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Hellsbells
World's best procrastinator
my cat has fleas. Can anyone recommend a good, preferably supermarket sellable flea treatment?
Cribynkle
squawk
You're best getting one from the vet. The Bob Martin one they sell in supermarkets is bad news. We get Front Line or Spot On from the vets
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Mine are pretty well trained - to the extent that when I hear the phrase "it's like herding cats" I don't understand what the fuss is about. I tell mine "in the sitting room" and they go in the sitting room, they also know "stay", and one of them will even go in the carrier when I ask him to. Sometimes he even pulls the door of the carrier shut once he has got in.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Don't get one from the supermarket, there is an ongoing problem with fleas becoming resistant to flea treatment, and off-license flea treatments being ineffective at best and harmful at worst. Your best bet is always to ask your vet what the current treatment is. As an example, a few years back Frontline was recommended, but then fleas build up resistance to it, and vets stopped recommending it in favour of Stronghold or Advocate. OTC flea treatments can do more harm than good, like overprescribing antibiotics.
antimata
neck chops
It doesn't work with her. She knows if we offer food whilst she's outside that we are trying to get her in.
She is nae stupid
i did not suggest trying to feed or use food outside.
i suggested being patient.
she will come in for food when shes hungry.
patients if possible goes miles with cats imho.
purenarcotic
Conveniently Pocket Sized
You don't quite seem to understand. We have no cat flap so she cannot come and go as she pleases, we have to let her out and back in. If we just leave her out she will cry to be let in at some ungodly hour like 2 in the morning. We both work full time and need to sleep during the night plus it's getting much colder.
We have plenty of patience. I am not genuinely going to disown the cat.
antimata
neck chops
this is what i mean by patience. so what if its 2am (2am is not ungodly for a nocturnalish animal).
get up and look after your animal...
so if you need an annoying piss in the middle of the night what do you do...
"I am not genuinely going to disown the cat." i get that but animals will not necessarily conform to your time clock.
its starting to sound like you are pissed off you are woken up.
fair enough pass the pet on so you can get your sleep.pfft.
Hellsbells
World's best procrastinator
my cats only recently started going out regularly so fleas have never been an issue til now therefore ive never used flea treatment on her before. So she cant have built up any resistance to the stuff. Will prob ask vet anyway tho as don't want to waste money if its not even going to work
trashpony
Hag
It's not the cat that builds up resistance, it's the fleas
I'd definitely go to the vet - if your cat's registered there, then you won't have to pay any more than the cost of the flea stuff. I use something called Stronghold I think which does fleas and worms too
I know I'm the last to know about this, but I'm very excited about this programme this eve (Cat Watch): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04lcqvq
antimata
neck chops
bayer advantage is what i used when tiger needed it. here it is a vet one.
she didnt even like walking on the carpet and just played 'the floor is lava game'.
i had to be sneaky dosing her but the fleas were fucking her off so i got away with it.just.
2 doses did it.
oh and a heap of extra vacuuming helped.
she didnt even like walking on the carpet and just played 'the floor is lava game'.
i had to be sneaky dosing her but the fleas were fucking her off so i got away with it.just.
2 doses did it.
oh and a heap of extra vacuuming helped.
smmudge
i know the smudge is true
My cat:
Sitting outside, looking in the kitchen door, 'mew let me in let me in mew' There's a catflap in the dining room door a metre away, use the catflap. 'No I want to come in the kitchen door mew let me in let me in'. No whenever i let you in you just walk out again, if you want to come in use the catflap. 'No i really want to come in this time, please let me in it is cold out here'. Sigh ffs fine, *opens door*
Cat walks in...'I changed my mind' turns around and walks out, sits on patio
Sitting outside, looking in the kitchen door, 'mew let me in let me in mew' There's a catflap in the dining room door a metre away, use the catflap. 'No I want to come in the kitchen door mew let me in let me in'. No whenever i let you in you just walk out again, if you want to come in use the catflap. 'No i really want to come in this time, please let me in it is cold out here'. Sigh ffs fine, *opens door*
Cat walks in...'I changed my mind' turns around and walks out, sits on patio
purenarcotic
Conveniently Pocket Sized
I think you have taken my tired rant way out of proportion. The cat is very much loved, cared for and happy.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
You're a cat whisperer, clearly!!
