Thread: Adopting 2 6 year old Maine Coons

They are currently using Stronghold. I personally use Advantage and have only had to apply it twice this year! Which is most unusual as I normally had to apply Stronghold every month without fail. Only saw 2 fleas all summer. The rough skin is at the neck and the back close to the tail which makes me thinks its flea related.

I haven't told them to contact the breeder yet as I will be seeing the current owners tonight. I have no idea if they will, but at least if I have asked them to I will have done my best.

They are currently being fed Royal Canin Maine Coon dried cat food. Is this the best food for them? Mine domestic moggies get a mixture of food, some very high quality some not so good. After a week of being quarantined in my bathroom they will have access to all the cat food as I leave dried food down all the time and feed wet food last thing at night.

Jacki, do you know if it's possible that may be the kitties are allergic to the flee product rather than the flees themselves? neck and tail, isn't that where you also put the product?

The flea drops were only put on the neck where a collar would normally be. I did notice on the fist cat (I held them) the current owner put most of the drops on the cats fur. So when he did the second one I made sure I separated the fur to leave a lovely clear line of skin for him, but he still only put it on one small area. i usually spread the drops as much as possible to get as much as possible on to the skin.

Originally Posted by Alekto

Jacki, do you know if it's possible that may be the kitties are allergic to the flee product rather than the flees themselves? neck and tail, isn't that where you also put the product?

No Alekto you put any of those products between shoulder blades the idea being that the cat can't get to that area to lick at it,the neck & rump though are the two most common spots for fleas to infest & that is why any animal that is allergic to flea bites seem to get those horrible scabby lumos there.....x

Well we picked them up yesterday.

One was purring all the way home and this morning both are purring whenever they see us.

I think the boy spent the night sleeping in the bathroom sink, this is how I found him this morning. I took him out, my daughter went in the bathroom a little while later to find him back in the sink.

he looks lush! doesn't look like he has skin problems at all.... :-)

Its mainly the female who does and it is limited to her back. Roughly half way down her back to the base of her tail. He only has a couple of rough feeling patches in a similar area.

Originally Posted by Zeldamum

Its mainly the female who does and it is limited to her back. Roughly half way down her back to the base of her tail. He only has a couple of rough feeling patches in a similar area.

Could also be stress related , if there were health problems in the household & distress at having to part with the furries they are sensitive enough to pick up on it so will be interesting to see once they settle down if it disappears,lets hope so.......
Lovely photo of him in the sink & one of my favourite colours too,picture of girl now please.....xxx