Oh wow, you really got me as I’d forgotten about this thread & posted anew. I opened links to a bunch of posts I wanted to address... again. LOL
Thank you so much for the follow-thru. You did the difficult yet logical course of maintaining a diary & observing your dogs.
As a reminder, Salamander gave you a link to non-poisonous insect controls in post 37, here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3214410/posts?page=37#37
As an aside, we also try to avoid poisons, especially when it comes to traps. Just yesterday I “caught” my beloved better half using an expensive specialty cheese to bait mousetraps with & nearly hit the ceiling!
He’s blissfully clueless as to how carefully I shop for grocery sales (I devote serious time & effort to guerrilla shopping tactics) specifically to keep him stocked with the brands he prefers... for myself I would settle for generic or avoid the expense altogether. So to see the dearly-bought-on-sale treat meant for him alone (not that I won’t indulge in a nibble or two) served up to friggin vermin... Ugh! “Here baby, would you please bait with peanut butter, they love the fat & protein.” Poor, poor fella!
Tractor Supply sells an “attractant” in a dropper bottle for snap traps.
No idea what’s in it but it must be either pheromones or some kind of mouse “crack” ‘cuz they sure love it.
Peanut butter and *bacon* are the go-to trap baits.
I’ve never had any bother with cheese, exotic or otherwise.
And I love those flea traps.
Little dog tormenting creeps suffer terribly.
GOOD!
;D
Goat Panacur dose for dogs, for anyone interested:
http://www.pitbull-chat.com/showthread.php/109894-Safeguard-Panacur-(Fenbendazole)-Dose-for-Dogs