So for a few days I noticed one of my two cats sleeping in areas I don't typically see her sleeping, but I figured she was wanting to move around a little. But then I noticed the scratching and licking and thought... please don't be fleas, and I got on my hands and knees... moving my hands around on the carpet in the living room and BOOM... little flea jumped onto my finger.
ARG!!!
So I contacted a friend who helps me out since I'm not a good financial situation and she ordered up some Advantage II along with a couple cans of Ultracide. I had used the Ultracide a few yrs back, when a friends 3 cats had a bad infestation and even though he had a recurrence a couple months later, we treated again and didn't see them ever again.
So vacuumed every single room and used the edge tool in each. Then gave each cat a Capstar and sprayed every room with Ultracide. Next day I put the Advantage II on them. Vacuumed every other day for 2 weeks and resprayed with the Ultracide.
Thought everything was good, but was still finding fleas on my socks and both my cats were still licking and scratching. Contacted my friend and she sent more Ultracide. Then sprayed the carpets for a 3rd time, but within a couple days I noticed a flea on my sock and then another one later on.
Contacted the company and they are sending a different kind of spray and my friend is looking into getting me some Comfortis pills to try that. I have no luck with anything... even have issues with applying the Advantage...
They say to part your pets fur and place the liquid on the skin down the part that you made, but making a part in either of my cats super dense and fluffy fur is impossible. The first dose it seemed ok for my older cat, but my younger a majority seemed to just soak right into her fur. The 2nd dose was the same for my older, but my younger I tried something different.
I tried placing it in a few different areas on her head/neck and thought everything went well. Until a couple minutes later I see her in the corner of the room licking like crazy on her shoulder... ran over and see a big wet streak, where the darned Advantage ran down he neck and down her shoulder soaking into her fur. Had to wipe up what i could with a paper towel and stuck her in a carrier for an hour to give it a chance to dry.
So I don't know what the deal is. I have been in this apartment for a yr and no issues. Now all of a sudden I have fleas and no matter what I do, outside of burning the place down. With everything I have done, there shouldn't be anything alive on my cats or on the floor! And the Advantage... I'm so fedup with that stuff and how impossible it seems to apply it without it running all over and or soaking up into the fur making the treatments not 100%.
ARG!!!
So I contacted a friend who helps me out since I'm not a good financial situation and she ordered up some Advantage II along with a couple cans of Ultracide. I had used the Ultracide a few yrs back, when a friends 3 cats had a bad infestation and even though he had a recurrence a couple months later, we treated again and didn't see them ever again.
So vacuumed every single room and used the edge tool in each. Then gave each cat a Capstar and sprayed every room with Ultracide. Next day I put the Advantage II on them. Vacuumed every other day for 2 weeks and resprayed with the Ultracide.
Thought everything was good, but was still finding fleas on my socks and both my cats were still licking and scratching. Contacted my friend and she sent more Ultracide. Then sprayed the carpets for a 3rd time, but within a couple days I noticed a flea on my sock and then another one later on.
Contacted the company and they are sending a different kind of spray and my friend is looking into getting me some Comfortis pills to try that. I have no luck with anything... even have issues with applying the Advantage...
They say to part your pets fur and place the liquid on the skin down the part that you made, but making a part in either of my cats super dense and fluffy fur is impossible. The first dose it seemed ok for my older cat, but my younger a majority seemed to just soak right into her fur. The 2nd dose was the same for my older, but my younger I tried something different.
I tried placing it in a few different areas on her head/neck and thought everything went well. Until a couple minutes later I see her in the corner of the room licking like crazy on her shoulder... ran over and see a big wet streak, where the darned Advantage ran down he neck and down her shoulder soaking into her fur. Had to wipe up what i could with a paper towel and stuck her in a carrier for an hour to give it a chance to dry.
So I don't know what the deal is. I have been in this apartment for a yr and no issues. Now all of a sudden I have fleas and no matter what I do, outside of burning the place down. With everything I have done, there shouldn't be anything alive on my cats or on the floor! And the Advantage... I'm so fedup with that stuff and how impossible it seems to apply it without it running all over and or soaking up into the fur making the treatments not 100%.