A review from Mrs. L-
First of all, we do not nor have we ever had fleas in our home. We are not fans of chemical flea and tick products and won't use them.
This review is for the Safari Flea comb W6161 double row flea comb and also for the W560 NCL00 single row flea comb. I purchased both this year. I use the double row flea comb on all dogs and one cat. It is easier to comb through the coat of a Great Pyrenees where the single row flea comb will not budge on the coat of a Pyr. The double row flea comb removes debris, but not all dry skin flakes that may rest on the top layer of a dog's skin. It does a good job but is not totally perfect. And I don't expect it to be perfect. The double row flea comb is well tolerated by our longer haired "fluffy" cat. And it does a good job of removing hair that is shedding and thereby reduces cat hair balls.
After I have used the double row flea comb on the two smaller dogs and the cat, then I go back with the single row flea comb and give a good comb out. It removes shedding dog and cat hairs and dry,flaky skin as well as small debris. By helping to keep their coat and skin clean and debris free, their coat and skin stays healthier.
One of our rescue dogs is a small to medium sized dog with tight curly hair. When we first got her she was loaded with fleas coming from a home where she stayed outside all of the time. I used this style of flea comb and worked on her coat for about an hour. It was energy and time consuming because she was so infested with fleas. I had to comb through her coat. Carefully lift the comb towards a jar with hot soapy water. Swish the comb through the water to remove live fleas and egg debris (which looked like crusty black dots), Dry the comb with a paper towels and start over. I did all of this outside with my husband holding and petting this poor dog. But, within an hour, I seemed to have gotten most of the fleas and debris off of this dog. It is important to comb out the flea eggs also. And, we did this procedure outside! Then we gave her a gentle bath with a very, very very light diluted solution of Dawn dish detergent. Rinsed well and dried her off with towels Everyday, for a few weeks, I combed her out with these flea combs. First the double row and then the single row. We never again had a problem with fleas on her ever. And she is an adorable, sweet, happy dog who loves to be combed out. She is such an asset to our family.
Both combs are excellent at doing the job for which they are designed. I think that using these types of flea combs have successfully prevented us from having any type of flea problem EVER with the dogs or cats. I think it has also prevented us from using neurotoxic tick and flea sprays, collars or powders with our pets.
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Catches fleas effectively and naturally and our cat loves it
This normal-looking comb has the teeth spaced just right to catch fleas as you comb. It does a little better than just picking them up, it usually traps their legs so they can't jump off the comb easily.I bring along a zip loc bag when I comb our cat, that way when I catch a flea I toss the comb quickly into the bag to trap it. Once it comes off the comb I can pinch it in the bag with my nail. The pictures included show a few fleas I've recently caught this way.When I first got this I'd get 1 or 2 fleas every combing, now I am down to catching 1 every few times I comb her. Our cat seems like she had a few dozen fleas, so if you comb your cat once a day under typical conditions you'll probably deflea her in a few weeks this way. Though in one occasion I picked out 11 fleas.The best thing is, our cat loves the comb. She rubs up against it happily, and purrs loud enough for the neighbors to hear, so it's fun to comb her. This is a really clean and natural way to keep fleas at bay. It only takes a few minutes a day, and you were probably going to pet your cat for more than that each day anyway. Just leave the comb and sandwich bag in easy reach.Tips: - The back of the neck and just behind the ears are favorite locations for fleas. Our cat also gets rather calm when you comb the back of her neck, so win-win. - Under the chin and the side of her face are the other favorites. - Our cat also likes to scratch her face on the comb, it works well if you run the comb over her whiskers on the side of the face, don't try to go under the whiskers, just comb right over the whiskers and it's comfy for the cat. - It probably goes without saying that you want to point the teeth of the comb in the direction you're combing to lift the fleas up and out. - Let some fur build up on the comb, when you catch a flea on the comb they will usually b-line it to the fur on the comb making it easy to transport them to the plastic bag.Update: I've now owned this comb for 1.5 years. A few weeks after writing this review I completely eliminated all fleas on my cat, we used the comb only sporadically for nearly a year, never finding a flea. Recently she's caught some new fleas just from being outside so I've begun combing her daily again, each time I catch 2-3 fleas. I think it's safe to say that you can expect to fully de-flea your cat with daily combings after a few weeks plus or minus a little. Initially, you'll catch the larger adult fleas. After a week or so you'll start catching smaller newly-hatched fleas. It feels like you need to work through about 3 generations over a few weeks to fully eliminate the fleas and eggs.
