Aaaaargh! Fleas!
Discussion
Our moggie Twix has decided to become a portable flea hotel.
What are the best ways of getting rid of the little blighters and getting the house flea free. Mrs RosscoPCole is getting bitten (luckily I'm not!)and is not very happy, even though it is her cat.
We have already sprayed the house and Twix from top to bottom and brushed him until he seemed flea free and given him spot treatment.
What are the suggestions apart from shaving the cat and putting him in the dishwasher on the steam clean setting!
What are the best ways of getting rid of the little blighters and getting the house flea free. Mrs RosscoPCole is getting bitten (luckily I'm not!)and is not very happy, even though it is her cat.
We have already sprayed the house and Twix from top to bottom and brushed him until he seemed flea free and given him spot treatment.
What are the suggestions apart from shaving the cat and putting him in the dishwasher on the steam clean setting!
I'm glad we have a dog as the fleas don't bother us humans.
That said there is a need to nuke these little buggers from orbit as they play havoc with our Mills.
We have bathed her every week and those oily things on the back of the neck,but they are STILL there.
Because she's a yellow lab they are easy to see, which is annoying to try and pick them off her.
That said there is a need to nuke these little buggers from orbit as they play havoc with our Mills.
We have bathed her every week and those oily things on the back of the neck,but they are STILL there.
Because she's a yellow lab they are easy to see, which is annoying to try and pick them off her.
Spray the house, probably with RIP, follow instructions for use, and use frontline or similar (from your vet of course.....on a sunday?).Treat both cats and any dogs. Regular use will work when combined with extras such as hoovering the carpets to get rid of any eggs laid and washing any soft furnishings that can't be vaccuumed. Has always worked when any of my cats have infested the house, but will need repeating regularly if your cat still goes out and picks up more fleas.
Simpo Two said:
I'm fairly sure - but the vet will correct me - that any flea stuff you buy in shops is going to be pretty useless; only vets sell the proper stuff (insecticides being not overly nice things). I think they can also do a flea injection, which sounds best of all.
Agreed ^^if you are getting nowhere with the products you have used, try vet products such as frontline combo, and also a vet reccomended house spray.
most shop stuff is rubbish.
as your pets have a flea burden you need to keep up the treatments regularly.
mr2mk1chick said:
Simpo Two said:
I'm fairly sure - but the vet will correct me - that any flea stuff you buy in shops is going to be pretty useless; only vets sell the proper stuff (insecticides being not overly nice things). I think they can also do a flea injection, which sounds best of all.
Agreed ^^if you are getting nowhere with the products you have used, try vet products such as frontline combo, and also a vet reccomended house spray.
most shop stuff is rubbish.
as your pets have a flea burden you need to keep up the treatments regularly.
Yes but what products are you actally using!
There is some s
t stuff out there not worth wasting yr money on.
Oh and for the person who said they have dogs and the fleas don't bother humans. 98% of all fleas found are cat fleas and are not fussy who they feed off. The other 2% are dog, hedgehog, rabbit, human etc. As you can see cat fleas can infest anything!
OP hope you get it sorted. Remember prevention is always easier and better than trying to treat a problem. (were you using preventative treatment?)
There is some s
t stuff out there not worth wasting yr money on.Oh and for the person who said they have dogs and the fleas don't bother humans. 98% of all fleas found are cat fleas and are not fussy who they feed off. The other 2% are dog, hedgehog, rabbit, human etc. As you can see cat fleas can infest anything!
OP hope you get it sorted. Remember prevention is always easier and better than trying to treat a problem. (were you using preventative treatment?)
Edited by bexVN on Sunday 13th November 19:02
Superficial said:
Which flea treatment are you using? Many pet owners are now finding frontline ineffective in certain parts of the country. Try advocate, it has a much higher success rate in my experience.
Agree with this (though I still use frontline combo on mine and is working fine!)Advocate vet only.
RosscoPCole said:
Got Advocate from the vet and a room spray that they recommended. Spent 3 hours treating the house. Just waiting a few days until everything on him and in the house falls off before being let back in!
Should do the job. Most Sprays will take a couple of weeks to take complete effect but you should be on top of it soon. We're getting a lot of people coming in for products for various reasons one of them is we think we've had a late surge in flea numbers, usually the peak is Sept this yr it was late Oct/ early Nov.I also think people aren't always doing a great job at preventantive (understandable considering lack of spare cash around at the mo)
We had a nasty dose a few weeks back, only four weeks after frontlining. Macavity got a horrible scabby flea allergy rash. I think they were actually in his favourite bark chippings filled garden border, because if they were in the house, I would know about it (I react about as well to flea bites as he does). Didn't bite me, didn't see any in the house, didn't see any on him, but flea dirt in his coat. Odd.
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