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Post by dfunked on Sept 11, 2021 16:39:18 GMT
Yeah, I've had a fair few tangles with Luna when trying to clip her claws and ended up looking like I fell into a briar patch. Laughed at the thought of trying to wash her and just looked for other suggestions.
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Post by nazo on Sept 11, 2021 16:52:36 GMT
We've just given them a brushing and they're still crawling with them. FFS.
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Post by ryder35 on Sept 11, 2021 19:06:20 GMT
As part of our ongoing battle with fleas we had the bright idea of giving the cats a shower and shampoo. Fast forward an hour and the state of my wrists suggest I should be put on a suicide watch list, my wife hit her head on the taps in the struggle and has blood poring down her face and our bathroom resembles a set from a cheap slasher flick. Avoid. Lol gotta love cats! Mine had massive flea issues till we got the vets to prescribe free treatments. Cannot remember what it was b it it was much more effective that the stuff you get from pets at home. Needed carpet spray as well though. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2021 19:21:15 GMT
I know people don't like the look of them, but flea collars work really well. Both my dogs have one and never had any issues.
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Post by nazo on Sept 11, 2021 19:48:36 GMT
Aren’t collars toxic? If we just had one cat we could try it but with 3 they’ld definitely end up licking them.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2021 20:00:48 GMT
Nah, they make them non toxic now using natural ingredients.
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Post by jonsend on Sept 11, 2021 20:21:09 GMT
This is Loki.  |
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Post by Danno on Sept 11, 2021 20:31:17 GMT
This is Loki. well named with those ears |
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Post by dfunked on Sept 11, 2021 22:05:06 GMT
Collars really are nasty stuff. Even the "non-toxic" natural ones use stuff like lemon oil and lavender oil which are very fucking toxic to cats... Talk to your vet and get some decent drop based treatment would be my advice. (along with treating the environment at the same time)
Not that the prescribed stuff that you put on their necks is exactly nice of course. I'd just put much more faith in products recommended by a veterinarian than some random rubbish from China on Amazon.
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Post by Lizard on Sept 11, 2021 22:12:22 GMT
We get a drop-based treatment every month or two and it's very effective.
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Post by Vortex on Sept 11, 2021 22:13:05 GMT
Is Loki still alive there?
If that was in cartoon form, I'd be expecting X's for eyes! 😆
Catnip high? They're totally relaxed & away with it either way.
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Post by Danno on Sept 11, 2021 22:19:40 GMT
Collars really are nasty stuff. Even the "non-toxic" natural ones use stuff like lemon oil and lavender oil which are very fucking toxic to cats... Talk to your vet and get some decent drop based treatment would be my advice. (along with treating the environment at the same time) Not that the prescribed stuff that you put on their necks is exactly nice of course. I'd just put much more faith in products recommended by a veterinarian than some random rubbish from China on Amazon. This. At this point you have to talk to a vet and get some proper recommendations |
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Post by nazo on Sept 11, 2021 22:23:54 GMT
Unfortunately we're in a bit of limbo at the moment as all the vets round us have waiting lists. They had a treatment a couple of weeks ago at the Rspca vets when they got their vaccines (they are rescue kittens) which seemed effective for a couple of weeks but is wearing off now.
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Sept 12, 2021 2:09:46 GMT
As mentioned I'd give Advantage a go, we tried various other types and combined with house treatments and nothing worked, then used the Advantage and the results were nothing short of remarkable, within about 48 hours both the cats and the entire house was flea free, before you'd comb them every morning and get hundreds of fleas off each one and it looked like the carpets were alive, if you concentrated you could see the little fuckers jumping about, when you got out of bed in the mornings you'd end up with probably 30 odd fleas clinging to your ankles by the time you made it the bathroom, just awful. Personal experience of collars has not been great, on the cat we had before the current pair she disappeared for about 4 days having had a collar then turned up apparently a bit thinner and shit scared for the next few weeks and minus the collar, bizarrely I found her old (snapped) collar in gutter a few weeks later. Before then she'd also regularly turn up with one leg through the collar. We'll never know if the collar was to blame for her disappearance or not but vowed not to chance it again. We bought this from Amazon Fly-Bye 2x Ultimate Flea Traps with 12 Sticky Discs - Truly Replicates Animal Body Heat www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0043R2Q3U/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_RGH2KTYY3C3TS9NF0SXY?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 but never actually used it as the Advantage negated any need, I've tried selling them on Marketplace but not a sniff of interest, I'd be happy to post them to you FOC if you wanted them? |
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Post by jonsend on Sept 12, 2021 5:37:16 GMT
Is Loki still alive there? If that was in cartoon form, I'd be expecting X's for eyes! 😆 Catnip high? They're totally relaxed & away with it either way. He's just a very chilled cat.
