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From: jla@inuxd.UUCP (Joyce Andrews)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: The Avon Lady and Fleas
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Date: Tue, 18-Sep-84 13:48:43 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 18 13:48:43 1984
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I'm pretty new to the net, so I don't know if you have
already talked about this, but a lot of dog and cat owners
have been having success using AVON SKIN SO SOFT rinse to 
help keep fleas off their animals.

From what I understand, the marines on Paris Island found out
that SKIN SO SOFT was a good repellent for the sand fleas that
are so bad on the southern east coast (wouldn't it be interesting
to find out who was the first marine to use SKIN SO SOFT?).  The
practice moved down the coast to Florida, and pretty soon the
animals were getting softened, too.

I have tried it on the cats and dogs, and have even found it
useful to keep face gnats away from my horses.  It's much safer
than insect poisons--but it's not the answer all by itself.  The
advantages are--you can use it as often as you want and, since it
does not kill,  future generations of fleas do not become 
resistant to it.  It works pretty much by itself if the animal is 
not badly infested to start with.  If you already have a goodly 
population of fleas in your carpet, you'll need to go the whole 
route--fog the house (or use garden SEVIN on the carpet),  kill 
the little buggers already on the animal, and then use the SKIN 
SO SOFT to keep them off.

I am an officer and volunteer at the local Humane Society, and 
we have adopted the SKIN SO SOFT regimen as part of our flea-
fighting procedure.  We have used it safely on the tiniest of 
puppies and kittens, and on sickly adults who can't tolerate
poison sprays and powders and dips.