| Title: | Meower Power is Valuing Differences |
| Notice: | FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY |
| Moderator: | MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO |
| Created: | Sun Feb 09 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jan 11 1994 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5089 |
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My two small kittens have caught fleas.
Nothing surprising about that, you may think - cats and fleas go
together like ducks and water. The thing is, we can't understand how
they managed to catch them - we live in a second floor flat
(temporarily) and they haven't been out - they're too young.
So - no contact with any other feline and both clean as whistles when
we got them. They are the first feline occupiers of the flat.
Any ideas??? We are at a loss!
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| 3896.1 | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | set home/cat_max=infinity | Mon Aug 13 1990 20:48 | 9 | |
You may have brought them in on your person.
Or
(this is my favorite theory)
They may have just been produced by spontaneous generation!
Jo
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| 3896.2 | happens all the time | TYGON::WILDE | Ask yourself..am I a happy cow? | Mon Aug 13 1990 21:12 | 11 |
people who have never had pets can suffer flea infestation. They move in waves across the landscape. Treat the home (with cats removed to vet for flea removal) and you may beat them before they become entrenched. My recommendation: use spray on carpets, along baseboards, etc. forget the flea bombs - they aren't effective and they are expensive. get recommendations from your vet for brand of spray. let vet clear fleas from kittens - safer unless you are Jo or someone who really knows how to treat kittens (not me obviously) | |||||
| 3896.3 | no toxic flea control | NAVIER::BRODEUR | Tue Aug 14 1990 14:46 | 10 | |
When I lived in Floriday I didn't have any pets except for feas.
My appartment was always sprayed monthly for other pests but the
fleas stayed. The only thing that got rid of them (and still does
now that I have 8 furballs around the house) is vacuuming twice
a day and wet vac every few weeks.
My vet was handed a cat just week to be put to sleep, the owner
was troubled that their youngster came down with an infected flea
bite and couldn't be convinced that they could keep the cat if some
preventitive measures were taken (the cat is now up for adoption
by the vet instead). They'll be surprised when the fleas remain!
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