Fleas!!... argh...

[Emeraldgreen]

I noticed that you mentioned that your vet gave the cats a 'shot' for the fleas after a bath. The only injection I know of for flea treatment is Program. Program works well with regular Advantage (not the Advantage Multi version) but you don't want to give both Program and Revolution or both Program and Advantage Multi because they have similar ingredients in them and you would be giving them too much of the same thing. But if you wait 3-4 weeks, it would be safe to use either Revolution or Advantage Multi. But you can use Advantage (regular) safely in conjunction with Program.
Program sterilized eggs and keeps them from hatching and works kind of like birth control. Revolution and Advantage Multi do this too but they also kill adult fleas (which program doesn't do) each time a flea bites the cat and then they die off.
I would call your vet and ask him if he gave the cats Program and if so, you could safely give them regular Advantage but not the Revolution or Advantage Multi.
This is how it was a few years ago and I don't think it has changed.
Hope your new kitties will be itch free soon.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Oh no....., fleas are an absolute pest, and SO hard to get rid of......
My 4 girls had fleas in September. It is over since beginning of November......

This is what I did:
- Each cat a dose of Frontline Plus
- Wash all cat items with a desinfecting product
- Spray on all your furniture (fleas can get everywhere!) too
- Vacuum EVERY day!!
- After 2 weeks, I used "bombs"; these kill ALL living fleas in the house; not the eggs though...
- Be sure to give the cats another Frontline plus after 4 weeks.

-Once the fleas are all gone, you may switch to Frontline (not the Frontline Plus)
The reason why it takes so long is because the little eggs come out too, which means new fleas!! That is why it is important then to treat the cats with Frontline; every flea who bites the cats dies then.
It might be good to spray some items again; we did!

According to what my vet says, baths are only good if there are only a few fleas, not when the cats are infested with fleas...

I know how enervating this is, but you will need to be patient. It will get better, I promise!!

This is the thread about my own cats: http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=145849

[Moesha]

There is a pill called Capstar that the vet's office gave me for Percy when I found him and he was covered in fleas. They started dying within an hour.

[Catlady711]

There is a pill called Capstar that the vet's office gave me for Percy when I found him and he was covered in fleas. They started dying within an hour.

Capstar works great for killing adult fleas at the moment (works great for rescues etc just before you bring them in the house), however it doesn't have the residual effect that Frontline/Advantage have. If the fleas are that bad in her house then she needs a product with residual effect to really combat the problem.

[Moesha]

I understand, but I think these cats are ones that she just recently decided to adopt and are mostly outside. I didn't remember her saying that the fleas were in the house. I was just mentioning the capstar as a way of getting rid of current fleas in addition to the other treatments that were already mentioned. I apologize for not stating that the capstar was only for live fleas for immediate use. I had just remembered about it and was leaving the house a few minutes after that post. Thanks for the clarification.

[Husky_mom]

thanks fort the info...

actually I haven´t seen one flea in the house... and I just had seen two on the kitties... and yes they are mostly out... but they, well Cyrus has been coming in for a few times... I bought some stuff that kills eggs and fleas and ticks to spray either inside or out... I just used it out and on the mats they snooze for bits... and I´m about to spray the whole house...just in case...

this spray is supposed to kill also multiple other pests so a great plus considering I needed to depest te garden... hahah.... spiders... and ants that may come with the food being there and such

I will also try find here for advantage or frontline... either I can find...if not I will have it shipped

thanks.. I´ll let you know what happens...