Help! Fleas!!!!

[Trinityagain]

I buy the large dog Revolution and my vet gave me the right amount to dose my cats with. I like Revolution because it works for ear mites & internal parasites as well as the fleas and heartworm prevention. I have a huge crew and this saves me a ton of $$ and is safe for the cats.

Mary

Is that dosage based on weights? Our herd goes from about 5 pounds up to over 20....

[Trinityagain]

Just talked to the vet's office. They are going to give me the Frontline Plus for large dogs and told me what dosage to use for the cats. Doing it that way is much more economical. For the cat version for 8 cats it would be $135 but doing it this way is just over $20...so that makes me happy. I feel so bad for the herd. Not only are they hot and miserable (it has been 90+ degrees this week in Pittsburgh) but they are itchy too...got a flea comb and have been using that on them, running the vacuum quite often (mostly hard wood floors, thank goodness!) and doing laundry quite often....

Wish us luck!

[RICHARD]

I have used D-earth in the past.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatoma...h#Pest_control

Works well and is non toxic..

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm one of the ones that have been buying the largest dog advantage and then measuring it according to weight for my cats. I do this year round because CA has a mild climate. Ever since I've been doing this, I've never had a flea problem.

I'm glad that you called your vets before you used anything and I hope that it will kill the fleas quickly. I don't know where you live but you may find that using this for at least most of the year will be better than just using it during the hotter months. Good luck.

[Trinityagain]

"I don't know where you live but "

About an hour south of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania....we think it started when we brought our last "stray" in about a month ago. They didn't say anything when she was spayed about her having fleas but...plus the fact that my husband and I are Civil War Re-enactors and are quite often tromping thru woods/weeds etc...so the little buggers may have come in with us....who knows! Thank you for the advice, for $20 a month I think treating them most of the year is not a bad thought just to avoid it in the future.

[Freedom]

Glad you phoned the vet!

Good luck getting rid of them, I know from experience they can be tough. Hardwoods here as well; and only valances, no curtains due to the cats. Still, one time I had a real struggle getting them GONE. Grrrr

[prechrswife]

I feel your pain. We have 2 indoor only cats, but we live in Florida and in an ongoing battle with fleas. So frustrating...