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
I don't think it's that the cats build up resistance but the fleas do. Like bacteria building resistance to antibiotics, it doesn't matter if the patient has never had antibiotics before in their life, the bacteria have evolved due to exposure to certain drugs so that they are no longer effective. The fleas that will continue to breed and spread are the ones that live through exposure to certain flea treatments, and so over time they build up that resistance and new treatments need to be found. The fleas your cat is getting don't spring up from nowhere -- they are the offspring of other fleas that will have been on other cats and other animals and whose gene pool will have been in contact with flea treatments at some point or another.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
My cat:
Sitting outside, looking in the kitchen door, 'mew let me in let me in mew' There's a catflap in the dining room door a metre away, use the catflap. 'No I want to come in the kitchen door mew let me in let me in'. No whenever i let you in you just walk out again, if you want to come in use the catflap. 'No i really want to come in this time, please let me in it is cold out here'. Sigh ffs fine, *opens door*
Cat walks in...'I changed my mind' turns around and walks out, sits on patio
There was a bit in that cat programme last night about why some cats don't use cat flaps. Apparently it's because they can't easily scope out what's on the other side to see if there's any danger or not. The recommendation seemed to be to provide low-lying cover just inside and outside of the cat flap so they have somewhere to hide immediately if they need to.
Hellsbells
World's best procrastinator
Vet gave me advocate. 25 bloody pounds!!! It better work! Cat is still currently scratching....
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Charlie of Doom update: he's doing really, really well. The odd poorly poo but nothing to write home about. He's even back to having his mad 5 minutes every now and again where I have to chase him around the house and throw toys around for him to distract him so he doesn't jump up and start knocking over expensive or breakable things. He hasn't had proper mad 5 minutes since before he was diagnosed with his thyroid problem. 
He still has his little wounds on his top lip where his bottom canines get stuck - the wounds that make him look :3 They don't look infected though. One is a bit crusty, but that can be part of the healing process. I try to have a look at them a couple of times a day to make sure, when he'll let me. I can tell it irritates him when he gets his lip stuck, but there's little I can do about it. He just has to get used to the new shape of his mouth, unfortunately.
He's still eating for Britain, but thankfully not in a hyperactive poorly thyroid way, which is good
He still has his little wounds on his top lip where his bottom canines get stuck - the wounds that make him look :3 They don't look infected though. One is a bit crusty, but that can be part of the healing process. I try to have a look at them a couple of times a day to make sure, when he'll let me. I can tell it irritates him when he gets his lip stuck, but there's little I can do about it. He just has to get used to the new shape of his mouth, unfortunately.
He's still eating for Britain, but thankfully not in a hyperactive poorly thyroid way, which is good
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
My cat:
Sitting outside, looking in the kitchen door, 'mew let me in let me in mew' There's a catflap in the dining room door a metre away, use the catflap. 'No I want to come in the kitchen door mew let me in let me in'. No whenever i let you in you just walk out again, if you want to come in use the catflap. 'No i really want to come in this time, please let me in it is cold out here'. Sigh ffs fine, *opens door*
Cat walks in...'I changed my mind' turns around and walks out, sits on patio
I think I've posted this before but
Charlie of Doom update: he's doing really, really well. The odd poorly poo but nothing to write home about. He's even back to having his mad 5 minutes every now and again where I have to chase him around the house and throw toys around for him to distract him so he doesn't jump up and start knocking over expensive or breakable things. He hasn't had proper mad 5 minutes since before he was diagnosed with his thyroid problem.
He still has his little wounds on his top lip where his bottom canines get stuck - the wounds that make him look :3 They don't look infected though. One is a bit crusty, but that can be part of the healing process. I try to have a look at them a couple of times a day to make sure, when he'll let me. I can tell it irritates him when he gets his lip stuck, but there's little I can do about it. He just has to get used to the new shape of his mouth, unfortunately.
