Help! Sylvester is turning into a giant flea resort

[Catlover]

Hi there
I need help. Recently I noticed a bit of flea dirt in Sylvester's fur and when I brush him there is plenty in the brush. I've tried frontline spot on, bob martin spot on and spray and nothing seems to work. I've got a bit obsessed with sorting through his fur on the search for fleas and just recently I see a flea about everytime I look! His stomach is covered in black flea dirt and he gets really grumpy when I try and brush his belly. Not sure what to do next really- his fur is so long and thick that I'm not sure the spray is really getting all the way to the skin. I hate the thought of him crawling with fleas!!!

[Bethy_boo]

Have you tried frontline combo? It's a bit more effective than the normal one. You may also have to treat your house!! Flea eggs survive in carpets and in between floorboards etc...

[jckkerrison]

I never had a flea problem until I used the Frontline Combo then all hell broke loose, as Bethy_boo suggests at this point do your house as well,also don't forget to spray whatever you use onto a bit of tissue & suck it up your hoover,even if you have something like a dyson where you empty out the container the bugs can still get in there.
I finally got my under control by doing the house & switching to Stronghold.
What was you using up until you got the problem....?

[H&SWells]

never got on with the spot on didnt seem to work all ,- i use the spray bottle on mine and cleared them up really quickly despite being told its should be no different to the spot on . Be careful using Bob Martins as i have heard so poor things about it

[Catlover]

I've started spraying the house with Bob Martin spray but maybe I should look at something else if it has a bad rep?

To be honest, we got Sylvester in Sept last year and he had no evidence of fleas and he's had a couple of doses of frontline since then- I wrongly assumed that fleas would't be a problem since he is indoors. We've been taking him out on the harness recently and he's been rolling around in the grass so maybe that's why he's suddenly got so many. Haven't tried stronghold yet....

[hayheadsbird]

When we had them the we got some spray stuff from the vets, it was silver with a purple lid if that helps? it was amazing for treating the house! When we were south we used to treat the house yearly after that as well as the animals never had an issue with fleas here, not sure if it because there are less animals about to catch them from or the temp deters them?