Fleas! Help!

[cristina47454]

Our 12 yo terrier has gotten himself quite the case of fleas. I'm horrified! In a panic, I ran to the grocery store and got the most expensive Hertz treatment and applied it -- only to realize I still had one more thing of frontline in my stash. The vet says I can't do anything for THREE WEEKS - and meanwhile, he still has fleas!

I dusted the carpets with flea powder (made for carpets) - the stuff is noxious, so I wasn't able to treat the whole house. It recommended 24 hours, I could only manage 2 hrs (kids coming home from school, baby in the house). Washed the bedding in hot (he sleeps in my dd's room) What else can I do??
I've given him a couple of non-flea shampoo baths too.

The numbers have decreased significantly, and no signs of fecal peppering on dear doggie, but I still see a handful hanging out in his "armpits".

We're in the NE, so I was hoping the cold weather would wipe them out, but the vet says as long as they have a warm body, they're here to stay...and now my dd has flea bites on her neck

Do we need to bomb the house??

HELP!

[Ola_]

Throw away those Hartz things! We got those once for my mixed breed when she picked up some fleas from a playmate. It had three doses and she was fine with the first one but after the second one she had such a reaction, she was trying to get at her back (where we applied it) to scratch at it, she was just frantic. It was awful. If you need a chemical treatment it's much better to get something from the vet.

In the meantime I'd vacuum daily (toss the bag out each time if your vacuum uses bags). Wash everything you can in hot water frequently including dog beds, but also your blankets and pillows and sheets. Have you heard of DE? It stands for diatomaceous earth which is a powder you can sprinkle around and it's supposed to pierce bugs' bodies or something. Give that a try maybe.