kittybum loves water but refuses point blank to have a bath so we just get the hose out and pretend to water the garden he soon ends up lookin like a drowned rat from jumpin under it...squeaky clean!
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You have my sympathy - I'm going through this nightmare at the moment too. 
I was advised on another thread that it's better to treat the cats with the spot on called Advocate rather than Frontline. The fleas seem immune to the latter. The first night of putting Advocate on them I found dead and dying fleas where they'd been lying.
I also flea bombed the house with foggers - don't bother with Johnsons! I used that and then returned to the room where they seem to be and they were still hopping about like normal. The very next day I bombed the house again (I know you're not meant to but I want them gone!) and this time sprayed round the carpets and nooks with an aerosol spray.
*touch wood* it seems to have got most of them but I'm still finding fleas on the cats when I comb them too and today I found one in one of the traps I've set (if you lay a while shallow dish with washing up liquid water in it the fleas will be attracted to the white and drown in the water) I know what you mean when you say you want to retreat the cats now. I only did mine on Monday but since it was so effective in that first night I want to get rid of the remainder by doing them again!
It's got to the point where I'm scared to have people round in case fleas jump on them! The worst thing is they only started being in the house and jumping on me AFTER I'd applied the frontline!!
In closing, does anyone know if the Advocate makes the fleas sterile or can they still lay eggs after the cat is treated?
Also hoovering before treating the cats can make the problem seem worse because the vibrations of the hoover can make the eggs hatch.
Good luck with your situation anyway. I really do feel your pain!!
I was advised on another thread that it's better to treat the cats with the spot on called Advocate rather than Frontline. The fleas seem immune to the latter. The first night of putting Advocate on them I found dead and dying fleas where they'd been lying.
I also flea bombed the house with foggers - don't bother with Johnsons! I used that and then returned to the room where they seem to be and they were still hopping about like normal. The very next day I bombed the house again (I know you're not meant to but I want them gone!) and this time sprayed round the carpets and nooks with an aerosol spray.
*touch wood* it seems to have got most of them but I'm still finding fleas on the cats when I comb them too and today I found one in one of the traps I've set (if you lay a while shallow dish with washing up liquid water in it the fleas will be attracted to the white and drown in the water) I know what you mean when you say you want to retreat the cats now. I only did mine on Monday but since it was so effective in that first night I want to get rid of the remainder by doing them again!
It's got to the point where I'm scared to have people round in case fleas jump on them! The worst thing is they only started being in the house and jumping on me AFTER I'd applied the frontline!!
In closing, does anyone know if the Advocate makes the fleas sterile or can they still lay eggs after the cat is treated?
Also hoovering before treating the cats can make the problem seem worse because the vibrations of the hoover can make the eggs hatch.
Good luck with your situation anyway. I really do feel your pain!!
aww thank you! It is a nightmare but weve been lucky in a way because event though my fiance has been bitten, we havent seen any round the house only on the cat. But i know that doesnt mean theyre not there lol, we were given effipro to treat kittybum and indorex for the house!
I think we are starting to get on top of it now we have treated upstairs and i havent found ANY fleas when combing kittybum today (after finding approx 30 in 3 days) probably just waiting for more eggs to hatch, im bringing his treatment forward by a couple of days to monday as it needs to be done before i have to go back to work, so hopefully by tuesday i will be able to come back and say we are flea free (fingers crossed).
I really hope u manage to get rid of the lil b*st**ds soon, its not much fun sittin on the sofa with ur skin crawlin is it!? X
I think we are starting to get on top of it now we have treated upstairs and i havent found ANY fleas when combing kittybum today (after finding approx 30 in 3 days) probably just waiting for more eggs to hatch, im bringing his treatment forward by a couple of days to monday as it needs to be done before i have to go back to work, so hopefully by tuesday i will be able to come back and say we are flea free (fingers crossed).
I really hope u manage to get rid of the lil b*st**ds soon, its not much fun sittin on the sofa with ur skin crawlin is it!? X
When you are finding fleas on the cat it's pretty bad. Any flea dirt? They tend to hop on, feed (and poo) and hop off again. Flea dirt is dark, if you put it on something damp and pale it will make a red stain.
And you need to keep right on top of this for some time, as there will be eggs lurking that will hatch - unlike nit eggs which are stuck to hair shafts, flea eggs drop off the cat into the environment. They hatch into larvae which hide away, and feed on the organic matter they find, including flea dirt. A lot of flea treatments work in part by distrupting the ability of the larvae to shed a skin - like caterpillers they have to shed their skin several times to grow. Finally they pupate, and emerging from the pupae can be triggered by warm and vibration. They jump onto the host and feed....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_flea
The bulk of the flea population (eggs, larvae) is lurking in the house which is why you need to treat it properly when you have an infestation, which you clearly have. Wall-to-wall carpets and central heating have made our houses not only a nice place for us, but for fleas (in the broadest sense) as well.
In your situation (which I hope never happens to me!) I would be treating the cats with Frontline and the house with Indorex and I would be following the instructions about how often to do it all through the summer.
And you need to keep right on top of this for some time, as there will be eggs lurking that will hatch - unlike nit eggs which are stuck to hair shafts, flea eggs drop off the cat into the environment. They hatch into larvae which hide away, and feed on the organic matter they find, including flea dirt. A lot of flea treatments work in part by distrupting the ability of the larvae to shed a skin - like caterpillers they have to shed their skin several times to grow. Finally they pupate, and emerging from the pupae can be triggered by warm and vibration. They jump onto the host and feed....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_flea
The bulk of the flea population (eggs, larvae) is lurking in the house which is why you need to treat it properly when you have an infestation, which you clearly have. Wall-to-wall carpets and central heating have made our houses not only a nice place for us, but for fleas (in the broadest sense) as well.
In your situation (which I hope never happens to me!) I would be treating the cats with Frontline and the house with Indorex and I would be following the instructions about how often to do it all through the summer.
just to let u all know, i treated kittybum with effipro yesterday and combed him today and not even a trace of flea poop let alone fleas, the house has been indorex'd so hopefully we are now flea free YAYYYY 
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the only thing im concerned about is the fact i havent seen 1 dead flea in the house after the spray, what does this mean? X
.the only thing im concerned about is the fact i havent seen 1 dead flea in the house after the spray, what does this mean? X
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