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our cat is 17. he's strictly an indoor cat and he's been on subcutaneous fluids for a couple years to help with his feline kidney disease. he recently developed a flea infestation either from a hitchhiker flea or maybe he picked one up at his last trip to the vet. our vet has suggested that we use a topical flea treatment like frontline or advantage 2 (actually i believe his office uses revolution). he felt it was very safe, but after talking to the manufacturers of the first two, they're not convinced it's a good idea to use these drops with a cat getting sub-q fluids and they have never done any tests i was told. i'm going to talk with the manufacturer of revolution when i wake up.
we considered treating the condo instead of the cat with a spray or diatomaceous earth, but having hardwood floors and very little fabric furniture, i'm not sure what we'd treat. we've been vacuuming daily for the past few days and throwing away the vacuum cleaner bags right afterward. i comb him several times a day, and are still getting about 40 fleas off of him every 24 hours, which is weird because we haven't found any spot in the house where live fleas jump on us. obviously there's something we're not finding.
anyway, hoping to hear from others who used flea topicals on older cats getting sub-q's or am open to suggestions.
thanks!
we considered treating the condo instead of the cat with a spray or diatomaceous earth, but having hardwood floors and very little fabric furniture, i'm not sure what we'd treat. we've been vacuuming daily for the past few days and throwing away the vacuum cleaner bags right afterward. i comb him several times a day, and are still getting about 40 fleas off of him every 24 hours, which is weird because we haven't found any spot in the house where live fleas jump on us. obviously there's something we're not finding.
anyway, hoping to hear from others who used flea topicals on older cats getting sub-q's or am open to suggestions.
thanks!