Can confirm, given a lot of homeless cats and dogs flea baths. They run for the head above water. Honestly I would start nitpicking them with my fingernails at that point, so I didn't have to freak the poor thing out with a full baptism.
Something that may help you if you give any future baths, I always start by rinsing the head first to get fleas to move downward then I do the neck. Then, before even getting the rest of the body wet, I wash their neck with an excess of flea shampoo or dawn to prevent them from moving back up. Then, go back to the bath as normal and manually comb off the stragglers who stayed above the neck
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u/OpheliaPhoeniXXX 6h ago
Can confirm, given a lot of homeless cats and dogs flea baths. They run for the head above water. Honestly I would start nitpicking them with my fingernails at that point, so I didn't have to freak the poor thing out with a full baptism.