Flea meds

What kind of flea meds work great and are safe to use on cats

Super Man writes:

What kind of flea meds work great and are safe to use on cats

I don't know which country you're in and what brands you have available
locally but Advantage and Frontline are both pretty good in my
experience. They're not cheap, but I've heard enough anecdotes about
cheaper treatments making people's cats ill that I've not risked it. Do
check the instructions to make sure to buy the one for appropriate
weight, etc.

I haven't much tried the collars because I didn't happen to come across
one that will do the emergency release thing if the cat gets really
stuck somewhere, and I've usually had indoor cats anyway.

-- Mark

On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 22:10:26 -0800 (PST), Super Man
wrote:

What kind of flea meds work great and are safe to use on cats

Front Line didn't work, but Revolution does.

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Front line seemed like it help i havent seen no scratching yet i tried bug bombers for the house bug they never done the job

On 1/30/2015 1:08 PM, Super Man wrote:
Front line seemed like it help i havent seen no scratching yet i tried bug bombers for the house bug they never done the job

.......Heh! That's because all that vapor goes UP where the fleas ain't.
I'm in FL and there's resistance to Advantage and Frontline, so I use
Revolution.

buglady
take out the dog before replying

On Friday, January 30, 2015 at 1:17:57 PM UTC-5, buglady wrote:
On 1/30/2015 1:08 PM, Super Man wrote:
Front line seemed like it help i havent seen no scratching yet i tried bug bombers for the house bug they never done the job

......Heh! That's because all that vapor goes UP where the fleas ain't.
I'm in FL and there's resistance to Advantage and Frontline, so I use
Revolution.

buglady
take out the dog before replying

what should i do about the fleas that swarm the basement that's were the fleas come from and then they get on the cats this is an old house i live in

On Fri, 30 Jan 2015 19:15:33 -0800 (PST), Super Man
wrote:

On Friday, January 30, 2015 at 1:17:57 PM UTC-5, buglady wrote:
On 1/30/2015 1:08 PM, Super Man wrote:
Front line seemed like it help i havent seen no scratching yet i tried bug bombers for the house bug they never done the job

......Heh! That's because all that vapor goes UP where the fleas ain't.
I'm in FL and there's resistance to Advantage and Frontline, so I use
Revolution.

buglady
take out the dog before replying

what should i do about the fleas that swarm the basement that's were the fleas come from and then they get on the cats this is an old house i live in

Call an exterminator.

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On 1/30/2015 10:15 PM, Super Man wrote:

what should i do about the fleas that swarm the basement that's were the fleas come from and then they get on the cats this is an old house i live in


......borax or Fleabusters. Is the floor of the basement dirt or
concrete? If concrete you could try dehumidifier also.

buglady
take out the dog before replying

"Super Man" wrote in message
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What kind of flea meds work great and are safe to use on cats

Stronghold. It does off fleas, worms and earmites. It's a spot on.

Boyfie gets it now and again (not monthly as recommended by a vet)
He's never had worms or earmites and fleas are not a problem because my
house is too cold in the winter for them to live. It was 2C in my bathroom
today.
I do it every six months, just in case he got worms from his prey. It's
probably not necessary.

Super Man wrote:

What kind of flea meds work great and are safe to use on cats

The reason they are coming from your basement is because they thrive in
humidity. As "buglady" suggested, you should use a dehumidifier.

A dehumidifier helps in more than one way. But most importantly, it
nukes fleas. Buy an inexpensive humidity meter (or two if you want
confirmation) and keep the humidity below 50%. Then fleas cannot
reproduce.

No chemicals. Also helps reduce mold. Probably helps in other ways
especially in a very humid basement.

If you cannot cut off fleas coming from the basement, you must
dehumidify that area too. The idea is to make sure no fleas can
reproduce and the only fleas that ever get on your cats are the few that
might make it into your home from outside. Any newcomers only last for a
maximum of three weeks, then they are gone.