Posted by Geegee on October 4, 2008, at 17:35:14
In reply to Re: What's causing hives after evening med dose?, posted by bleauberry on October 3, 2008, at 21:41:50
Er, yeah. The other thing I do after dinner most nights is play with the dog, either on the floor or she comes up on the love seat with us while we watch TV. Now as long as we've had her, she's NEVER had fleas. She's almost never around other dogs, and she's an inside dog. Plus, we use Frontline every month, mainly for the protection against ticks.
Ahem. When we were in Alaska recently, she was boarded at the vet's for about two weeks. I have to wonder if they actually gave her the regular dose of the flea/tick stuff as requested, because she seems to have fleas now. There are bites on her rump and tail, and yesterday I found one crawling on her, dagnabbit!
Since my itchy stuff was sort of all over, fleas didn't occur to me. The only other time I was exposed to them, I had bites all over my feet and ankles, mainly. But the dog was on my lap and chest the night I had the worst "case" of hives, which I realize now were actually bites. And man do flea bites itch!
So anyway...thanks for the suggestions and brainstorming y'all offered. I feel kind of silly, but also relieved. Fleas I can do something about, but my body reacting differently to something routine felt a bit more worrisome.
Reaching for the Caladryl...
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