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Sorry, I'm cross posting this. Hope its ok. I'm just beside myself: Read below
Hey there! Long time no post. I have four of my own babies, two rescued, and two adopted. They stay inside, so I don't do the monthly flea prevention with them. Well, I brought in 5 kittens last week from a mother stray. I am getting them adopted at our local shelter, but I have to foster until there is room. I am super attached and I cuddle them often. They had some loose bowels past what I thought was normal after being wormed so I took them to the vet last night. Ugh, they have fleas! Its pretty cold here so it didn't occur to me that they would still be on them. I normally would have given them capstar right away, as I did with my other two, but I didn't. They got advantage last night and all four of my others got revolution.
My issue is that I let them out of my bathroom/laundry room, where they have been living on Saturday and Sunday to play a bit in my family room. We "live" in our family room so there was stuff everywhere. Not only that I have probably been carrying stuff around after holding them.
There was a live flea on one of the kittens, but I dont know how many more there are at this point. I'm scared to death to have an infestation. I've NEVER had flea issues in my house. I have a pretty large ranch with just carpet in one room and tile and wood in the rest. I work full time and commute so coming home to clean everywhere each night is just something i can't face. I have the kittens for at least another week, so I know I need to keep up on it. I washed all their bedding and vaccumed as much as could last night. Going to clean more tonight.
My question is: Will the topical be enough, or do I need to go old testament and get some flea spray or bombs? I know I probably need to vaccum other places, since my other cats may have given lifts to the other blood suckers. They have only had limited ( a few minutes) access to the kittens, but they have been in my family room plenty and that is where the kittens played. There are back in the bathroom now and won't be coming out again.
Can you give me any encouragement? I have been so busy trying to care for them and make them feel loved that I didn't even think about the fleas this time. I'm not a rookie at this either, so not sure what I was thinking.
Hey there! Long time no post. I have four of my own babies, two rescued, and two adopted. They stay inside, so I don't do the monthly flea prevention with them. Well, I brought in 5 kittens last week from a mother stray. I am getting them adopted at our local shelter, but I have to foster until there is room. I am super attached and I cuddle them often. They had some loose bowels past what I thought was normal after being wormed so I took them to the vet last night. Ugh, they have fleas! Its pretty cold here so it didn't occur to me that they would still be on them. I normally would have given them capstar right away, as I did with my other two, but I didn't. They got advantage last night and all four of my others got revolution.
My issue is that I let them out of my bathroom/laundry room, where they have been living on Saturday and Sunday to play a bit in my family room. We "live" in our family room so there was stuff everywhere. Not only that I have probably been carrying stuff around after holding them.
There was a live flea on one of the kittens, but I dont know how many more there are at this point. I'm scared to death to have an infestation. I've NEVER had flea issues in my house. I have a pretty large ranch with just carpet in one room and tile and wood in the rest. I work full time and commute so coming home to clean everywhere each night is just something i can't face. I have the kittens for at least another week, so I know I need to keep up on it. I washed all their bedding and vaccumed as much as could last night. Going to clean more tonight.
My question is: Will the topical be enough, or do I need to go old testament and get some flea spray or bombs? I know I probably need to vaccum other places, since my other cats may have given lifts to the other blood suckers. They have only had limited ( a few minutes) access to the kittens, but they have been in my family room plenty and that is where the kittens played. There are back in the bathroom now and won't be coming out again.
Can you give me any encouragement? I have been so busy trying to care for them and make them feel loved that I didn't even think about the fleas this time. I'm not a rookie at this either, so not sure what I was thinking.