I’ve washed my bedding and gave my poor cat a bath/ medicine and brushed her with a flea comb. I feel like im getting them now but im sure im not. Is it ok for me to sleep in the same bed with her just because im sure that while im sleeping she jump up and sleep with me like normal…please help!
May 18th, 2010 - 8:49 pm
frontline or advantage ( they truely are the best brands) once a month every month (NOT hartz or any other cheap flea meds, as they irritate pets’ skin and cause severe health problems), a good flea bomb of the house, and wash EVERY carpet, bedding, clothing etc in hot water. bathing the cat wont do anything because fleas can withstand water for a while, and fleas dont live on cats ALL day, even if you deflea the cat, the carpet in the house and in your bed are infested with flea eggs, and the fleas will just jump right back on the cat within seconds.
May 18th, 2010 - 8:49 pm
I would not yet. If you want to hurry the process along there are a couple of products that you can buy from your vet or even on-line. One product is called Capstar. It is a pill that kills the fleas that are biting your cat for up to 24 hours. The other product is called Frontline. It takes up to 24 hours to start working, but it keeps working for up to three weeks.
May 18th, 2010 - 8:49 pm
dude first see that ur cat is fully cleaned or u wud get diseases from ur cat my cousin got a very bad diseases from his cat and after that he neva lets it sleep on da bed i donno y he cleans it so much and yet he dosent let it sleep on da bed …!take care.!!!
May 18th, 2010 - 8:49 pm
Spray her with Frontline. I believe all these flea baths don’t work. Better not let her in the bed until she is clear, or flea eggs will install in your bed and the problem will never end.
May 18th, 2010 - 8:49 pm
A flea bite will be a red spot that itches, itches, ITCHES. In addition to all you’ve done you need to vacuum all areas where your cat has been, very thoroughly, and throw away the vacuum cleaner bag. Then you need to do it all again two weeks later. The fleas prefer your cat, but that doesn’t mean you won’t get a flea bite, too. If you can figure out where you cat got the fleas, that might help, but if she’s an indoor/outdoor cat, the fleas may be baaaaack.
May 18th, 2010 - 8:49 pm
easies thing to do is keep here out of your bedroom till the problem is fixed
May 18th, 2010 - 8:49 pm
I have to add as well, NEVER use Hartz. My cat Heidi almost died. We had to take her to an emergency animal hospital, because she started to have grand mal seizures. The ""medicine"" is extremely toxic, especially small animals.
May 18th, 2010 - 8:49 pm
You can but that might be a bad idea. Fleas carry a lot of diseases, you might want to hold off till you know she’s clean.
May 18th, 2010 - 8:49 pm
I would suggest not to let the cat in until it is clean and healthy
May 18th, 2010 - 8:49 pm
You can. Would I? no. But I would have been treating my cat all along with flea prevention so as to avoid an infestation. What medicine did you use? Your problem can be solved with simple monthly applications of advantage or revolution (not frontline or ANYTHING you can buy from a store). If the fleas are as bad as you say they are, they’ve probably been there for quite a while, so I don’t see that it would make much difference if your cat sleeps with you as usual.
Unless you have a ridiculously heavy infestation, you won’t need to bomb the house or anything drastic like that. Applying the proper meds to the cat will take care of normal infestations. Any fleas in your house that aren’t on your cat when you apply the meds will eventually jump on your cat - they prefer the cat to anything else in your home, including you. As soon as they jump on the cat, they are killed off too. But you must apply the meds faithfully every month.
May 18th, 2010 - 8:49 pm
You shouldn’t it is really dangerous you could get the fleas yourself.
May 18th, 2010 - 8:49 pm
Yes you can, you just might end up with fleas in your bed. There are a lot of different flea control options for your cat. I use a spot on, once a month and it keeps all my moggies flea free.
I would try to keep her off your bed until you have the lfeas under control. Otherwise maybe get a flea collar for yourself.
May 18th, 2010 - 8:49 pm
get rid of the fleas