Flea death speed

[Prudie]

How long does it take vet flea treatments to work? My cat had some this evening and she's being driven to distraction with scratching and grooming at the moment.

[ladybirder]

What have you used on her?

[Prudie]

Advocate

[ladybirder]

Advocate's good, use it on mine. I reckon she should start to get some relief tomorrow but you must treat your home as well Prudie with R.I.P.

[Buenchico]

The Advocate will work very quickly but, just the same as for humans, the flea bites will carry on itching for several days.

Chris

[Prudie]

Thanks guys, I feel so sorry for her, she seems far worse than before we went to the vets, Is RIP from the vets only, I haven't heard of it?

[Barmaid]

I use Frontline - in my experience (following a recent infestation) it gets worse before it gets better. As the fleas die it seems to send the cats nuts. I think it took 48 hours before I stopped seeing them scratching and running round like total nutjobs.

[Prudie]

That's made me feel better Barmaid, she is quite demented, flying around the place, constantly biting and scratching, twitching. Won't settle and jumping onto places she never normally goes - on the kitchen counter, the coffee table, oh yes and has just run across my keyboard.

[ladybirder]

Yes Prudie, you will have fleas and eggs all over the place I'm afraid and will need to bomb the place a few times or fleas will just hop back on your cat. R.I.P. is very good and I got mine from my vet. Don't be tempted to get some cheap stuff from the supermarket if you want the job done quickly and properly.

[pastafreak]

You can get RIP on-line-try Amazon-for a lot less. Indorex is good also...and cheaper than RIP.

[Prudie]

Thanks pasta, that seems much easier.