CAT FLEAS - merged

wolvesinwales

I can back up what others have said , use Frontline all year round and you wont have a problem. Tempting to think its not needed in winter but once the cycle starts it will take months and lots of money to get rid of so its a cheaper option to continue to use every month.

lka200

wuno wrote: »

If you'd ever stuck a cat back together that had been hit by a car, treated one attacked by a dog or shot with an air rifle, treated a stinking cat-bite abcess or spoken to a sobbing owner who's cat has simply disappeared, you might have a slightly less black and white view of the issue.

Now of course, similar things happen to wild animals who are "at one with nature". But if you want a wild animal as a pet, put some food out for a hedgehog...........

I dont have a black and white view for your information..i have cats myself and always have done..i have spent a lot of money at the vets on their care also. Unfortunately over the past 15 years i have had to suffer the loss of two of my dearly loved cats being run over. Another cat came home with his tooth impaled on his tounge (hes ok now after an emergency visit on a sunday morning)
There are risks in letting your cat go outside of course there is .
The original question by the OP was how they could keep a cat without getting fleas..a reply was made saying would it help to keep the cat indoors and i was just saying that that is not a good enough reason to keep a cat indoors all its life...Buy the flea treatments and let it go outside.
Regarding the other post on here about the pedigree cat..i agree that these cats are slightly different
An outdoor enclosure/run would be fantastic for the purpose but the cat will still be prone to fleas.
Please dont judge me as black and white i have kept animals all my life .
I have spent my weekend rescuing 1000 battery hens from those filth ridden cages in which they have lived for the past 12 months and i ALWAYS have every animals welfare and needs at the forefront of anything i do

suki1964

Kimberley wrote: »

Don't buy fleas treatment from the vets or chemist though, buy online, much cheaper from Vetuk or Petmeds

Thats a sweeping statement - my vets is as cheap and when you take in P&P and delivery times often cheaper and a lot more convenient

wuno

Ika200.
You did not simply say that keeping a cat indoors is not justified as a reason for preventing it getting fleas (who could disagree with that?) what you said was that keeping a cat indoors is "cruel" (the exact word you used) unless there is a medical reason for doing so. Full stop. That is a simplistic view, and one that an increasing number of cat owners who, like me, have thought long and hard about the pros and cons of letting their cats out and have decided to keep them in would take offense at.

If you had said that for some cats it is not appropriate to keep them indoors, as "pollyanna24" did, then I would completely agree. That is not a simplistic or "black and white" opinion and comes from weighing up the pros and cons in each case.

If I misunderstood your point then I apologise, but the word "cruel" is rather emotive, I'm sure you would agree.

lka200

Ok wuno cruel was probably an in appropriate word to use and i am sorry if that offended you or anybody else.
I would feel cruel if i was to keep a cat indoors just because i didnt want a flea problem...this is my opinion and like all who use this forum i am entitled to voice it

Little_Chicken

wuno wrote: »

Normally, you should use a flea treatment on a cat once a month. However, in some ways this depends upon the type of flea treatment you are using and other factors such as risk of exposure. I would call your vet surgery up and ask them, since they will know what they used on your kitten.

Thanks

Risk is pretty low as my kitties are mainly indoors cats, but I let them onto the patio a few times a week. I think kitten had frontline combo - I'll check on her paperwork. I'm sure the breeder said she didn't need to have anything done until she's spayed in a few months.

But then she didn't bet on my naughty boy picking up fleas.:eek:

wuno

Little_Chicken wrote: »

Risk is pretty low as my kitties are mainly indoors cats

I'll be absolutely honest and say that because my cats are all totally indoor cats, I only treat them for fleas every three months. Once a year with Frontline spray and the rest at fairly sporadic intervals with Frontline Combo spot-on.

And I only worm them twice a year. And I stopped vaccinating them after they were 6 years old.

But don't tell my clients!

My two dogs, however, who go out roaming and come to work with me every day are drugged up to the eyes (admittedly with everything that has just gone past its use by date so I can't sell it anymore!).

Kimberley

suki1964 wrote: »

Thats a sweeping statement - my vets is as cheap and when you take in P&P and delivery times often cheaper and a lot more convenient

Delivery charges are free online and not many vets offer frontline cheap.

kendalls_cave

I want us to get a cat, because there have been lots of bugs and mice and a cat is good for keeping them away

My experience of cats is that they BRING mice to you.. they think it's a present :rotfl:

mirrorimage0

my cats bring mice in at least once a week and sometimes birds too, we have bought them the collars that come off easily and they have bells on but they still manage to get them lol we had one last night too but managed to save it from the cat it looked so cute and bary let it back out on the field at the bottom of our garden. but back to originakl question use a good flea treatment every month and they wont get fleas