Well I bought a flea comb and went through Tomi's fur fairly meticulously (he
got a little annoyed at me after awhile). I really can't see any evidence of
fleas. I got no flea droppings on the comb, a small bit of white dandruff and
some fine hair from his undercoat, that's all. Oh, and I combed out a small
scab on his neck, probably from him scratching.
I took a really close look at the dark dots on his tail, and it looks to me
like they are mainly on his skin, maybe even under it. Could it just be dark
hair follicles in that area, or possibly even blackheads? I need a microscope
for this sort of work.
I was kind of hoping he did have fleas, as that would be something fairly easy
to treat, but i'm sure not finding much in the way of evidence for them. I'm
still not understanding why he scratches and licks suddenly as if he's been
bitten. Maybe some sort of allergy to something i'm giving him.
Cassandra
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: Can fleas cause anemia in adult cats?
Go buy a flea comb they are very cheap at any store. Of course there some
that look like a very fine comb with handles. It depends on what you want to
purchase.
Run the comb through the kitty's fur. You will see more black stuff (Flea
Dirt) hopefully catch the critter or two. When you get one on the flea comb
rinse it off in water or use a set of tweezers and squash it. You gotta kill it
if anything squeeze it with your fingernails.
It only takes a flea or two to start the anemia especially with a weak immune
system.
In a message dated 4/14/2007 8:28:28 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL
PROTECTED] writes:
How many fleas does there need to be to cause anemia? I don't think Tomi
could have very many fleas, since I can't find alot of flea droppings (and I
haven't found any actual fleas yet).
I'm just wondering how I could treat the fleas while he's in such a
weakened state. Wouldn't flea collars, chemicals etc be too hard on him right
now? I couldn't even imagine giving him a flea bath...that would be about as
much stress as I could possibly put him through.
Cassandra
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