Continuation of free kittens in Butler

[rebeccahowes]

I don't know if this will work or not, but my friends's mom told me to put moth balls inside of the vacuum and it will kill the fleas. I am going to try that until I can afford the advantage. Will see what happens. I hate getting fleas.

[Medusa]

I don't know if this will work or not, but my friends's mom told me to put moth balls inside of the vacuum and it will kill the fleas. I am going to try that until I can afford the advantage. Will see what happens. I hate getting fleas.

I've heard of that and don't know whether or not it's successful. It may kill live fleas but it doesn't prevent the vacuum cleaner from spitting out the eggs and shooting them elsewhere and it won't get the eggs that are imbedded in the cats' fur.

[Medusa]

I wanted to be sure about this so I conferred w/two friends, both of whom are exterminators; one has her own business. Both concur that bombing is the only sure way to be rid of fleas; one bomb per level should do it but, if the infestation is really bad, one bomb per room. Of course, all humans and animals must leave the premises for several hours.

[rebeccahowes]

I would love to bomb the house, but I don't think I will be able to get all seven cats out of the house because three are feral. We live by a busy road and I am scared they will get hurt if I let them all out at the same time. I am trying to save up enough money for advantage flea meds because they kill the fleas in the carpets and couches also. I used it once before last year and it was amazing. Hopefully, I can get some of the Advantage by next month. I am still working on the cat spays. The sixth cat goes today and the seventh cat goes next month. I am short money on the seventh cat so I am going to have to come up with that money and then start saving for flea control. Hopefully, everything will turn out ok. Love Rebecca

[Catty1]

I have $14 left in the bank. Even I was surprised!

Will have housecleaning money this week, so will donate a bit to you and Jen.

hugs!

[MoonandBean]

Let me know how much you are short for the 7th cat...

[rebeccahowes]

I just got the first feral cat home today from the vets. She was pregnant. Each cat has been costing an extra 20 when they are pregnant. This feral cat was easy to get in the cage and easy to get to the vets. We had a hard time catching the second feral cat today. My husband got all scratched up all over his arms. We finally got her in the cage and got her to the vets. She is probably pregnant too. She will be coming home tomorrow. That leaves one feral cat left. She will go next month after she is through weaning her kittens. The kittens have eye infections and I had to get antibiotics and eye drops for them. I have to put those in twice a day. My daughter gave me the money to get the kittens meds. I am down to 0 in my account after tomorrow. I have one feral cat to go and if she is pregnant, it will cost 65 dollars. Finally, I will have all six cats taken care of. Plus, my original cat that was already neurted makes seven. You have no idea how good it feels to almost have all my cats spayed and neurted. No more surprise kitties to find homes for. I hope the kittens eyes clear up so that they either don't go blind. That would be very sad and I probably would not be able to find them homes. I can only imagine what would have happened if all of my cats would have had kittens at the same time. That would have been three pregnant cats at once. Whoooo! Thank you guys all for your support and funding. Without you guys I don't know what I would have done. I would have become Tiger Ranch and that scares me so much. I promise everyone that I will not be taking in anymore cats. I put a big bowl of water and food out for the feral strays and homeless cats everyday. Finally, any advice on fleas would be appreciated. I cannot afford the advantage. It would cost 67 dollars a month to treat them through the summer. That definitely is not in my budget. I will keep you updated on the cat that comes home tomorrow.