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Help! Fleas!
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Hi guys!
We have been infested with fleas for the last few days and don't know how to get rid of them! We have 5 cats and they've all been treated with 'Advocate' from the vet about a week ago. They spend the day in the garden but spend the night indoors. We have hoovered all the rooms every day since we started seeing the fleas on us and on the sofa. We have also tried an old can of 'Staykill' but I think maybe it was too old and there was no result. Yesterday I went to the vet and purchased a can of 'RIP Fleas'. Again, sprayed everywhere, then went to work, cats were out. We come back in the evening, it's still full of fleas, even in the bedroom where the cats don't even go! Do we just keep spraying every day or is this stuff still not working?
Anyone got any idea? Thanks for your help!
We have been infested with fleas for the last few days and don't know how to get rid of them! We have 5 cats and they've all been treated with 'Advocate' from the vet about a week ago. They spend the day in the garden but spend the night indoors. We have hoovered all the rooms every day since we started seeing the fleas on us and on the sofa. We have also tried an old can of 'Staykill' but I think maybe it was too old and there was no result. Yesterday I went to the vet and purchased a can of 'RIP Fleas'. Again, sprayed everywhere, then went to work, cats were out. We come back in the evening, it's still full of fleas, even in the bedroom where the cats don't even go! Do we just keep spraying every day or is this stuff still not working?
Anyone got any idea? Thanks for your help!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Essential oils including lavender can be toxic to pets especially cats due to their livers working differently to ours... even inhalation, as would happen if you were putting it on carpets etc can be risky it used to be considered ok but now there are lots of people advising extreme caution
one quite sensibe webite can be accessed as follows http://cats.about.com...ng/a/aromatherapy.htm
I do not know of any really good research on aromatherapy oils ad their benefits/dangers as far as I am aware there have been scientific trials only fairly weak poorly designed studies mostly quite subjective qualitative and done by aromatherapists so unlikely to be without bias. These have either been in humans or test tube studies where lavender for example seemed to be cytotoxic ie it killed cells,
I love aromatherapy as it seems to help with a number of things but cats are physiologically very different to us and what is good for you might be bad for Tiddles
one quite sensibe webite can be accessed as follows http://cats.about.com...ng/a/aromatherapy.htm
I do not know of any really good research on aromatherapy oils ad their benefits/dangers as far as I am aware there have been scientific trials only fairly weak poorly designed studies mostly quite subjective qualitative and done by aromatherapists so unlikely to be without bias. These have either been in humans or test tube studies where lavender for example seemed to be cytotoxic ie it killed cells,
I love aromatherapy as it seems to help with a number of things but cats are physiologically very different to us and what is good for you might be bad for Tiddles
Thanks for your answers. I have used the RIP everywhere in the bedroom and as much as I could in other parts of the house. The bedroom seems to be flea-free. Have bought lavender water spray that i used on myself and on sofa and soft furnishings. The cats dont seem to have a problem with it. There are still a few fleas in the lounge but i will respray RIP in there as soon as i get a day off.
Thanks again!
Thanks again!