (ticks as well)
House spray: Indoorex
Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns and I would be more than happy to help you further. Please take the time to mark this question as helpful or not as it helps us to improve on the quality of our answers to other pet owners. Thank you so much!
Updated on September 24th, 2025
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