Thanks so much, Kat; it's great to be back among friends!
Thanks for the info on Capstar, too; that's the second time it's been recommended to me. I'm going to have to get some. Mew Jersey has roughly the same weather pattern at Kat-necticut, and I think it must be the humidity that is contributing to such a bad flea problem this year. The last time I can remember it being this bad was about 12 years ago when we had a very tropical summer (I had only 3 kitties then!) and we ended up having to have the house fumigated. That's not much of an option now because I have too many kitties to pack up (not to mention the ones I can't touch!), so I'm going along, combing, washing, Boraxing.....I did get one of those little traps that have a small light and a glue pad. I set it up last night and we'll see if it can contribute to the effort! I was considering the old natural method of a lamp on the floor with a shallow dish of soapy water under the light, but I'm reasonably sure that somebody (that would be a
4-legged somebody) would tip the lamp into the water and set the house on fire!
Julie
Kat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Kat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Julie,
It's good to hear from you again - in spite of all the $hi+ you've gone
through this year. I can sympathize about the fleas!! I have one cat
(semi feral - long hair) "Meowmee" who must have a flea allergy. She has
scratched her neck area RAW. The others are just beginning to scratch
more than normal. (My vet says this is a very bad flea summer by the way.)
Anyway, I can't put any frontline on Meowmee (yet) because of all the
broken skin around her neck - so my vet gave me some Capstar tablets to
give her (1 every 2 days) until her skin heals enough for the frontline.
Capstar works within 30 minutes to kill any fleas on the cat but only
lasts for up to 48 hours in the system. I don't have my bill with me, so
I can't tell you prices, but it's not cheap enough to keep them on it
long-term. However, it CAN be used in conjunction with the frontline to
really blitz the toughest of flea infestations.
Here's hoping that your luck and life is on the upswing now!
Kat (Mew Jersey)
"I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is
to protection by man from the cruelty of man. "
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged
by the way its animals are treated."
Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)
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If you're thinking about de-clawing your cat, you need to re-think your decision to acquire a pet.
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