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I have a 6 week old baby, and a ferret that has fleas... what can i do? i don't want any chemicals near my child, but i want to kill all of the fleas?

Q: i have a 6 week old baby, and a ferret that has fleas... what can i do? i don't want any chemicals near my child, but i want to kill all of the fleas?

Hopefully: you are not allowing contact between newborn &amp; infant. Consider keeping ferret contained in a different part of the house than baby is in.

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Hopefully: you are not allowing contact between newborn & infant. Consider keeping ferret contained in a different part of the house than baby is in.

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Answered 7/4/2014

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A member asked:

I have a 6 week old baby, and a ferret that has fleas... what can i do? i don't want any chemicals near my child, but i want to kill all of the fleas?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Dr Davis and 2 doctors agreed

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