Can anyone help with how to treat fleas on my cat??? please read?

Question

I have a manx cat that is about 4 years old. This year she is really bad with fleas. She now has a skin infection due to teh fleas. My problem is she is highly alergic to flea treatment I have tried frontline, and I can't remember what teh other was I got from teh vet, I also have tried hatz and seargeants over the counter.
Seh has nearly died on me 3 times with her allergic reactions.
The vet now says just bath her once a week to kill the fleas.
Any suggestions of anything else I can do i have gotten her a "cone" collar to stop her from teh constant licking and scratching.
PLEASE HELP ME HELP MY BABY

Answer 1

Besides giving your cat a bath you need to treat the environment.

Fleas have 4 stages to their life cycle......egg larvae, pupa and adult. The advantage or frontline kills the adult flea after they bite the cat. That leaves the egg, larvae, and pupa.

I would buy the bug bombs that specifically list the product as killing fleas. This will alleviate all of the adult fleas in those rooms for about 14 days..

The laundry booster Borax is one of the best long term flea solving products. Buy a box and poke small holes in the box to make it like a salt shaker. Vacuum all the infected parts of your living area and make sure that bag stays outside. Then sprinkle Borax into the carpets and broom it in whenever it looks heavy.

You will need to reapply Borax every time that you vacuum for the next several weeks. Borax will dry out the eggs, the larvae will eat the borax and die. That leaves the pupa. A nuclear blast wouldn't kill the flea in its pupa stage. Therefore you will need to *wait it out* until the pupa hatches as an adult flea.

Once you get this under control you should continue to use Borax at least once per month and you will probably never see a flea again.

Answer 2

How cruel. Now that you have put the cone collar on her, she is still tormented by the fleas but you restrain her from being able to relieve herself by scratching. They must be driving her mad. Get that thing off of her!

Do you vacumn every day? If you sprinkle borax into your carpeting it should help. Also, be sure to wash your bedding and rugs, not just vacumn, as well as any bed she may have. Yes, this is a mighty struggle when you can't use Frontline or Advantage.

The flea bombs out now are a lot more refined that the ones from 20 years ago. Why not take your cat away from your home for an hour or two (say to a friend's or family member's home or to your vet's office) and while you both are gone set off the flea bomb? Get rid of the fleas AND the eggs before they hatch. Then when you get home, be sure and air the place out thoroughly for several hours (you don't want her to get sick). When she has been bathed, and your home is free of fleas, you will have a much better start.

But after that, don't let her outside or she'll pick them up, bring them in, and you'll have to start all over again!

Answer 3

I just treated my cats with Fossil Shell Diatomaceous Earth Flour. It's a natural product with no chemicals. It seems to have worked...no more scratching. And I found a dried up dead flea two days later on my desk. Also kills ticks and parasites. One of my cats (although my cats are indoor cats) had round worms in his stools a week ago. I gave him the Diatomaceous in his food, and his new stool sample came back negative for worms and eggs.
It's dirt cheap (pun intentional) I bought a 1Lb. bag online for $11.99. This includes S&H. As they only need a half a tsp. this bag will last for a heck of a long time. Just type Diatomaceous Earth into your search engine. You will find out all about it and it uses.
DO NOT use the Diatomaceous Earth that is used in pool filters on your pets!! This has been treated with chemicals and is NOT SAFE for pets.
I wish I had known about the Fossil Shell Diatonaceous ten years ago when I got my cats. It's safe and cost-effective.
Hope your cat gets well soon.

Answer 4

please do spell check before you post i had to read it two times through.

As far as treating for flea, you need to treat your home as well as the cat.

Raid has a great flea spray, spray your furniture, floors and then vacuum. Repeat.

While waiting take the cat in bath her, treat her collar with citronella essence oil.

If you are looking for flea drops to treat her topically, use the citronella on her as well not much just a drop or two which will kill and rid her of fleas.

Also revolution is a great flea treatment and ear mite treatment that you can get from your vet.

Answer 5

Yikes! Fleas are the WORST! They are so hard to get rid of! But, there is hope! I promise. First of all, keep up with the bathing like you are doing, and keep following your vets instructions. Second, you'll need to buy flea bombs to set off in each room of your home. Make sure your cat is out of the house while they are going off and the following two hours after. That may mean putting her in her carrier and driving around with her all day, but it's the only way to get them out of your home. Next, you have to wash EVERYTHING that she lays on or near, like her bed, couch cushions, blankets, ext. And lastly vacuum at least twice a day, and put a flea collar inside of the canister or bag to kill of the fleas that get in there. Once a week rewash everything your cat lays on. In my experience this is the only way to break the life cycle of the fleas and get rid of them for good. After they are out of the house keep her on flea prevention or monthly shampooing or whatever you need to do. If your kitty is allergic to chemicals like frontline and such, you may want to try an alternative rout, like natural means such as whats listed on the second website below. Also, you may want to buy some 100% pure aloe vera to dab on the bites your cat already has, to help them heal. That stuff works wonders. Well, good luck! And be diligent! It's the only way you'll get them out of the house! You can do iiittt!

Answer 6

You need to treat your carpets. Do not let her go outside. Fleas live in the grass. Use flea shampoo and have the carpet treated by a professional, call a carpet care person or an exterminator. You might have to go to a hotel over night or something to get the whole house treated. You iwll also need to treat your vaccuum cleaner. DO NOT LET THE CAT BACK OUTSIDE! This is how they get fleas, and then they get back into your house!

Answer 7

You can give her a salt water bath with two cups of salt in it. Then sprinkle diatomaceous earth around your home to kill fleas in carpets and on furniture. Also run some of that into her fur. It's completely safe and natural and it kills fleas great!

Answer 8

The best way to kill fleas and still have a heathly kitty is to use the blue dawn dishwashing soap...it kills the fleas on contact... i had to use it on my cat when his was a kitten he was infested so i washed him everynight in dawn and with in 7 days they were all gone. If the dawn dries his skin try putting some ( verysmall amount) olive oil on his dry food.
Good Luck

Answer 9

the one i use is BOB MARTINS it is slightly different to frontline,and cheaper and works brill.one of my cats sounds like yours,and bobs works.for my other cat i use a flea coller.hope this helps.good luck.if its alergies are so bad it might be worth asking your vet before trying anything new

Answer 10

You can try this http://www.take1products.com if you can not get that get some lavender oil mix it with distilled water put it in a spray it on your cat. Lavender is a natural flea repellent. All the best;^)