Plus Flea & Tick Shampoo with Precor for Cats, Kittens, Dogs & Puppies Over 12 Weeks Of Age Sensitive Skin Flea Treatment | Kills Adult Fleas, Flea Eggs, Ticks, and Lice| 12 Ounces

I’ve been battling a horrible flea infestation for over a month now. I bathe my cat and dog every other day with Dawn dish soap and their regular shampoos (Wahl for my dog and Furminator for my cat) and even took them to the groomers for a flea bath. I applied topical medication on each of them (Frontline for my dog and Advantage II for my cat). I’ve vacuumed, mopped, sprayed insecticide and IGR, and laundered everything almost daily, but it seems as though I’ve been fighting a losing battle. Despite everything, I would still find dozens of fleas on their bodies (immediately after their baths), and my poor pets are scratching themselves raw. I’m sure all the baths and chemicals are drying out their skin too (they certainly are for my hands!).I have to say this shampoo was a nice relief for my pets. I soaped up my pets for 5 minutes with Dawn dish soap and rinsed. Then I repeated with the Adams shampoo (5 minute lather and rinse thoroughly). The shampoo had a really nice lather. I followed directions and only used 3 tablespoons of shampoo for my 15lb dog and 2 tablespoons for my cat. I thought the volume of shampoo would not be enough but the shampoo was so thick, that it was more than sufficient. Fleas floated away with the rinse. The smell has a soft, powder scent which reminds me of the scent of the groomer’s regular shampoo. After rinsing, there was almost a greasy residue on their fur, which I’m sure is soothing for their dry skin.***UPDATE (3 weeks later): I’ve been solely using this shampoo now, and I have been regularly giving my pets weekly baths (with a 5-minute soak). A month has passed, so I reapplied the same brand of topical anti-flea/tick medicine. My dog has had the topical on for about 1 week and my cat for only 48hours. I just gave them a third bath with the Adams shampoo and I only found about 5-6 fleas on each of them. Every week I bathe my pets, the water runs red from all the flea dirt on them, but this time the water was clear! There has been minimal itching and scratching during the week, so I know the shampoo is helping. An added benefit is that their coats look so much healthier and softer. My white dog’s coat is bright and white. The powder smell lasts through the week too, so they continue smelling nice, well past the bath. I cut down vacuuming and laundering their bedding to 1x/week because the cleaning has been overwhelming. The temperature has dropped this week to below freezing and the gas heat has been on. I know humidity impacts the growth of fleas, so I’m not sure if one particular thing or the combination of everything has been making the difference, but what matters is that the flea count is dwindling...finally!I would highly recommend this shampoo, but I suggest using gloves because it can be very drying on the hands. Very few products are both cat and dog friendly too, so that is an added benefit when you have both.***UPDATE (4 months later): So fleas are officially gone! I believe they've been gone since late December/early January. After the last update, I gradually reduced the baths to every other week and kept my pets updated on their monthly flea/tick medication. As I said before, I'm not sure what exactly did the trick but I believe this shampoo was a major contributor to the solution! I actually stocked up on this shampoo because my husband and I love it so much!***UPDATE (7 months later): It’s been well past the scourge of fleas in our home (THANK GOODNESS), but I just wanted to rave about this product some more. I bathed my my long-haired Persian cat with this shampoo recently and he still smells great- weeks later! Also, I love how it conditions his fur. I didn’t even use conditioner and his fur is full, soft, and mat free!

The flea shampoo works good against fleas. It does not leave a chemical smell and leaves my dogs hair feeling very clean and soft. It’s a good value.

It had a great lather, and knocked a bunch of fleas off while in the bath—yet, those that still remained were either dead, and just stuck on the cat until combed out, or still moseying around, fully alive. Most of those were around the face areas, which would make sense as the product weren’t to be applied there, but there were stragglers along the larger expanses of the body, too. Like they were late to the eradication party, and just didn’t get the memo they were supposed to get the boot.My confusion towards what to properly rate this shampoo—although I’d been using sprays for rooms, regularly cleaning fabrics/surfaces/floors, combing them multiple times a day, and feeding them flea preventative chews in addition to this product—stems from uncertainty.After I’d washed them, and combed out the fleas, the cats were actually able to peacefully sleep during the night and focus solely on playing, rather than scratching, during the following morning. By early afternoon, however, about half the usual amount of fleas returned. It were rather unsettling to have removed the fleas the night before(judging by sight and amount of scratching, if any), but then exhaustingly gaze upon another fur and skin infestation the very next day, like—huh?!? What HAPPENED?!So far, in my flea removal journey, nothing had really seemed to work just yet. On the bright side, this shampoo has a wonderfully pleasant scent, and caused the fur to have a velvety, long-lasting, moisturized tactility. That were fantastic; the cats STILL smell great even now, mid-afternoon the day after their bath!I’d say for the SMALL bottle size, it were easy to glob on despite the type of child-proof-like cap and the freshness seal being wrestled with a bit. It cleaned away dirt very well from a long-haired cat; their fur felt so wonderfully fluffy, soft and clean! I could glide a comb through their bushy tail with NO resistance, compared to other pet shampoos used.The value is good, despite the TINY bottle size, but still on the fence with that clean-and-partially-flea-free-for-a-night-and-morning-then-a-near-mess-again-by-afternoon result. So eh. I’m interested in using it again for its scent, alone haha.But, currently, I am in NO RUSH to try bathing them again anytime soon, as my scratched/bitten up hands and arms should probably have the chance to fully heal first.🤣Update!: It’s been 2-3 days, now. The flea amounts have increased a bit. On the bright side, for the short-haired cats, the wonderful aroma is impressively STILL very much present! It continues to be the right amount of “strong”. For the long-hair, however, the scent went away within a day’s time haha. All the cats still have lusciously soft fur after that shampooing.Second update!: It’s been almost a full week now, since the cats have been bathed with this product. You’re NOT gonna believe this, but even after spraying them down in a STRONG “wonder”ous cedar smell that clung to them and made their fur sticky/clammy-tacky for about 2 days, once it all wore away and their fur started smoothing out again, THE PLEASANT SCENT OF THIS SHAMPOO STILL REMAINED BENEATH IT ALL!! For only 2 of the kitties, of whom had been rolling around on the floor playing with each other, I couldn’t smell the shampoo anymore. Perhaps because one were the longhair, the shorthair who interacted with them the most began taking on their natural B.O. haha. There is another playful cat who often engages with those two, but that one still carries the aroma of this shampoo.Like I’d stated before, if I did use this shampoo again, it would primarily be for the scent!!🤣