Hello, (Sorry if this is in the wrong forum area. I have never posted on this site.)
First of all, I should say I am not the one who owns the cats. The one dealing with this issue is my aunt (an older woman who is married but tends to get lonely since retirement). She is very attached to these cats and they are her important to both her and her husband.
She has at least two in her house and around four in her garage. Not to mention, I can't even begin to count how many outside. She's a cluttered person but she does take care of the cats. No one in the family has the heart to tell her the damage they have caused her (I won't be going into that though).
About a year ago, many of us in the family did not like to go to her house because she had fleas everywhere. I've had dealings with fleas before as I have dogs but not to the point that after leaving the house I'd have itching sores over my legs where they had jumped on me. But after awhile they disappeared and she hadn't had them since.
Over the past few months though, the fleas have started to return and now along with that her cats are dying. Even when they hadn't been in immediate contact. (e.g. one has died in the house while the other was outside.)
The symptoms are different for each cat (at least that I am aware of) but some that I have seen or heard are:
Lethargy **
Heavy saliva
diarrhea
dehydration
They won't eat or drink
And if this matters, many of the cats will not touch the ground because of fleas.
**Lethargy is a very common symptom that we have noticed between most of the cats so far.
She has taken some of the cats to the vet but as far as I know the vet had just counted it as dehydration.
I tried googling the symptoms with no luck.
So I have come to this forum to ask if anyone who is familiar with cats knows what's wrong with them? Is there some disease being spread from the fleas?
TLR Multiple cats are dying with none of the same symptoms.
First of all, I should say I am not the one who owns the cats. The one dealing with this issue is my aunt (an older woman who is married but tends to get lonely since retirement). She is very attached to these cats and they are her important to both her and her husband.
She has at least two in her house and around four in her garage. Not to mention, I can't even begin to count how many outside. She's a cluttered person but she does take care of the cats. No one in the family has the heart to tell her the damage they have caused her (I won't be going into that though).
About a year ago, many of us in the family did not like to go to her house because she had fleas everywhere. I've had dealings with fleas before as I have dogs but not to the point that after leaving the house I'd have itching sores over my legs where they had jumped on me. But after awhile they disappeared and she hadn't had them since.
Over the past few months though, the fleas have started to return and now along with that her cats are dying. Even when they hadn't been in immediate contact. (e.g. one has died in the house while the other was outside.)
The symptoms are different for each cat (at least that I am aware of) but some that I have seen or heard are:
Lethargy **
Heavy saliva
diarrhea
dehydration
They won't eat or drink
And if this matters, many of the cats will not touch the ground because of fleas.
**Lethargy is a very common symptom that we have noticed between most of the cats so far.
She has taken some of the cats to the vet but as far as I know the vet had just counted it as dehydration.
I tried googling the symptoms with no luck.
So I have come to this forum to ask if anyone who is familiar with cats knows what's wrong with them? Is there some disease being spread from the fleas?
TLR Multiple cats are dying with none of the same symptoms.