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woogiebear · 06-07-2006, 08:55 AM

I recently had a terrible flea catastrophie at my house after letting my sister and her cat come stay. The cat was infested beyond anything I have ever seen before and although she was kept separated from the rest of the house, the fleas made thier way there via my pets playing with hers under the door.

At the time I did not have Spoilt yet, but I did have Rotten and my 3 cats: Mallowmar, Woogiebear and Scatty. All were affected by the flea infestation terribly. I live in Houston and it is HOT down here which does not help matters.

I started by setting off a flea bomb in that room where her cat stayed. I used a local spray throughout the rest of the house as I could not remove all the pets from the house at one time. This enabled me to treat parts of the house at a time by rendering the pets to the other side of the house till the spray dried, and I mopped afterwards.

I then bathed all the animals. Then I started them all on Frontline Plus. One thing to remember though is the cycle of the flea. Fleas do not breed in the carpet as alot of people think. Flea eggs may drop off the pet onto the carpet and subsequently hatch, but must find a host right away as they live on blood. So they hop a ride on any available animal or person so they can feed. The Frontline (which I have had much better results with than Advantage) more or less kills off the fleas by attacking the flea cycle. You will see fleas occassionally that have survived one or another stage BUT eventually they will all die off. It takes a good solid 3 months I think to be rid of all stages of fleas in your home and on your pets. I didn't believe it at first but after much research and prompting from the company representative, I am finding it out to be true.

I am having extremely good progress with the Frontline Plus. I see fewer and fewer fleas each week. Remember that with Frontline Plus you CAN bathe the dog, but no more than once a week. Otherwise it WILL affect the medicine if bathed more. I would also in between times (cause I felt so bad the little babies were scratching so much) use a flea comb on Rotten. The cats were not as happy about this LOL....but the dog got to where he liked it. I would have a bowl of hot soapy water on the coffee table and lie him out on the couch on a sheet. I would then slowly comb through his fur and deposit any found fleas into the bowl of soapy water. The soap kills them and the dog found it relaxing.

Good luck!

06-07-2006, 08:55 AM	#9 (permalink)
woogiebear Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 83 Images: 5	I recently had a terrible flea catastrophie at my house after letting my sister and her cat come stay. The cat was infested beyond anything I have ever seen before and although she was kept separated from the rest of the house, the fleas made thier way there via my pets playing with hers under the door. At the time I did not have Spoilt yet, but I did have Rotten and my 3 cats: Mallowmar, Woogiebear and Scatty. All were affected by the flea infestation terribly. I live in Houston and it is HOT down here which does not help matters. I started by setting off a flea bomb in that room where her cat stayed. I used a local spray throughout the rest of the house as I could not remove all the pets from the house at one time. This enabled me to treat parts of the house at a time by rendering the pets to the other side of the house till the spray dried, and I mopped afterwards. I then bathed all the animals. Then I started them all on Frontline Plus. One thing to remember though is the cycle of the flea. Fleas do not breed in the carpet as alot of people think. Flea eggs may drop off the pet onto the carpet and subsequently hatch, but must find a host right away as they live on blood. So they hop a ride on any available animal or person so they can feed. The Frontline (which I have had much better results with than Advantage) more or less kills off the fleas by attacking the flea cycle. You will see fleas occassionally that have survived one or another stage BUT eventually they will all die off. It takes a good solid 3 months I think to be rid of all stages of fleas in your home and on your pets. I didn't believe it at first but after much research and prompting from the company representative, I am finding it out to be true. I am having extremely good progress with the Frontline Plus. I see fewer and fewer fleas each week. Remember that with Frontline Plus you CAN bathe the dog, but no more than once a week. Otherwise it WILL affect the medicine if bathed more. I would also in between times (cause I felt so bad the little babies were scratching so much) use a flea comb on Rotten. The cats were not as happy about this LOL....but the dog got to where he liked it. I would have a bowl of hot soapy water on the coffee table and lie him out on the couch on a sheet. I would then slowly comb through his fur and deposit any found fleas into the bowl of soapy water. The soap kills them and the dog found it relaxing. Good luck!