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fed up with fleas.
A bit of background, I have 2 cats, one silky long haired, one medium haired
with a dense undercoat. Both cats are in the care of my brother because we've had to move back home and the cats weren't welcome so he's watching them until we can again. A few months ago he calls me because the cats have been scratching and are losing their fur in places (this had been going on for a month already at that point). I was pretty sure the cats had fleas and I took them to the vet where they got a steroid injection, program, and capstar and I bought something to spray his apartment. So far it's not working, I've instructed him to give them the capstar whenever he sees fleas, signs of fleas etc, spray his apartment, but they just keep having fleas, I don't know what to do to get rid of them. I've been seriously considering taking them to the groomers and just having their fur cut off, at least the one with the undercoat, she seems to be the one with the recurring problem moreso than the other one. Is there anything else I can do? Can they have advantage while still on the program injection (I got the 6 month injection) Also, he mentioned that the medium haired one with the undercoat is throwing up a fair bit. She's always thrown up pretty regularly because of hairballs, I got him the remedy from the vet, but I get the impression she's throwing up more then normal now. -- ******* The 3 sentences that will get you through life. #1, cover for me #2, oh, good idea boss. #3, It was like that when I got here -Homer Simpson http://www.flickr.com/photos/stormlady/ |
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fed up with fleas.
"Stormlady" wrote in message ... A bit of background, I have 2 cats, one silky long haired, one medium haired with a dense undercoat. Both cats are in the care of my brother because we've had to move back home and the cats weren't welcome so he's watching them until we can again. A few months ago he calls me because the cats have been scratching and are losing their fur in places (this had been going on for a month already at that point). I was pretty sure the cats had fleas and I took them to the vet where they got a steroid injection, program, and capstar and I bought something to spray his apartment. So far it's not working, I've instructed him to give them the capstar whenever he sees fleas, signs of fleas etc, spray his apartment, but they just keep having fleas, I don't know what to do to get rid of them. I've been seriously considering taking them to the groomers and just having their fur cut off, at least the one with the undercoat, she seems to be the one with the recurring problem moreso than the other one. Is there anything else I can do? Can they have advantage while still on the program injection (I got the 6 month injection) Also, he mentioned that the medium haired one with the undercoat is throwing up a fair bit. She's always thrown up pretty regularly because of hairballs, I got him the remedy from the vet, but I get the impression she's throwing up more then normal now. Your brother has to eradicate live fleas and flea eggs, in all stages of reproduction, from his apartment, so your cats won't get re-infested after they are treated. A professional exterminator will probably be required. If your brothers fellow apartment-dwellers have fleas, then you're all SOL because they will migrate and continue to infest your cats. "Cutting their fur off" will traumatize them and do nothing to get rid of fleas, because this is an environmental management issue, not a cat hygiene issue. I assume the steroid injection was for the itching . I have no idea what "program" and "capstar" are. Since your living situation is so precarious it might be kinder to rehome your cats permanently. |
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fed up with fleas.
"deja.blues" wrote in message news:YBSoj.202$xE.121@trnddc01... "Stormlady" wrote in message ... A bit of background, I have 2 cats, one silky long haired, one medium haired with a dense undercoat. Both cats are in the care of my brother because we've had to move back home and the cats weren't welcome so he's watching them until we can again. A few months ago he calls me because the cats have been scratching and are losing their fur in places (this had been going on for a month already at that point). I was pretty sure the cats had fleas and I took them to the vet where they got a steroid injection, program, and capstar and I bought something to spray his apartment. So far it's not working, I've instructed him to give them the capstar whenever he sees fleas, signs of fleas etc, spray his apartment, but they just keep having fleas, I don't know what to do to get rid of them. I've been seriously considering taking them to the groomers and just having their fur cut off, at least the one with the undercoat, she seems to be the one with the recurring problem moreso than the other one. Is there anything else I can do? Can they have advantage while still on the program injection (I got the 6 month injection) Also, he mentioned that the medium haired one with the undercoat is throwing up a fair bit. She's always thrown up pretty regularly because of hairballs, I got him the remedy from the vet, but I get the impression she's throwing up more then normal now. Your brother has to eradicate live fleas and flea eggs, in all stages of reproduction, from his apartment, so your cats won't get re-infested after they are treated. A professional exterminator will probably be required. If your brothers fellow apartment-dwellers have fleas, then you're all SOL because they will migrate and continue to infest your cats. "Cutting their fur off" will traumatize them and do nothing to get rid of fleas, because this is an environmental management issue, not a cat hygiene issue. I assume the steroid injection was for the itching . I have no idea what "program" and "capstar" are. Since your living situation is so precarious it might be kinder to rehome your cats permanently. Yes the steroid was for itching. Program is an injection that stops the life cycle on the cat, the eggs can't mature into adult fleas on the cat. Capstar is a pill that kill adult fleas on the cat. I didn't realize at the time the difference between advantage and program, or they'd have had advantage, which is a solution placed on the cats shoulders that kills all stages of flea development. Now I don't know if they can have both at the same time, or if it would be too much. My living situation is not precarious, I'm living with my in-laws and have been for over 2 years now, this Summer I will be moving back out and taking the cats again. I hardly see that as precarious. Truthfully, I would be doing them no favors to rehome them, not many people would put up with Shady's vomiting. Personally, I thought it was pretty responsible of me to find a temporary home for them, rather than dump them at a shelter as so many others do when their pets become inconvenient. I used to volunteer at the shelter, so I've seen too many cats brought there, and what happens to them to risk having it happen to my own cats. |
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