Front line doesn't always work!
Part 2 of my scabby cat saga...
Purrdie does indeed have a flea allergy despite front line being applied about 4 weeks ago. The vet has said that some fleas are becoming resistant to front line so we are now using a different spot on. The vet only found 1 flea mind, I had checked every inch of her myself but with her fur I suppose there are plenty of places to hide! Poor Purrdie is still not happy although she has had anti biotics as well. I can bath her in 1 weeks time before the next application of spot on. Any ideas of a nice soothing shampoo I could use on her scabby skin?
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Frontline doesn't always work
All types of Frontline kills fleas & ticks although it is effective against fleas for longer than it is ticks so you have to use it more reguarly if faced with ticks,a problem most of our pampered darlings don't have to worry about,the combo part puts the fleas on the pill as well so the idea being that they can't produce while dying off...thats the theory but didn't work full stop on mine,I had never ever had a flea problem with my dogs,domestic cats that used to roam or these spoilt darlings,I used Frontline every six weeks but because they were going into a cattery I put the combo on them after four weeks & done them as a precaution four weeks again after that,when I first noticed a couple of them having a bit of a scratch I didn't bother about it for a couple of days then I noticed a flea on the face of one,panic,a couple of hours on & over a 100 very live fleas later the fleas were not the only ones jumping,two of my cats had to go & have injs.to settle them down as they had reacted so badly,I changed to Stronghold & everything has been fine since,wouldn't want to go through that again.
Frontline doesn't always work
The one thing that I had trouble trying to get the Frontline rep to understand was that my cats don't get challenged either even though they go out into the garden,they can't get out other cats can't get in,because they are round the back even if a cat is in the front unless the flea hops over the bungalow they can't get in,just had an idea,perhaps I can hold a flea high jumping contest & train them up for the olympics ! Seriously though the most likely thing is I brought one home on me from work & things escalated from there,but it shouldn't have done.