| Title: | Meower Power - Where Differing Opinions are Respected |
| Notice: | purrrrr... |
| Moderator: | JULIET::CORDES_JA |
| Created: | Wed Nov 13 1991 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1079 |
| Total number of notes: | 28858 |
I recently heard that it is thought that there may be a link between
the use of flea collars and cancer in our pets. The suggestion is
that the pet breathes in fumes from the insecticide in the collars.
It reminds me of when I was a kid and my mother would put that awful-
smelling Vicks vapo rub on my chest and I'd breathe it in to help my
cold. If something put on my upper chest to breathe in was to help
me, it does not seem impossible to me that putting an insecticide
around our pets necks could be breathed into their internal systems
and eventually cause them this kind of harm.
Has anyone else heard this? It really does make sense to me, and I'm
reluctant to use them because of it, even though I have problems with
fleas in the house (having a dog and one outdoor and one indoor cat).
Donna
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| 916.1 | collar work through the liver | USCTR1::TRIPP | Mon Jul 17 1995 10:31 | 19 | |
My understanding is that flea collars repel insects by working
*through* the animal's liver. Probably that is why the package warns
not to use on kittens, pregnant or lactating mothers, or ill cats.
When I brought Fluffy to the vet (a new vet I had never met) he was
quite adament about collars, telling me they were of no good at all.
and suggested a spray he sells one for the cat another for the house
which he says *is guaranteed* to eliminate fleas.
I keep one on Barney, but mostly because it is blue, you can see it
from a distance, and to me it means he has a home and someone really
loves him! He has actually never had a flea problem. Oh and I buy the
BREAKAWAY type collar, to eliminate any strangulation possibility.
Cancer, nope haven't heard this. Next we'll be hearing it causes
cancer in people by handling them! I'm not sure if the FDA regulates
this or not. I'm not sure who regulates animal drugs and devices.
Lyn
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| 916.2 | Maybe 20 collars at a time for 30 years... | KAMALA::DREYER | More great memories | Mon Jul 31 1995 19:51 | 6 |
I really wouldn't worry about flea collars causing cancer. Sabrina wore one for 13 years when she was an indoor/outdoor cat. She's 16 now and shows no signs of any problems. My parents cats also lived long, healthy lives and except for their first year wore flea collars. Laura | |||||