Fleas from the cat!!

[jd_1984]

Had a kitten 2 days and it must have arrived with fleas!! We took the kitten off a friend at 7 weeks old as a present for my partners little boy.

However we are finding fleas in the carpet, the couch and on the animal. We have sprayed everwhere with flea stuff from the pet shop and the kitten has had flea treatment. My partner is hoovering twice daily and washing bedding etc...

But how long does it take to be finally rid and is there anything else we can do? We have just got our home perfect and its took the shine off our lovely house!

[murraymints]

hamster ?

[DSJ]

Our cat has an anti-flea injection every six months at the vet's. No problems.

[dotty.]

fleas are the leat of your worries, what about the life of slavery you are about to enter, you will either be getting up to let him in or getting up to let him out unless you fit a catflap. you will have to get used to using your laptop with a cat on your lap. not impossible but not ideal. you will have to get used to being woken up in the night with either a cat jumping on the bed demanding to be fed, the cat creeping onto the bed with the stealth of a red indian and curling up next to your ear in total silence and then purring at full volume and waking you up thinking there is a motorbike in the bedroom. you will have to endure visits from friends and family with the cat demanding your undevided atention throughout and making you seem like a person of feeble mind under the control of your cat master. there will be no more extended shopping trips unless you want to return home to the angry stare of death that signals your bosses displeasure because you went past the scheduled feeding time and forgot they cannot use a tin opener. you will experience the inadequacy you are made to feel when you call the cats name and they look the other way for just that little bit too long and appear deaf until they turn their head slowly and look at you as though you are annoying them and then they blink at you, just once, and yawn, signalling that you are nothing to them but an inconvenience. worst of all, you will be the recipient of various inavcapacitated small wild creatures that they will deliver to your feet for your to eat and enjoy but also kill as they believe you desire that pleasure yourself.
but do what you feel is right, personally i would keep him, he'll never let you down,

[jd_1984]

We have a goldfish, he is as good as gold!!
I was a cat person growing up. My partner didnt have pets. For me this isnt a massive deal or shock but I am in Ireland until Thursday and she is ringing me fed up that she keeps finding fleas!
Beleive me, it has caused rows!! Im on the cats side haha

[murraymints]

Dotty..ha ha...all sounds VERY familiar !

[murraymints]

go have a Guiness !!!..things will seem better then !

[jd_1984]

Dotty. LOL.
The more I think the more the whole thing is annoying me. One minute I am telling the mrs to do whatever she wants then I am inclined to fight for the kitten as YES its our fault for getting it, not the cat

[daffy654]

I can attest to this stuff working, my vet prescribed it and at that time (a few years ago) it was only available from a vet. It has to be sprayed on carpets, sofas (under cushions), beds and around all skirting boards to be really effective.

[daffy654]

http://www.google.co....sqi=2&ved=0CEEQ8wIwAA

[B00]

" thought it would be a good idea to teach him responsibilities "

Yes but you're not are you? The cat's now an inconvenience (through no fault of it's own) so you're just getting rid.

[friedgreentomato]

Ooooooo Boo thank you.

I am now going to step away because all you are teaching your child is how to dispose of unwanted pets is to foist them on someone else - if you wanted to teach him responsibilty you should have sat down and discussed why getting a cat is not a good idea.!

[B00]

Really think i should step away too, before I say something further, which I'll probably regret :-)

[ummmm]

The chances are the cat will hate the child anyway. My cat has never willingly gone to one of my kids.

[dotty.]

my cat is standing to one side of me with her back legs on the table, her front legs on my shoulder and purring in my ear, apparently I must have to do something for her but I'm not responding quickly enough, I think she wants to curl up on my lap. It's taken 52 years of being owned by cats and or dogs to train me properly, your son has a way to go yet.

[China Doll]

I don't really understand the problem if I'm honest. Yes, the fleas thing should have been thought of in the first instance but it wasn't so no point dwelling on it. Once it occurs then it's vets for the strong stuff and ask about a suitable thing for the cat, my cat has advocate and I've never had a problem. Surely once you've done the house, treated the cat then there's no longer a problem? I think that's what I don't understand. I just think the whole thing sounds terribly dramatic over a case of fleas which is at worse an inconvenience in these modern times... But then I've had cats all my life really so i guess the odd flea infestation (usually the fault of owners not taking precautions) doesn't seem like that big a deal to me.

[China Doll]

My cat prefers man hostage to me I think... it's cause he gives him fish and cat nip and I tell him off for scratching the carpet or plonk him in to his carrier to go to the vets for his jabs or he hurts himself... ungrateful little rodent.

[B00]

" ungrateful little rodent. "

I'm sure Snaggles has been called worse :P

[China Doll]

Oh, he has.... ;o)

[chaptazbru]

For me, a house is not a home without a pet or two !