Things You'll Need
- Flea shampoo
- Tweezers
- Sevin or other insecticide
- Fresh bedding
- Systemic oral flea treatment (optional)
Instructions
Wash all poultry animals with the flea shampoo.
Remove all sticktight fleas with tweezers. Even though the shampoo will kill the fleas, they will remain attached until removed.
Put cleansed poultry in a different environment.
Remove all bedding in the poultry environment. Rake up everything and burn it or throw away. Sweep out housing.
Spray insecticide throughout and around the environment.
Allow a few hours for the environment to dry before replacing bedding and food and water.
Put the poultry animals back into their original environment.
Give the animals a systemic oral flea treatment as prescribed by your veterinarian.