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