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Thanks for all your answers. I popped into the vets yesterday and got stocked up on some Frontline though I realized after buying it that in my panic on seeing flea's when I wasn't expecting to see them I'd completely overlooked that I wouldn't be able to actually use the frontline for at least a couple of weeks anyway (like you said iankeela). Apart from that, the vet said it had nothing to do with the stronghold but it was because there is an epidemic of fleas this year due to the dodgy weather we've been having (wet and warm etc) and all flea treatments werent working as efficiently as they should (does sound abit strange that, but I didnt buy the stronghold from the vet so he'd have no reason to defend it. In fact him saying that almost put me off from buying the frontline.
Lily Im amazed that you can use a dog flea treatment on a cat! Ive always believed they were completely different. I agree about not wanting to put these heavy duty chemicals on the cats too often and sometimes we've been lucky enough to go for two or three years without a flea in sight. I do the house as a matter of course with Acclaim (from the vet) though I hate using the stuff, I have to crawl around the house for hours beforehand evicting every spider I can find so's they don't get caught in the 'big flea massacre'.
Wiggal we used to have a cat that suffered with that flea bite allergy (she died of old age a few years back) and she was the same, one flea bite and she would really suffer badly the same as Spinks. Ennie also went on to steroids which worked wonders.
6758, How on earth do you destroy a hoover bag?
Iankeela, After your warning I was indeed too afraid to look at the link (though I think I might have to in a minute cos I can't stand the suspense! its about fleas right? okay, here goes..