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OMG IT WORKS!!! Pls read my entire review
By M GRIFFIN on Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2020
WE HAVE NO FLEAS! How can this be?!? I can't believe it! I read the reviews and I can't understand why some are saying Vet's Best home spray doesn't work. This is great stuff, worth every cent and more. I Frontlined all our pets, which was great, fleas gone on pets, but they were still in the house, in furniture, in carpeting, etc. We were getting itchy ankle bites while we slept. I sprayed everything. Had to get rid of a few rugs because I know fleas are experts at surviving in carpet. I have fought fleas before, years ago, before Frontline existed. I did not win the war. We spent years wasting a lot of money on bombs for every room, shampoos, useless flea collars, everything...for nothing. Then we moved. I know firsthand fleas are tough to get rid of and the key is not to get them. We've always had indoor cats and 1 dog. Since the introduction of Frontline, I always made sure to use that for the dog all spring and summer. But I got so busy this year. I didn't get to it. In the back of my mind I didn't think it was such a big deal. After all we've been flealess all these years. Would it make such a difference if I got to it late, in June instead of April? I was so stupid. Of course the dog got fleas and now 5 cats also had fleas. Thank God Vets Best saved us! This product works! Just make sure you leave no area undone. I dont know if it helped that I sprayed heavily before I read the instructions to just mist. The beds and couches had to dry for an hour or two, I sprayed so much. I sprayed in all the furniture crevices, between mattresses and boxsping, every inch of pet beds, any rug I wasn't getting rid of got saturated twice. Fleas will find safe places to hide. Eliminate the safe places! We noticed the difference almost immediately. The scent was mostly pleasant but very very strong, all windows were opened once we realized how strong the scent. We put the dog outside and the cats in the bathroom for an hour in case the strong smell would effect them adversely. I had several blankets we keep tossed on couches. I washed those blankets in hot water and then kept them folded in a laundry basket in the basement since it's summer and we don't need them on the couches. No pets go in basement by the way. I assumed the hot water killed anything but weeks later I stood near this laundry basket to get something on a shelf and I felt something on my feet. Tiny black dots! Freaking fleas! Either fleas survived the washer or eggs did. I sprayed my feet and the blankets immediately, no issues since. THIS STUFF IS A GODSEND!!! I keep several bottles around the house just in case we see or suspect anything; 1 in the basement, 2 on the main level and 2 upstairs. We also bought a flea product at Home Depot to spread around the yard. It's been a month since, might do that again just in case. Make no mistake, fleas are in this fight to win. Do not underestimate them. Get them everywhere they might be. Save yourself years of fighting them by doing a thorough job of killing them everywhere...on the pet, on the furniture, in the yard. Frontline (or similar product) alone won't do it. This spray alone won't do it. Just a few surviving can repopulate almost overnight! Vet's Best home spray should be part of your arsenal of weaponry in a multi pronged attack. You CAN win this war! 9/23/20 UPDATE: WE STILL HAVE FLEAS!! Because Frontline doesn't work! We have used Frontline several times now and it's not like it used to be. It kills some but not all. We called Frontline and they said we can use it again so I've been re-dosing 1 dog and 5 cats about every 2 weeks, lots of money spent. It's not killing the fleas and they don't open a claim unless you've used it for 3 months. That's 3 months of fleas multiplying!! The Vet's Best home spray though is doing a great job. We spray the dog bed, the front door rug, our beds (when we don't, we get ankle bites) and all fabric furniture (couches, chairs). After this I'm trying Seresto collars. It will cost $300 for 6 pets but I'd give anything to get rid of the fleas once and for all. We also dump salt on all fabric furniture and the one rug. We definitely have them on the run but they are still on our pets. If only the frikin Frontline worked!!!
Top critical review
17 people found this helpful
Better as a flea deterrant than killing them
By Fdo Shopper on Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2016
This product is effective on carpets, fabrics etc. as a preventive measure but didn't kill fleas on my dog as per instructions. To kill fleas you have to spray them directly or, as another reviewer stated, you have to drench your pet. I live in Florida, in a pet friendly building and periodically there is an explosion of fleas in the hallways. Unfortunately, it can't be helped as the city doesn't spray for fleas in the parks. Initially, I tried spraying my pup as per instructions, in fact I went a little overboard, and I noticed a flea on her coat. I thought 'great it's about to croak, this stuff really works'. No the case. She stopped scratching for a little while but after 40mins-1hr the scratching came back. Over the next few days, I tried it again, same results and the final time I combed the sprayed areas and saw a flea (that's when I tried spraying the flea directly and adios). My dog wasn't infested with fleas so it's not like this was a big job at hand. But I could see she how she would periodically pick-up a hitchhiker or five from the hallways. My dog is a 103lb Great Pyrenees, a big target and this is the first time we've ever had a problem. She's been given Friponil (Frontline, PetArmour) but it takes time for it to reach extremities like legs so I wanted something non-toxic that could work immediately. From what I saw it looked as if the spray drove fleas away and when the potency died down, they'd return. Much the same way a citronella works with mosquitos. I was ready to throw away the bottle when I was bitten standing in the hallway, outside of my apt and thought "instead of just throwing this stuff away, let's give it a try out here". I sprayed in a pattern working away from the front door twenty feet in both directions. Tada. The fleas are gone and haven't come back. Outside the sprayed area you'll still get bitten but I've kept up the hallway treatment and haven't had any problems. From what I've seen and from what other reviewers have stated, the spray works to kill fleas when you drench your pet with the liquid (not recommended) or when you spray the flea directly otherwise the recommended pet treatment methodology doesn't do much (in my case it didn't do anything). Instead, it works to keep living areas clear of fleas, so it can be used as a preventative measure on carpets, fabrics, rooms etc.. You should be careful when spraying your pet as this is a concentrate of peppermint & clove and it will sting. Some folks complained about the smell. Yes, it's a strong peppermint smell but it doesn't linger for very long and once it's settled leaves a nice fresh scent. Bottom line; I've quit using the spray on my dog but I've continued using it in the hallway and will continue to do so.
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