Re: OT:getting flea topicals on a cat who doesn't like contact
In a message dated 7/8/2005 12:28:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Aren't there still some flea products you can give orally? I give my dogs program (I think) for fleas in pill form. t T, I was hoping for that, too, but the vet told me that Program kills the flea larvae but not the adults so you have to use a topical, too, at least at first. Anne and Jimi Too Cool, Simms and Sophie in MI among other furry friends
Re: OT:getting flea topicals on a cat who doesn't like contact/Nina, Cherie, Miche
Any time we can help Good Luck ;-)) Cherie[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nina, Thanks for your input on your success with touchy cats! I see that speed is a big factor. You are good!! No, I didn't see the recent thread on Revolution, hmmm... I have used it on him before with no problems, though, when he was in a big kitty condo temporarily for meds taking. I use Advantage mostly with my cats and dogs but I purposefully got Revolution for Simms because he tends to scratch around his ears and I worry he might have ear mites. He would never let me get close enough to check him out (yet) so I figure I can treat his mites, if he has them, along with his fleas.Cherie, I can't see myself sitting on Simms but hey, anything is possible! I was thinking from what you wrote that maybe I could scruff him. I can get my hands on him, just can't hang on, so maybe scruffing would work. Michelle, Thanks for the warning on the Revolution. That's awful what happened with Bramble, poor guy. I do have Advantage so I could give Simms that instead but was hoping to treat the mites, too, although not 100% sure he has them.Thanks everyone!Anne and Jimi Too Cool, Simms and Sophie in MI among other furry friends Have a purrfect day Cherie
Re: OT:getting flea topicals on a cat who doesn't like contact
Aren't there still some flea products you can give orally? I give my dogs program (I think) for fleas in pill form. t[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everybody, Just wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to get some Revolution on a cat (my boy, Simms, FeLV+ carrier) that doesn't like to be touched much. Simms has been scratching a lot lately. He is such a sweetheart but being tricky with me. I have actually gotten my hands on him twice but somehow he struggles so well and fast and hard that it stuns me how quick he can ditch my grasp. I have tried putting his favorite treat on a dish in the bathroom and put a rope on the doorknob and when he entered once, I pulled the rope from around the corner, but no dice, he was too quick. I have had luck with a big fishing net in the past, once with him, but he is wise to that trick, too, now. I tried casually dropping a blanket on him but he caught on to that really quickly. I have a humane live trap but it would be pretty difficult to get him hungry enough for that to work with my feeding all my other cats twice a day plus my greedier cats would probably have to be busted all the time, ha. Anybody been in this situation and have some tips for me and my boy? Anne and Jimi Too Cool, Simms and Sophie, among other furry friends in MI
Re: OT:getting flea topicals on a cat who doesn't like contact
I'd just hide some of the feed through stuff in his next bowl of wet food. What do they call that stuff, Program, right? Either that or find a local feral cat rescuer, who can help you handle him. I prefer Frontline, instead of Revolution, it's been around longer, and is safer. Jennhttp://ucat.ushttp://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html ~~~I collect KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil, a 3 yr old special needs cat who must live on a liquid diet for the rest of his life.Bazil's caretaker collects labels and sends them to KMR, where they add up until she earns a free can of formula!PLEASE save your KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil! If you use KMR, even just one can, please ask me for the mailing address you can send them to, to help feed Bazil! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.10/43 - Release Date: 7/6/2005
Re: OT:getting flea topicals on a cat who doesn't like contact/Nina, Cherie, Miche
Nina, Thanks for your input on your success with touchy cats! I see that speed is a big factor. You are good!! No, I didn't see the recent thread on Revolution, hmmm... I have used it on him before with no problems, though, when he was in a big kitty condo temporarily for meds taking. I use Advantage mostly with my cats and dogs but I purposefully got Revolution for Simms because he tends to scratch around his ears and I worry he might have ear mites. He would never let me get close enough to check him out (yet) so I figure I can treat his mites, if he has them, along with his fleas. Cherie, I can't see myself sitting on Simms but hey, anything is possible! I was thinking from what you wrote that maybe I could scruff him. I can get my hands on him, just can't hang on, so maybe scruffing would work. Michelle, Thanks for the warning on the Revolution. That's awful what happened with Bramble, poor guy. I do have Advantage so I could give Simms that instead but was hoping to treat the mites, too, although not 100% sure he has them. Thanks everyone! Anne and Jimi Too Cool, Simms and Sophie in MI among other furry friends
Re: OT:getting flea topicals on a cat who doesn't like contact
