My gosh, I can't believe it! I dont know if some of you remember when I took Jasee with me to my mom's shore house and I said I found fleas in the bathtub that were coming up from the drain. I feared Jasee would get them. It's been about 2 mths and though I'd see him scratch it, I wasn't noticing any flea dirt on him and he usually will scratch around this time as his coat is changing. Last night he was scratching alot and I sat him down and brushed him really good, poor thing, he had a ton of flea dirt under his coat right aroung his shoulder blade area. I feel terrible, had he been suffering all these months and I didn't know?! What a terrible Mommy I am! So I HATE these flea medications and with Jasee's tremor issues I hate to give this even more. I do have some Revolution at home and only used half of a tube once on him when it seems I brought a flea in on my shoe. It doesn't expire until 11/11 so it is still good and I have the whole box left basically. He seemed to be ok with that half tube. I will use it again though I worry. I know I shouldve put it on last night but I noticed right before bed and worried if something happened I'd be sleeping and wouldnt see him. So I am going to do it today when I get home from work so I can see that he is ok with no bad reaction. Is Revolution safe, what is the safest treatment if any? Just not keen on knowing that pesticide goes into his bloodstream!!

I just can't believe this!! Now I have to worry about my house as well! I will be vaccumming like crazy I guess!

Karyn,

sorry to hear about the flea problem, you need to rid of these little buggers. Poor Jasee, he must have been itching quite a bit. As far as I know, the Revolution is safe. Unsafe reportedly are some of the Hartz products, so stay away from those please.

You will need to wash his bed and probably your own bed as the eggs of the fleas may be waiting there to hatch. As the life cycle of the fleas is about a month, you will need to repeat the Revolution treatment in four weeks time even if you see no fleas on him anymore, it will then kill those that may be around after a month.

Now I hope that jasee will tolerate his treamtent well and that you get rid of the dreaded things soon.

Regards,

Birgit

Revolution is good to use but do not only use half a tube. If its the correct one for his size use all of it and you need to do it for 3 months to get them all and all the eggs. You can get capstar from your vet and that works within 30 mins and kills all the live fleas on the kitty at the time but it is only a quick fix and any new ones that jump on will not die so you need to use either revolution or frontline.

I may not have worked in a vets for a year but still remember the flea speal, ha ha

Susan

oh, no, that is to bad.. Bluie had a flea about 3 years ago, you should not feel guilty, I could not find Bluies it took me weeks, but she was scratching, with her blue fur it is hard to find flea dirt.. Revolution is suppose to be one of the best... like the others have said, clean up his bed and sleeping areas , good luck and you are a good mommy

I hate to disagree, but I'd rather burn my house down to get rid of fleas than use one of these flea bombs. The reason is twofold. First the pesticides in some bombs are old, not terribly specific killers, many with dubious records. Second the bomb releases a gas which effectively coats everything. EVERYTHING! So to be safe from the pesticide, you really should wipe counters, wash dishes, throw out opened boxes of cereal, etc. Anything not washed/wiped will have a residue, including the carpet, furniture, bedding, etc. If a cat comes in contact with these items, then licks his paws he will get some of the chemicals.

Here's a better idea. Use the Frontline or Revolution once to kill the fleas on the cat and provide instant relief. From a vet (or commercial pest controller), get an insect growth regulator (IGR). This is a chemical that will interrupt the life cycle of the fleas so eventhough the eggs hatch, the larvae will die when the form their pupae and never become adult fleas. These chemicals are relatively harmless to warm-blooded critters. Most IGRs last for 3-6 months.

And if all else fails, move to the mountains!

Karyn, I'm so sorry your sweet little Jasee has to deal with fleas! What a shocker! I hope you're able to free him of the pests soon. Poor little fellow. Hugs and kisses to your sweet boy!

Karyn I am so sorry Luckily I have never encountered this, we don't have a big issue due to the cold winters killing them I guess.

Well I put the Revolution on him yesterday afternoon, it was weird because after I gave it to him he was licking his lips constantly, as if he could taste it, though obviously I put it on his back, at the base of his neck in between the shoulder blades. He seemed fine today though.

I'm hoping that I can control any issues by washing everything and vaccuming. Since if this was from back when we were at the shore house which was in Aug (I believe), I dont know how bad it could be, I just hope and cross my fingers that I dont have to go to any severe lengths. I have heard that if you place little dishes on the floor with some scented dish detergent and water then the fleas are drawn to the scent and once they jump in they will drawn in the water, has anyone heard of this before? Does it work?



Linda, what is this? Is it something I would give Jasee or something for my house?

Do fleas die in the winter? It is starting to get colder here now but can they still survive in my house?