He's still eating for Britain, but thankfully not in a hyperactive poorly thyroid way, which is good
fucthest8
Cool people die horrible, preventable deaths.
Took Jakey to the vet today for his vaccinations.
Vet discovered a lump
He took some of it to look at but it was inconclusive, we don't know what it is.
He has to have surgery to remove it asap and proper biopsy.
I am in bits
Oh no.
However, they found the lump now, so here's hoping its early enough, or its just nothing. Crossing my fingers for you. ((((Epona))))
CRI
Registered Chooser
Oh no, fingers, toes and paws crossed that it's all okay.Took Jakey to the vet today for his vaccinations.
Vet discovered a lump
He took some of it to look at but it was inconclusive, we don't know what it is.
He has to have surgery to remove it asap and proper biopsy.
I am in bits
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Took Jakey to the vet today for his vaccinations.
Vet discovered a lump
He took some of it to look at but it was inconclusive, we don't know what it is.
He has to have surgery to remove it asap and proper biopsy.
I am in bits
Oh epona, I'm sorry
It's good they've spotted it before it was making him ill, so it's early, and it may not even be anything that requires any kind of special treatment. When will he be having the surgery?(((epona and jakey)))
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Thanks everyone for the well wishes. Jakey has been exhausted since the visit (he always makes a massive fuss about going in a carrier, lots of screaming and thrashing around - when we were trying to pick him up and put him in the carrier he grabbed the carpet and pulled most of the hall carpet up off the floor, it's always a bit of a drama) and having a needle stuck in him to get a sample was no fun.
I didn't even go to the vet with him, BT engineer turned up this afternoon to fix the line fault I reported yesterday so I stayed in for that whilst the OH and my dad took him to the vet (my dad always comes round to give us a lift when Jakey has a routine vet visit because he is so stressed by travel we can't take him on public transport).
I just thought it would be vaccines and checkup, probably telling us to bring him in for dental work at some point, was completely shocked when they got back and told me the news - I'm still feeling a bit unreal like it hasn't sunk in properly.
Vintage Paw - not sure yet when he will be going in, OH will be phoning to book surgery when he is at work tomorrow so he can also arrange to take a day off for it or rearrange his shift.
At least I know for sure that this lump is a recent thing, he often rolls on his back and likes tummy rubs (no venus fly trap type action from Jakey, he loves it!) and I've not detected anything abnormal prior to now. It's small and on his lower abdomen, I'm just terrified that as he is an ex-stud and was neutered late he is at higher risk of mammary cancer (yes males can get it, they still have glandular tissues in the area even though they aren't ever used) than a cat who was neutered young.
I didn't even go to the vet with him, BT engineer turned up this afternoon to fix the line fault I reported yesterday so I stayed in for that whilst the OH and my dad took him to the vet (my dad always comes round to give us a lift when Jakey has a routine vet visit because he is so stressed by travel we can't take him on public transport).
I just thought it would be vaccines and checkup, probably telling us to bring him in for dental work at some point, was completely shocked when they got back and told me the news - I'm still feeling a bit unreal like it hasn't sunk in properly.
Vintage Paw - not sure yet when he will be going in, OH will be phoning to book surgery when he is at work tomorrow so he can also arrange to take a day off for it or rearrange his shift.
At least I know for sure that this lump is a recent thing, he often rolls on his back and likes tummy rubs (no venus fly trap type action from Jakey, he loves it!) and I've not detected anything abnormal prior to now. It's small and on his lower abdomen, I'm just terrified that as he is an ex-stud and was neutered late he is at higher risk of mammary cancer (yes males can get it, they still have glandular tissues in the area even though they aren't ever used) than a cat who was neutered young.
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My cat has started waking me up in the middle of the night by putting her face in mine and tickling me with her whiskers, or putting her cold nose on my top lip, or scratching my top lip with one claw... it is so annoying.
She's just doing it for fun to see my reaction, has been almost 5 nights in a row now at around 3am....grrr
She's just doing it for fun to see my reaction, has been almost 5 nights in a row now at around 3am....grrr
