Applying 'spot on flea treatment' to small cat?

I_luv_cats

Any tips?


How to defeat:

(A) Contortionist puss who can lick neck / head area!

(B) Overly wetting fur ?

martin2345uk

I_luv_cats wrote: »

Any tips?


How to defeat:

(A) Contortionist puss who can lick neck / head area!

(B) Overly wetting fur ?

Surely they can't lick the back of their head?! I will be having this issue soon with my cat so will be interested to read the replies!

jakesmummy05

Hi

I am not sure which one you used but I had a similar issue with a cat I was cat sitting. Basil, my dads cat had always been treated with Frontline but her still got fleas as fleas are fast becoming resistant to it. This is Frontline not Frontline Plus. On the vets advise I got some Stronghold which is a prescription only medicine.

Well, I managed to waste 2 pipettes of it, as Basil was the same as your cat. I was clawed, he wasn't happy. I got most of it on the fur as he kept wriggling, then I stood on one pipette. In the end I got my friend who is a veterinary nurse to come and do it.....

This is what she did...... she held Basils head with the crease of her elbow and parted his fur near his shoulder blades with the left hand, then with the right hand she put a drop of Stronghold on his exposed skin and rubbed it along the exposed skin with the pipette end, then she put another drop on the skin and rubbed it in and so on until the tube was empty. Cat was not stressed, I wasn't stressed and no wet fur. Some spot ons have to be applied differently and some have to be applied in 2 places. My friend said if you have trouble the vets can do it when you buy the treatment.

GwylimT

Our cat is a long hair so that makes it difficult, we have some small clippers and we shave a few spots on the back of her neck and apply there, if you want the vet can do it for you, so next time you feel more confident doing it.

I_luv_cats

martin2345uk wrote: »

Surely they can't lick the back of their head?! I will be having this issue soon with my cat so will be interested to read the replies!

Mine seems to have a big scruff for a small cat.

jakesmummy05 wrote: »

Hi

rubbed it along the exposed skin with the pipette end, then she put another drop on the skin and rubbed it in and so on until the tube was empty.

Saw that 'rub method' on a YouTube clip, also somebody suggested warming it in your fist slightly to avoid the cool shock.

GwylimT wrote: »

Our cat is a long hair so that makes it difficult, we have some small clippers and we shave a few spots on the back of her neck and apply there, if you want the vet can do it for you, so next time you feel more confident doing it.

Hard to find much skin in-between all that hair!

Slinky

Our small cat requires two of us to put on flea treatment. The filthy looks he gives us after it's been done, you'd think we were trying to drown him.

pawsies

Does the cat have fleas or is prone to getting fleas?

If not then don't bother. No point in adding needless chemicals to him if the risk of him getting fleas is slim.

KxMx

I don't tend to drop at the back/scruff of the neck, I go a bit higher onto the head which reduces the chance Lily will lick it all off. If she does lick though it won't harm her and it'll still be ingested.

I also try and hold her for 30 seconds (or as long as possible) once the pipette has been emptied to give it a chance to soak in before she has a try at licking it.

gettingready

Why do you want to use a spot on ?

If it is a baby cat, and a very small one and really has fleas - the easiest thing to do is to take him/her to the vets and be sprayed all over with something that is safe for his/her age/size rather than putting a spot on that may be too strong for him/her at this time.

When my daughter was looking after a homeless pregnant cat and kitties were born and then had fleas - we took them all to be sprayed at the vets. They looked like drowned rats as they fur was soaked through BUT it was safe for them.

All the best.

I_luv_cats

martin2345uk wrote: »

Surely they can't lick the back of their head?! I will be having this issue soon with my cat so will be interested to read the replies!

I've applied it over a few places on back of cat's head. (despite fidgety cat!)

Puss is working overtime washing as senses something but luckily can't reach the spots with tongue n wet paw!

Funny watching him flicking back his head trying to lick :rotfl:

More fun in 4 to 5 weeks time!

TableTop

Hi, in my experience it makes a real difference if you warm the treatment in your hand for, say, 20-30 mins beforehand so it gets to blood temperature.