Kelley, you do what you have to do. I have more issue with using a collar, than the chemical part, but that's a personal choice. I had the same incredible level of fleas this year, and the flea traps really helped. One of my FeLV+ boys has major flea allergies, and we've kept that manageable (though far from solved) with (generic) Zyrtec. I won't use steroids on the +'s.
At this point I'm using the nytenpyram once a week, just for maintenance.
HTH
Margo >^..^<
-----Original Message----- From: Kelley S Sent: Sep 28, 2015 6:53 PM To: felineres...@frontier.com, felvtalk Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Capstar/Nytenpyram
We have been using Advantage monthly (big dog tube, divided up) and not much success. Every time I take a cat in the vet will say "too many fleas" and apply Revolution. That seems to work better but at $18 a pop I cannot afford it. So I actually am going to Seresto collars. I have read of some side effects, so I am going slow and putting one on per few days and observing. Some people would yell at me for that, but the natural products are not working and some of the chemicals are not working either, and I can't have severe flea infestations. The collars are expensive, but less expensive than monthly Revolution and steroid shots for flea allergy. I have never ever seen fleas like this in my life and I've lived all over the south. The cats do not go outside. These fleas were here when we moved in.
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