CAT FLEAS - merged

I have three cats, and we've had a flea problem twice.

Both times were at the end of the Summer, Aug/sept times. And I have to say the only thing that got rid of them was having the council pest man in to spray everything. The pest man said that was the fleas best time for movement because they're trying to find somewhere warm and inside to spend the winter.

The first time, I must have spent about £50, first on supermarket stuff, then on vet stuff, trying to get rid of them. Eventually, we called the council in, and for another £40 odd he got rid of them.
The second time, we just went straight to the council pest dept.

Its a bit of a pain though because you can't vacuum anywhere for two weeks after its been sprayed.... ::) Oh dear, what a shame!!!!

Since the last time though, we've been putting tea tree oil on the back of their necks and it all seems to be ok at the moment...

I always buy the vet treatment (frontline) for my 2 cats. It's just not worth risking having your home infested, which ultimately costs a lot to fumigate in the long run. Besides, it isn't very nice for the cats to have fleas, it causes them not only to scratch but also to have infected sores.

For £1 week each, I think it's well worth getting the right stuff and it is being kind to your cats. We would spend it on ourselves to keep fleas at bay. You need to worm them every 3 months too, as fleas and worms go hand in hand.

There was a website here recently that sold the frontline stuff cheaper. Might be just a couple of pages back.

i would get the hoover out for now suck them up

dont panic......what i used to do....is first of all get some flea treatment from the vet..... the type you put on the back of the neck.... its expensive, but it works quickly to kill the fleas on the cat......then you can buy a product called rug patrol.... that you shake on your carpet... and leave for a while then hoover it all up..... empty the hoover straight away..... then .. what i used to do is put a flea collar in the hoover.bag... as this will kill fleas/eggs that have been hoovered up ....if you havent got a collar in the bag.... anything.. that gets hoovered up will still live as they are so small...and come back out of the hoover......once you empty the hoover bag or empty the cylinder....just fish out the collar and put it back into the hoover....

i know its not old style but i know it works.....every summer when we had the cat... i used to put a flea collar in the hoover..as as a precaution.....

there's a thread in the other forum about cat fleas if it helps

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=2477866&posted=1#post2477866