Well at least you made me smile, Simms is a smart one, (but aren't they all). One of mine does not like to be pet or touched so I wait until she is sleeping then I grab her favorite toy play with her a bit and then believe it or not I sit on her, I get her between my legs and grab the scruff of the neck then apply the flea medicine, fast and furious. Sitting on her she is captured but still has some sense of freedom...just a thought Cherie[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everybody, Just wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to get some Revolution on a cat (my boy, Simms, FeLV+ carrier) that doesn't like to be touched much. Simms has been scratching a lot lately. He is such a sweetheart but being tricky with me. I have actually gotten my hands on him twice but somehow he struggles so well and fast and hard that it stuns me how quick he can ditch my grasp. I have tried putting his favorite treat on a dish in the bathroom and put a rope on the doorknob and when he entered once, I pulled the rope from around the corner, but no dice, he was too quick. I have had luck with a big fishing net in the past, once with him, but he is wise to that trick, too, now. I tried casually dropping a blanket on him but he caught on to that really quickly. I have a humane live trap but it would be pretty difficult to get him hungry enough for that to work with my feeding all my other cats twice a day plus my greedier cats would probably have to be busted all the time, ha. Anybody been in this situation and have some tips for me and my boy? Anne and Jimi Too Cool, Simms and Sophie, among other furry friends in MI Have a purrfect day Cherie
Re: OT:getting flea topicals on a cat who doesn't like contact
Hi Anne, I have a couple of ferals that let me stand very close to them while they eat. When it's time to dose them with flea meds I give them something extra special and squat next to them. Very casually, get the tube over their neck as close into the fur as you can to the skin and squeeze! I know it says to part the hair and get it on their skin, but so far getting it into their fur and close to the skin, (make it one quick motion), has been enough to rid them of fleas. You'll probably have to wait a couple of days, since Simms is most likely pretty leary of you at the moment. Since Revolution isn't oil based, (like Advantage), the cats don't seem to object to it as much. Did you read the warnings about flea meds that have been posted lately? Revolution is more dangerous than Advantage, especially if there are any breaks in the skin. Michelle L. suspects that Revolution caused her cat Bramble to have seizures. You should never use it on sick, old, or very young cats. Here's a quote from the vet on my IBD list: "Neither product [advantage or frontline] is absorbed systemically so the margin of safety is very wide. This is in contrast to Revolution which is a prescription-only flea product but is also absorbed internally to kill internal parasites". [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everybody, Just wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to get some Revolution on a cat (my boy, Simms, FeLV+ carrier) that doesn't like to be touched much. Simms has been scratching a lot lately. He is such a sweetheart but being tricky with me. I have actually gotten my hands on him twice but somehow he struggles so well and fast and hard that it stuns me how quick he can ditch my grasp. I have tried putting his favorite treat on a dish in the bathroom and put a rope on the doorknob and when he entered once, I pulled the rope from around the corner, but no dice, he was too quick. I have had luck with a big fishing net in the past, once with him, but he is wise to that trick, too, now. I tried casually dropping a blanket on him but he caught on to that really quickly. I have a humane live trap but it would be pretty difficult to get him hungry enough for that to work with my feeding all my other cats twice a day plus my greedier cats would probably have to be busted all the time, ha. Anybody been in this situation and have some tips for me and my boy? Anne and Jimi Too Cool, Simms and Sophie, among other furry friends in MI
OT:getting flea topicals on a cat who doesn't like contact
Hi everybody, Just wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to get some Revolution on a cat (my boy, Simms, FeLV+ carrier) that doesn't like to be touched much. Simms has been scratching a lot lately. He is such a sweetheart but being tricky with me. I have actually gotten my hands on him twice but somehow he struggles so well and fast and hard that it stuns me how quick he can ditch my grasp. I have tried putting his favorite treat on a dish in the bathroom and put a rope on the doorknob and when he entered once, I pulled the rope from around the corner, but no dice, he was too quick. I have had luck with a big fishing net in the past, once with him, but he is wise to that trick, too, now. I tried casually dropping a blanket on him but he caught on to that really quickly. I have a humane live trap but it would be pretty difficult to get him hungry enough for that to work with my feeding all my other cats twice a day plus my greedier cats would probably have to be busted all the time, ha. Anybody been in this situation and have some tips for me and my boy? Anne and Jimi Too Cool, Simms and Sophie, among other furry friends in MI
