i think i saw a flea on my cats ear today so i went and bought GOLD flea and tick carpet powder from my grocery store.
it say's sprinkle on carpet and let sit for 1 hr or for max effect 24 hrs. should i just go ahead and do 24 hrs????
also i bought my cat flea collar will that kill teh fleas on him? do they really work?
2007-09-27 11:32:15 · 6 answers · asked by seifer1237490 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
sorry i forgot to say that it also says vaccum *lightly* what does vacuuming lightly mean? just vacuum the room once?
2007-09-27 11:33:25 · update #1
Flea collars are worthless. You need to get Frontline from the vet. Don't order online because there are bootleg Frontline products that amount to basically water (as do Hartz and other store brands). Fog your house with Raid Flea Bomb. Do not give your cats garlic in any form. Garlic contains a component that kills red blood cells in cats causing anemia which is potentially fatal. http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=0&articleid=1350
2007-09-27 13:40:34 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Pretty♥ ♥Kitty♥ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Store-bought products don't work I'm afraid. Flea collars do not work, unless a flea happens to actually walk on the collar, and they're not that stupid!!
Don't bother with anything from a store. These things don't work and are often dangerous. Get the collar off your cat, it's not helping the flea situation and collars aren't particularly safe on a cat.
Get flea treatment from a vets - either Frontline, Revolution or Advantage for your pets, and either Indorex, Acclaim, Staykil or Skoosh or whatever they have there for your house. These are all sprays.
I don't know what the hell 'vacuum lightly' means either - sounds like more proof of what a load of sh1t pet shop flea products are.
Chalice
2007-09-29 11:01:17 · answer #2 · answered by Chalice 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Flea collars won't work, especially if your cat already has fleas. Try getting Advantage or Frontline for your cat. You use it once a month on your cat.
2007-09-27 11:53:40 · answer #3 · answered by Missy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would definitly leave on for 24 hours i dont think 1 our is long enough make sure you spray alround the skirting door edgers and away from food everywere it tells you on the can as for flee collars they dont work i tried them all,i always get the drops to put on there neck,or an injection from the vet,
you say to vacume lightly,i always put the hoover on as though i was hoovering up,how can you vacume lightly unless you turn the suction down
hope yo get rid of little mites
2007-09-27 11:52:09 · answer #4 · answered by meg 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check this out for natural, safe ways to rid your home and pet of fleas http://pests.in/fleas.html
2007-09-28 02:24:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
give your cat some garlic and sprinkle some garlic powder all over your carpet, and let it stay there. you don't have to vacc. it back up. after a week or two, you won't find a flea ANYWHERE IN YOUR HOUSE OR ON YOUR CAT. flea's HATE garlic. good luck
2007-09-27 13:22:07 · answer #6 · answered by Fox29 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