My fiance is a big cat person. I'm really not a big fan. However, he loves them dearly so I grin and bare it and accept them as part of the family. Both of them have fleas. He has been treating this. One is pulling her fur out until she bleeds. She looks kind of strange. I don't like the idea of having her walking all around his room where I sleep and sometimes eat. There are clumps of hair around with the root and blood. She freaks out ans sometimes uses the bathroom in wrong places. His mom has told him that until she gets well he needs to put her in some sort of smaller area like a bathroom or a large "carrier" or something until she's better. In his room the fleas bite me and I don't like it. He is feuding with his mom because he doesn't want to confine her to a smaller area or anywhere other than his room. Can her presence, blood, sores oozing be a health hazard to me and my fiance? If so can you give me any information I can share with him about it. Thanks for any help!
2007-10-23 12:57:20 · 7 answers · asked by ecetwo 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
The cat is treated well. She gets like this usually once a year and is treated by vet meds. She has been labeled OCD and has a "mental disorder". Didn't know that could happen to cats.
2007-10-23 13:11:49 · update #1
His mom is right to confine the kitty until well,...BUT is the cat being properly treated????
Seems not, if from your description there's clumps of fur with root and blood fr. cat!
What are they treating cat with?
Also sounds like the flea infestation is not under control.
They will need to have the cats appropriately flea remedied.
With Advantage, drop on back of neck.
BUT I think the one with "sores" and bare spots should be vet examined,.... it could be more serious, like mange, ringworms, etc,... on top of the flea infestation in house!
Kitties may have worms too,... tapeworms, especially.
* thanks for update: OCD is usually caused by stress, you say once a yr.,,, well, that's probably flea season time.
I think the cat is also very allergic to flea bites as well.
Have someone run by the vet the suggestion "Benadryl" as an anti-histimine for kitty to alleviate the itch. It would also calm the cat down, since it does have a drowsy factor.
2007-10-23 13:04:58 · answer #1 · answered by deltadawn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're still seeing fleas, obviously you're not using flea treatments properly, or not using the right ones. If you get a veterinary spot-on for the cat, and get it on her SKIN, not fur, and treat the house with a VETERINARY spray, you can get rid of all the fleas - which are probably the cause of the sores.
I think you should go to a different vet. It's debatable if cat's can get OCD and be as neurotic as humans, but it really sounds like the cats have flea allergies, and any vet should be able to sort this out in a jiffy. If they can't, go to a different vet!
If you're using ANY store-bought flea products, they won't work. Pet stores aren't licensed to sell the proper chemicals for flea treatment - anything you find in store is just going to be a basic pesticide that you can't expect to work.
Any no, you and your fiance's physical health will not be affected by any of this.
Confining the cat to a carrier will not stop fleas spreading, and will only exacerbate the problem by upsetting the cat, so you can end that feud right away. The only reason for a cat to be confined is if it's resting from a broken limb or other surgery.
Chalice
2007-10-24 17:01:45 · answer #2 · answered by Chalice 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How is he treating the flea problem? Hopefully he has gotten prescription medication from the vet and hasn't just bought the stuff from the store (it doesn't work!) If the fleas in the house are that bad, you may need an exterminator. Barring that, you need to comb out the cats with a flea comb and kill any fleas you can find. Treat them with the stuff from the vet the same day. Also on that day, wash ALL loose fabric in the house in HOT HOT HOT water. Bed clothes, blankets, clothes that the cat can touch, towels, cat bedding, etc. Buy some new pillows and put the ones you have in plastic bags (sealed) in the car for at least two weeks unless you can wash them (some you cannot wash). Also on the same day, vacuum ALL carpets in the house, change the bag on the vacuum OUTSIDE and vacuum again. If you can confine the cats to one or two rooms (preferably tile or wood floor) it will eliminate places for new fleas to hide. Keep vacuuming and changing the bag because fleas can live inside the bags. And keep combing the cats if they will let you. You have to keep killing the fleas so that they can't lay eggs so that you stop the cycle. The vet can probably give you a cream for the cat who is bleeding so that it doesn't get infected. And change the litter about every two days completely until the flea problem is gone.
2007-10-23 20:09:06 · answer #3 · answered by wyrdrose 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flea infestations are very difficult and expensive to get rid of. If not cared for properly, the entire house and the people who live there can get infested. Fleas can carry numerous diseases, and are unpleasant to deal with in any case.
Go to the vet. All of the bedding in the house will have to be washed in hot water with bleach. You will have to spend a significant amount of money spraying the entire house, which will first have to be cleaned and vacuumed thoroughly. The clutter must go, so that the fleas don't have a place to hide in people's things. Everything fabric must either be cleaned or thoroughly sprayed. The spray is poisonous and you will need to evacuate your house for a while. You will also have to respray two or three times to completely take care of the problem.
The cats need to be taken to the vet and you need to get some serious flea treatments for them, one that kills fleas, larvae and eggs.
This will be expensive. Probably at least $300. Do not try something you get at target in an attempt to make this cheaper. It won't work. The overpriced veterinary products are the only answer.
I would seriously reconsider marrying someone who takes care of his pets this way. He has not been treating this if it has gone on this long.
2007-10-23 20:13:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, what needs to happen is that the cat needs to go to the vet to be checked. The vet will have to treat her at the office. You also need to put down something called 7 Dust on all the carpets in the house. Leave it down for at least 24 hours and then vaccuum it up. The cat can't be in the house while that is happening because it's a poison. That will kill the fleas in the carpet. I would also take the bed clothing and wash those as well. That will hopefully rid the house of fleas. The cat needs to be flea free or else it will happen again. I did this with my former roommate's cat and the old place we lived in and it helped alot.
2007-10-23 20:05:12 · answer #5 · answered by crazedchipmunk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that you should take the cat to the vet and get a cone put around his neck. the cone will stop it from biting at him self and the vet might be able to give you better medicine to get rid of the fleas.
2007-10-23 20:13:21 · answer #6 · answered by ohiopinktiger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well ferst of all it is uhealthy for the cat and for you i would personaily already have told him if the are bitting u maybe go to your local vet and get medicine and try to condvince him it is unhealthy
2007-10-23 20:07:02 · answer #7 · answered by meezer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