This is my 2009 book, film, and television list. As just about anyone can tell you, I don't watch much TV, and I don't see many movies, so those lists will be shorter. On average, I read between 100-250 pages a day, depending on how much free time I have. Yes, I'm a slow reader, I know. Anyway, I'm also going to add records when I buy them, just for the fun of it. I have a record shop near me that sells 99 cent CDs on Saturdays, so I like to buy a lot.

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I don't usually post secrets of veterinary medicine, but I really feel the need to after coming home from a friend's flea-ridden house. If you have animals and you don't practice flea control, you suffer and your animals suffer. The best form of flea control is medication like Advantage or Frontline, but not everyone can afford those, so here are some things you can do to help control the fleas in your home:

1) Spot treatment and flea collars.
Do not, under any circumstances, buy any spot flea treatment that OTC. They're rubbish. Even if they do work, they don't kill the eggs or repel fleas and tics, and they'll only last just over a week. Same with flea collars: rubbish.

2) Flea shampoo.
Stop using it. No, really. Throw it the fuck out because it's useless and you're probably just giving your animal more problems than they already have. Especially if you're using a brand such as Hartz or Sergeant's. What do you use instead? Lemon Joy Dishwashing Liquid. No, I'm not joking. It kills fleas on contact by shocking them to death, and no matter how long you leave it on your animal, it won't damage their coat. It will, however, dry out their skin, so after using it, shampoo your pet with an oatmeal based pet shampoo.

2a) Location, location, location.
The most important areas to shampoo are the head and the back. On the head, be sure to get around the eyes. To protect the eyes, get a dropper and some mineral oil and put one drop into each eye. They hate this, but it protects the eyes from getting anything in them. Get around the eyes, snout, ears (do the same with the mineral oil here, too), and mouth because the fleas will hide in any hole they can. And the hind end? Yeah. Any hole. So get as many places as you can and wash the tail thoroughly because they like to hang on to the hair on the tail the most.

3) Flea combs!
Use them! It defeats the purpose if you're killing them and leaving them on there for the eggs to hatch, doesn't it? A handheld shower head works great with this so you can just wash them down the drain. If you don't have one, do the best you can, and if there's anymore on your pet, sit with it after a bath and get as many off as you can and put them into a pan/bowl of hot water. Since they're dead, they'll just fall right off.

4) Prevention.
Get a flea spray. The best kind to get is Raid Flea Killer because you can use it on your furniture, floor, and your pet, and it works, so that's a bonus. Brands to stay away from are Hartz and Sergeant's.

And that's pretty much it. Just bathe your pet once a week and keep up with the prevention during the week and you should be fine.

He wasn't injured? Dammit.



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