Getting rid of fleas with no chemicals?

trafalgar_2

http://www.moggies.co.uk/html/fus.html

Sorry Caterina, your absolutely right ....just looked it up :-/

However if you read it all, you could err on the side of caution and feed wet and dry but it doesn't say wet will prevent it either...............very confusing.

The only safe thing to do is keep an eye on your cats and if they have symptoms get treatment straight away

I started my cats on wet and dry but I now only feed dry :-/

It seems like anything else really .....................wet food in the diet may help but also cannot prevent FUS

Have a read , it is somewhat contradictory :-/

Best advice I suppose then is feed what your happiest with ;D

I hope that makes sense

raeble

We've been feeding the cats with tuna fish and rice, works out cheaper than a tin of cat food. Much better for them as well. They do get dry food to supplement it though. Well there is four of them.

Thelma_Thustbust

2 - What to do about the pungent smell of cat pee?

tom cats also spray the wall above where theyve peed so you can scrub like a loony and the smell will be there unless you wash the walls as well

found out the hard way once

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16011996

i sprinkle with bicarb, leave overnight and hoover.

mrbammers

I know this is an old thread but I thought that some of the information contained in the posts could be potentially confusing to people. I am a qualified veterinary surgeon so can hopefully bring some useful information to the forum.
1) Cats are carnivorous. They should NEVER be fed on a vegetarian diet. They are unable to digest and utilise much of any food product that is not meat. Their body gains energy via a process called gluconeogenesis which is a posh word for making its own glucose. This is different to dogs and humans that can utilise glucose direct from our diet. That is how we can get a sugar high from eating lots of sweets. Cats digest protein in the meat they eat and convert this into energy to use. They have an increased requirement for certain amino acids (the building blocks of protein) as they cannot make all of them themselves. One of these is called taurine and is very important for the development of the heart. All cat food sold in the UK legally has to contain the correct amount of taurine in it to ensure that cats are healthy. Feeding any other food could possibly mean your cat is not getting enough. However, if you feed a mixture of home cooked meat and dried biscuits there shouldn't be a problem.

2) Feeding a soley dried food diet can predispose male cats to getting crystals in their urine if they do not get enough water. It is very important to have more than one bowl of water available with fresh water in it. Some cats like to drink from a running water source and you can get little cat fountains or leave a tap to dribble. Some cats don't like the smell of chlorine so leave the water to stand for a while and it will become better smelling as the chlorine evaporates off. Dried biscuits can help your cats teeth health as they are less likely to stick to the teeth and cause tartar build up. If your cat is prone to getting crystals as diagnosed by your vet then there are dried foods available which can help stop them forming.

3) The only way to effectively control fleas is to use an effective scientifically proved product that kills them combined with hot washing all bedding they lie on and very regular hoovering. Regular combing of an animal can also help. Many of the products available cheaply from the pet shop are not effective enough in the face of an infestation and are in fact a waste of money. It is better to spend a bit more on one product that works than spend little bits on lots of products that don't.

Penelope_Penguin

mrbammers wrote: »

I know this is an old thread but I thought that some of the information contained in the posts could be potentially confusing to people. I am a qualified veterinary surgeon so can hopefully bring some useful information to the forum.

Thank you :T Since this thread started we have a Pets forum, so I'll move this thread to a more appropriate place

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