My partner and I have got a new kitten and for the last few weeks we have noticed that he has fleas, no matter how much we treat him with the drops on his skin for it. Any tips or treatments to recommend to try and stop the fleas? I think our cat is hanging around with a wild cat that always comes in to our area so I think that's where he keeps getting them from. Must try and keep them separate.

He's due in for being neutered in 2 weeks. I wonder if the vet can do something a bit more effective then? It's a nightmare to see them on him and he scratches a lot, and eventually we get fleas on our clothes and have itchy legs!

Well what are you treating your cat with?

There are loads of flea threads on here lol. You need to treat your whole house at the same time as the at and wash all bedding and blankets etc.

Like I said, the drops you place on its skin, usually on the back of its neck and the base of the tail. They just don't seem to be having any effect at all.

We wash our sheets all the time anyway and are very meticulous cleaners!

there are quite a few flea tips on this thread

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2097148

you might find it necessary to flea bomb the entire house - sorry, Ive never had to do that before but it might be worth trying............. fleas will live in carpets, soft furnishings etc

Are you being deliberately obtuse?

All flea treatments are spot on in general if its frontline you are using its useless fleas are immune.

Being a meticulous cleaner does not get fleas out of your carpets and by the skirting boards and every single item of soft furnishings needs to be washed, throws, cushion covers etc.

You really need to go to the vets and get proper treatment for the cat and the house

No, I'm really acute

I'm not using Frontline, I am aware of the immunity. It's Johnsons Easy Spot On from the local pet shop. I have also given the kitten a warm bath to help get rid of some of the fleas also. I don't think the drops are having any effect so that's why I asked here if anyone had other recommendations for flea treatments apart from drops, like powders etc.

We don't have any carpets or mats in the house, it's all hardwood floors. We have a leather suite, no cushions on it, and the only soft material things we have are towels, our clothes and bed sheets / duvet covers, which are washed all the time anyway.

The kitten is due to go to the vet at the end of this month when it will have reached the age of 6 months so it can be neutered and receive the necessary treatments/injections. The vet won't do it until the kitten is at least 6 months old.

Nothing from the pet shop will be even remotely effective. Spot ons work. Just not crap ones.

Go to the vets or vetuk and get advantage or strong hold.

It's also pointless treating the animal unless you do the house. They don't live on your cat. They live in your carpets and on your furniture and in your skirting boards. Assuming that because you have no carpets and a leather sofa fleas won't live in your house is wrong. They do. Else you wouldn't have them because as I said, they don't live on your cat. They only jump on your cat to eat.

You need indorex or RIP flea extra follow the instructions on the can and at the same time treat your cat with something other than pet shop shite.

My sisters cat has infected my mum's cats with fleas and the entire house. She took them both to the vets and vets said Frontline us useless and she paid for prescription only drugs the vet prescribed which kill the fleas and the eggs. It's a once a month treatment.

You probably need to de-flea the entire house (use something like Acclaim or Scoosh) and use a better flea treatment from the vet. I'd personally never get flea treatments from the pet shop. Frontline combo works much better than the basic frontline but you can't buy it from the pet shop.

I find regular grooming with a simple flea comb very effective but keep up with your flea programme, especially through the spring/summer months.

We tried a number of treatments with no real effect so I have to admit the vet was probably right when he told us shop bought treatments are nearly all useless. He prescribed Advocate and it worked almost immediately. The day we treated her we noticed a few half day fleas jumping onto us and by the next day, nothing. We treat her every month and have not seen a flea since. Now if I can just get rid of the small slugs she's bringing in on her fur............

A common source of flea infection is hedgehogs.

Advantage is effective and available without a prescription

You need rip fleas, indorex, acclaim or similar for the house. The fleas on the kitten are the tip of the iceberg, the eggs drop off, turn into larvae, the pupae and hatch into new fleas.

The rip fleas website explains clearly how to treat the house.

Flea bombs are not effective.

I have tried some of the flea tablets that you put into the cat food and they seem to have worked a treat. A thorough inspection of Garfield has shown no fleas and the whole house has once again been meticulously cleaned top to bottom so hopefully with regular treatments Garfield will remain mostly flea free.

so in other words you completely ignored all the advice given to you, ok then

If you can clean right into all the nooks & crannies flea larvae hide in you can come and clean my house as well. The larvae crawl away from light and hide until they have pupated and are ready to emerge.