Urgent Advice Needed On Stupid Fleas Question

Dear All,

This is a really stupid stupid question but does anyone have any ideas? My two cats somehow have managed to get fleas. They are indoor cats, never ever leave the house and no other creatures (except the fleas evidently) within the house. I have managed to afford the Frontline Plus Spot on Cat thingies and have used similar before but there have been problems. My main problem is that, for former cats who wore collars (which lessened their fur around their necks) MY two have never ever worn a collar. Trying to find their actual SKIN is seemingly impossible! One of the cats is a nervous type of chap and hates to be manhandled for his claws or anything like that. Ergo, when my husband suggested to cut away some of their hair on the back of their necks (or shave a bit off) it feels far too dangerous - I did try the shaving idea on the other one but I still cannot locate his skin! Any ideas from ANYONE (please!) as to how to correctly and efficiently administer the 'squirty' thing onto them?

Thank you very much for those videos. I could see that the cats on two of the ones shown were similar. I always thought it was the neck as opposed to the bit between the shoulder blades too so will have a go on Bernard in a minute. Thank you very much for all that!

You're welcome. And to be honest, I think the Frontline will still work fine with short haired cats, even if you don't actually see the skin when you apply it. As long as you get the tip to the skin. I have a Himalayan with very long hair. I use Advantage on him. He doesn't mind the application but I actually blow on his hair on the area of application to kind of part the hair to expose the skin. Then I apply to the skin. But because his hair is so long and dense it ends up absorbing a lot of the medication anyway. So he ends up with a tuft of hair that is oily for, usually about 24 hours. In other words, a lot of the medication ends up on his hair and it still works fine.