I KNOW THIS IS AN OLD ONE, BUT I AM SLOW IN RESPONDING SOMETIMES. It is now August an boy do we have seed ticks all over the place. I had been using Revolution on my cats because of heartworm (I live on bluff over a river and lots of ponds in our area, so lots of mosquitos) but I took Homey to vet for sturivite crystals in urine and she had some blood also. Vet gave her a long lasting antibiotic shot and now he is back to her normal self, but they called and said she was loaded with seed ticks. I check them every time they come in and I never noticed any s now everyone got a dose of tick treament. I have since found a lot of them on myself, seed and regular ticks. Anyone else haeing a big problem with them?
---- Cindy McHugh <ci...@furangels.org> wrote: > I noticed a couple people have mentioned using Revolution intended for dogs > on their cats. I thought this was extremely dangerous. I remember watching > an episode of Emergency Vets or one of those shows on Animal Planet where a > cat died because someone used a flea product intended for dogs on it. So > *please* be very, very careful when doing this and speak to your vet first > about adjusting the dosage. > > Cindy & Angel Jackpot > > From: molvey...@hotmail.com > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: RE: [Felvtalk] Pet Armor > Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 19:18:36 -0400 > > > > > It's so funny that this conversation has come up because I was just > discussing it with my feline asthma group. > > Beth, I'm in GA also and having major major flea problems. I have a cat > fence up so all my cats go in the backyard. That is making things ten times > worse. I've been using Revolution for several years now with no problems. > Like you, I work in a rescue and have a lot of cats so I buy the dog size > and split it up between the cats. I don't know if the Revolution isn't > working this year or if it's just an especially bad year for fleas. If you > say Advantage isn't working then maybe it's just an especially bad year. > Some people in the other group were talking about how sometimes switching > products can help because either the fleas have built up a tolerance to the > current flea meds or maybe the cat's system is processing the flea stuff > differently because they've had it on them for so long. Who knows. If > you've been using Advantage maybe you should try Revolution or Frontline > Plus. I believe Frontline Plus kills fleas and larvae so it kills and > breaks the life cycle so that might be a good one too. I hate using all > these chemicals on my cats but there's no way around it for me because I've > got so many plus a few ferals that live here that I can't touch. > > I've never sprayed my yard but since this year is so bad I've got to do > something. I'm trying to go natural first because like everyone else is > saying all these chemicals for yards say "don't get on skin, don't get in > eyes, don't inhale, etc. etc. and keep pets and children off until it dries" > and that really scares me. If my cats didn't go out I'd spray the yard with > every poison I could find because I hate the fleas so bad. But since they > do, for now I'm trying the beneficial nematodes and I just bought the food > grade diatomaceous earth. I've been using Flea Stoppers in the house which > is a borax type of product. Well, I just sprayed the nematodes last week so > I can't tell if they're working yet because they just eat larvae so they > don't kill adult fleas so it'll take a while to make a difference. But if > anyone wants to try them I got them at Pike's nursery for $39.95. I think > you can order them online also. I don't remember if the nematodes do > anything for ticks. > > The diatomaceous earth I got from a local feed store. It's the food grade > and a lot cheaper than ordering online, so if any of you are thinking of > trying it check your feed stores first. I got a 50 lb bag for $39.95 and > this stuff will last forever. I can't believe how little it takes. I > didn't need a bag that big but that's all she had. I'm using it outside to > try to hopefully kill the adult fleas and putting a little in my cat's > coats. It's very very very dusty so you definitely need a mask on when > messing wtih it. I am hesistant about using it in the house because it is > so so dusty. That's why I went with the borax inside in the carpets. I did > put the diatomaceous earth on the cat trees and their bedding though. The > DE is the consistency of flour. Feels just like it and is dusty just like > it. I put some on some of my cats and when they shake you can see a dust > cloud around them. So for now I'm glad I didn't put it everywhere in the > house. I think the Flea Stoppers with the borox has helped but I'm also > vacuuming every couple of days which makes a big difference. I've put the > diatomaceous earth on several of my cat's then checked them when they come > in from outside. They are still coming in with fleas but I don't think it > is as many. The DE doesn't kill the fleas right away either. It just cuts > them and the fleas dehydrate and die so I'm thinking it will take a week or > more before it really starts cutting down the flea population. If anyone > puts it on their cat I'll just warn you that it does make the coat dry > feeling. Still better than fleas if you ask me. Of course the cats are > going to clean themselves and injest the DE so it's very important to get > the food grade stuff. They use it in other forms, like in swimming pools, > and it's very toxic. > > I haven't put the DE in my cats' food yet but a woman in my feline asthma > group swears by it and she uses it and puts it in her cats' food and has for > years and says they always test negative for worms. She puts it in her > coffee and says she can see differences since she started using it. > > Well, just thought I'd share the things I'm trying. I'm still putting > Revolution on the cats because I've got a lot of it but if I don't start > seeing a difference soon I'll probably switch to either Frontline Plus or > Advantage. Nothing has made a big difference so far, except the borax and > the vaccuming, but I think that's because there are so many fleas outside > that every time the cats go out they pick up 100 more fleas and it takes > time for all those fleas to bite the cats and die. I don't know. I would > think the flea products would kill the fleas that get on them pretty quick > but honestly it's not. I'm hoping once I get the yard under control that > will bring the flea population down tremendously. Well, I'm off now to go > finish spreading more DE in the yard. I'll let you guys know if it makes a > difference. > > > > “I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are > profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon > unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me > sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.” – Mark > Twain > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
