Thread: Research needs European cat/dog owners (internship)

urgh flea season again!! I know far too much about this subject thanks to 'helpful' reps and have seen way too many enlarged pictures of the things!!!
Thankfully I have not had to de flea the house yet but when I do I know how to do it and with a quick phone call how many cans of spray I will need if I say what the sq footage of the house is, at least my chosen product does not smell too bad when I send the things to RIP (product placement there lol).

Oh, I thought the whole point of flea treatments like Frontline was that even if they do get a flea, by any means, the treatment renders the flea infertile and / or kills the flea, and so breaks the flea's life cycle and stops an infestation.

Originally Posted by Howlinbob

Oh, I thought the whole point of flea treatments like Frontline was that even if they do get a flea, by any means, the treatment renders the flea infertile and / or kills the flea, and so breaks the flea's life cycle and stops an infestation.

Yep that is the intention but although spray had worked fine for my lot for some reason when they were changed onto the pipette combo it all went to pot,I have always de flead all my animals & will continue to do so,just a nasty shock when you think you are covered & something like that happens.The product we are using now is fine & it doesn't smell which is a bonus so instead of treating one & hunt the others they all just remain where they are.Two of my cats had to go to work for injs.to calm the irritation down & I have seen lots of bad effects of animals who haven't be treated so would never intentionally put my animals in that situation but that episode was a very harrowing & expensive time through no fault of our own & being talked too like an idiot from the company didn't help either....
So sorry Internuk have hi jacked your thread,strayed off path a bit...x

No problem for that, it's a good discussion Thanks!!

I only need a few more respondents to make it statistical okay, do you want to help me? Thanks!

I'm with the people who do not regularly apply flea treatment, as I'm strongly against the overuse of poisonous chemicals on anything! I never use weedkiller or perticides either. My main reason for being so antil chemical use is because we used frontline on our two dogs when we lived in tic country... my GSD was 100% ok but my Golden Retriever had a horrible reaction to the stuff, her skin blistered and large open wounds formed! So never again, we used to spend hours checking the dogs over for parasites after that. Much better living in a town, no blasted deer!