No spoon-feeding or bottle-feeding. And you should know cats can be more difficult to medicate than infants. Infants can only cry, cats can scratch.
No cat is so lucky to be totally protected from flea infestation, except top cats like Felix and Garfield, but only because they’re from doodleville. Cat fleas are real and you should get real too.
Cats will always be flea magnets, no matter how you pamper them. Cats will go outside at every chance they get, and it’s not difficult for these high-jumping bloodsuckers to find their marks in kitty’s fur.
Cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) is one of the most abundant and widespread bloodsuckers on Earth. They may be minute but with their number and ability to reproduce fast, they pose serious danger to cats and the entire household.
The worst cat fleas can do is to transmit fatal diseases like typhus and, if recent findings are dead sure, even the bubonic plague. It’s advisable that you o check your cat for symptoms of illness. If she seems not in her usual self, it could be because of flea bites and itchiness caused by flea larvae.
These larvae feed on a variety of organic substances, but they mostly subsist on dried blood from the fecal matter of adult fleas. In simpler terms, adult fleas feed their young with their droppings. That’s gross!
Before you know it, if they’re not stopped, fleas are already exploring your entire house for new hosts, sampling your own blood or your children’s. It is thus important to look for an effective cat flea treatment. It’s sad that we can’t just do a Photoshop enhancement of our flea-stricken pet.
Always remember that your veterinarian is your best partner in cat flea extermination. Before gearing up for it, consider the following first:
Let the veterinarian examine your dear cat. You might have already done so yourself, but you can’t think you’re better than the vet at knowing what’s wrong with your cat. The vet knows best about animals; he specifically went to school for that. He can suggest the best and safest flea treatment products for your kitty.
Your cat deserves immediate treatment for itchiness, so you have to stop fleas from biting her using flea shampoo, dip, spray, powder, or spot-on.
Fleas don’t just stay in your pet’s fur. They spread out inside your house. So don’t just focus on fleas in your cat’s fur because there may be dozens of them in your home. The best thing to do is to treat your house and the surroundings. Clean your house and steam clean the carpets, bedding, and furniture cushions. Areas where your cat usually hangs out must be vacuum cleaned and sprayed. Using foggers and aerosols is advisable for severe cases.
A complete array of flea-control products is available at most pet stores and internet pet-supply vendors, with each manufacturer promising positive results. But if you really want to protect your cat from within, you should regularly administer oral medication on her.
Some oral medicines for cats prevent the development of flea eggs into larvae. You simply give the flea med to your cat with a meal once a month. Just make sure that the entire dose is consumed. However, shampoos, dips, sprays and spot-ons must also be used to kill adult fleas. They’re the ones that keep sucking your cat’s blood.
The flea med’s active ingredient is absorbed in the bloodstream, making the blood extremely toxic to fleas.
Pregnant cats can use safe oral medicines, in the form of liquid suspension or flavored pills. They can even be used by pregnant cats. If you don’t want to take chances, consult your veterinarian before administering any medication to nursing cats. Your cat must be given the proper type and dose of oral medicine according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
You should use topicals and spot-ons if your cat is allergic to fleas. And these products demand careful application. But if your cat is not allergic to fleas and is not in any danger of getting fleas from any flea-stricken felines nearby, then oral medication is a good option.
As a pet owner, you are quite responsible for anything that happens to her. But pet ownership doesn’t have to be a burden if you use medicines that are tough on fleas but safe for cats.