How to Kill Tough Lice Eggs on Your Pets

Lice can live on pets just as they can on a human. Lice suck blood from an animal's skin to stay alive. Over time, the pet will show lice infestation and will appear sick. The pet will be skinny and most likely have wounds from the lice. The lice can eventually kill your pet. You can take your pet to the vet to clean the lice off or you can clean the lice off your pet at home yourself.

Things You'll Need

  • Lice treatment powders, rinses, dips and sprays
  • Breathing mask
  • Pyrethrin 0.05 percent shampoo
  • Carbaryl 5 percent powder
  • D-limonone dog shampoo
  • Lemon
  • 1 pint hot water
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Instructions

  1. Horses

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      Select a lice treatment powder, rinse, dip or spray that has pyrethins, carbaryl, rotenone, coumaphos and other lice-treating ingredients. The treatments should be used carefully according to directions. These chemicals can be harmful to pets and humans.

    • 2

      Apply the lice treatment according to the product's directions. Ventilate the area well by opening the windows.

    • 3

      Ensure that none of the chemical rinses into water drains or into the horse's living areas.

    Cats

    • 4

      Use a lice treatment such as a powder, shampoo, rinse or spray that has pyrethrins, rotenone, maldison, carbaryl and other lice-treating ingredients. Ask a vet before using any product because some ingredients, especially maldison, can be toxic to your cat.

    • 5

      Wear a breathing mask and open the windows to provide ventilation as you apply the treatment to your cat.

    • 6

      Keep the lice treatment solution away from your cat's eyes or mouth.

    • 7

      Repeat the application in seven to 10 days to kill any remaining lice eggs.

    Dogs

    • 8

      Inspect your dog's hair for small white flakes, looking around the ears, neck, shoulder and anus.

    • 9

      Use a lice treatment shampoo for your dog. Use a shampoo that has d-limonene. Lather your dog for eight to 10 minutes.

    • 10

      Use a lemon rinse to rinse the shampoo off your dog. Steep a whole lemon that has been thinly sliced in one pint of hot water overnight.

    Mice

    • 11

      Inspect the mouse for wounds from scratching and also look for the areas where the lice are present. Use a pyrethrin 0.05 percent shampoo on the mouse once a week for four weeks.

    • 12

      Dust a carbaryl 5 percent powder lightly on the mouse once a week for two to three treatments according to the product directions.

    • 13

      Clean the mouse's bedding, brushes, rugs and mouse boxes to get rid of any remaining lice.

    Goats

    • 14

      Look in the goat's hair around the ears, shoulders and torso for lice. Use a lice- treating powder, pour-on, rinse, dip or spray that has the chemicals pyrethrin, permethrin, organophosphat, rotenone, piperoynl and other insect growth inhibitors.

    • 15

      Apply the lice treatment according to product directions in a well-ventilated area. Be careful not to get the chemicals in the goat's mucous membranes.

    • 16

      Keep the chemicals out of the goat's water source and living area.