Thread: Mortified...Miles and Koji have fleas :(

So pleased for you,I think the only thing that has upset me as much as finding fleas on my animals was when daughter came home & I found she had the dreaded head lice,that was equally as bad {plus was best friends with the only child whose parents refused to treat at first} after three bouts in a very short space of time I pursuaded her that as we were going abroad for a holiday it might be a good idea to have her hair cut as even having it taken back in a ponytail her head would still feel very hot.I felt like a traitor but it worked & never told her until she moved up to high school & wanted to grow it again.
I wish I had a pound for everytime I have heard someone say "I never thought" but all sorted now......

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

So pleased for you,I think the only thing that has upset me as much as finding fleas on my animals was when daughter came home & I found she had the dreaded head lice,that was equally as bad {plus was best friends with the only child whose parents refused to treat at first} after three bouts in a very short space of time I pursuaded her that as we were going abroad for a holiday it might be a good idea to have her hair cut as even having it taken back in a ponytail her head would still feel very hot.I felt like a traitor but it worked & never told her until she moved up to high school & wanted to grow it again.
I wish I had a pound for everytime I have heard someone say "I never thought" but all sorted now......

Thanks Jackie just reading that got me scratching my head.

Haven't found any fleas or dirt for a few days now. Keeping my fingers crossed that its not just because the weather has taken a turn for the worse. Think I found the source of the problem, one of the lads at work has 4 unspayed female cats who he let's our resulting in him being presented him with 37 kittens and they all have fleas. I've taken to getting out of work clothes in hall and spraying them with flea spray and leaving shoes outside, cats are banned from the hall now.

I feel like crying! I have seen fleas on Koji and Miles again! I don't know what else to do...I am still not being bitten, and the cats aren't scratching more than normal, just running the flea comb over and caught 4 in 5 minutes! They have been frontlined (soon as I noticed - I know, I should have done it preventatively, but what's done is done) Dusted and sprayed the house, vacuumed loads, cats both had a Program injection yesturday...

Do I need to bathe them? Do I need to spray the house again?

Or is it just the remaining eggs hatching, they hopefully dying when they come into contact with the kitties? (was hoping the kitties would mop up and kills any remaining fleas)

Argh!

Don't cry! Program takes up to 24 hours to kill all fleas. You need to keep spraying everywhere for the next week at least. I got a "flea bomb" from a local pet shop. You have to get all humans and animals out of the room, ignite it, wait and hour, go and open windows, wait an hour, hoover and dust. Don't forget to hoover cat beds etc a couple of times a day. As for getting bitten my grannie used to swear by wearing white ankle socks to stop fleas biting; worth a try? Or use an insect repellent. xx

It was the program injection, that just stops them reproducing but doesnt kill them unfortunately, I was relying on the frontline to do that, but I applied it just over a week ago so I don't know why I'm still seeing fleas...I am hoping the injection will eventually end the cycle, and I will apply another spot on (maybe go for Stronghold as it's systematic) as soon as I can. Can I mix the spot ons like this? And if I do, will it be effective? Or should I just stick to what I've started with (frontline)?

Is this a sign anything is working...two of the fleas I caught last night were acting mental, jumping about all over the place and I couldn't catch them (they just jumped off the cat, onto the hard floor and away into oblivion!) when usually they are bit slower, and brown, these were black it seemed...were they perhaps dehydrating making them appear darker?

Fleas is all I can think about at the moment, driving me crazy!

Sorry, was just coming back to correct my mistake. Bob Martins do a tablet that kills fleas in about an hour. I would check with vet before giving just in case it reacts with the injection etc. I know others aren't keen on Bob Martin products but could be a quick kill them all then let the good stuff do its job.

My friends vet said Bob Marton products are entirely useless, not sure if this applies to the tablet. They must work to some degree, maybe he was talking about the spot on. I'll phone the vet and ask. I looked online at the product you mentioned, seems to kill them quickly but only gives 24 hours cover. How often can I give them these tablets? I guess I'll buy the pack and read the instructions

How long can fleas live without feeding?