He spends about 10% of his life with his tongue out but that makes about 90% of the pictures of him.
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Post by Dougs on Sept 12, 2021 6:32:13 GMT
Unfortunately we're in a bit of limbo at the moment as all the vets round us have waiting lists. They had a treatment a couple of weeks ago at the Rspca vets when they got their vaccines (they are rescue kittens) which seemed effective for a couple of weeks but is wearing off now. What spot on have you been using? If it's one you pick up in store off the shelf, they are practically useless. The better stuff comes as a sub or you have to ask for it (at Pets at Home anyway). And the even better stuff from the vets - maybe give one of them a call and explain. They may be happy to prescribe the treatment as a one off |
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Post by puddleduck on Sept 12, 2021 9:56:23 GMT
When you do the big house vacuum up make sure you spray into your bag or whatever type it is as otherwise they just breed in there.
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Post by nazo on Sept 12, 2021 10:46:17 GMT
As mentioned I'd give Advantage a go, we tried various other types and combined with house treatments and nothing worked, then used the Advantage and the results were nothing short of remarkable, within about 48 hours both the cats and the entire house was flea free, before you'd comb them every morning and get hundreds of fleas off each one and it looked like the carpets were alive, if you concentrated you could see the little fuckers jumping about, when you got out of bed in the mornings you'd end up with probably 30 odd fleas clinging to your ankles by the time you made it the bathroom, just awful. Yikes, thankfully things aren't that bad yet. We brush off about a dozen from each cat every day but we don't see many of them in the environment, just the odd one on my leg. As a hairy fucker the paranoia every time I feel a hair move is nearly as bad as the actual problem. Cheers for the offer, we've just smoke bombed the place and the RSPCA say they should be able to bring a spot on next week so we'll see if that helps, otherwise we might take you up on it. They're giving us Stronghold spot on, which is prescription only, so it should be pretty good.
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Post by Lukus on Sept 12, 2021 11:01:14 GMT
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Post by kronos on Sept 12, 2021 16:08:49 GMT
Couldn't resist posting as pic of my Tonkineses from a few years ago. Still going strong.
Bonus close-up
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Post by PlayerTwo on Sept 12, 2021 22:11:21 GMT
We've got two kittens coming in a couple of weeks, and I'm now in charge of kitten-proofing the house. When we got our first cat we were in a smaller place with less stuff and no kids paraphernalia scattered about- I don't remember worrying about the house being a potential death trap. Looks like cables and disguarded Lego will be the first challenge. Any tips gratefully received! If you have blinds with the loops of cord that open / close them then shorten them or just cut them , also be careful with tilt windows both can trap a cats neck , sorry for being grim but better to be safe , enjoy your new overlords . |
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Post by kronos on Sept 12, 2021 22:31:56 GMT
Mine have been pretty bad for chewing on wires/cables etc, list of destruction also includes at least one wired ps controller, speaker cables, sofa, curtains, shower curtain, towels, carpets, bent blinds and my skin,one of them likes to chew on me when he's happy. I got some hosepipe, the plastic covered material kind, and cut it to length, slit it up the middle to enclose my exposed cables. Everything else I store on high shelves.
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Post by 😎 on Sept 12, 2021 22:39:02 GMT
This is Rocky, and he’s spending most of his current time kicking cancer’s ass.   |
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Post by Aunt Alison on Sept 12, 2021 22:41:50 GMT
😎 how many pets have you got?
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Post by Danno on Sept 12, 2021 22:43:32 GMT
We've got two kittens coming in a couple of weeks, and I'm now in charge of kitten-proofing the house. When we got our first cat we were in a smaller place with less stuff and no kids paraphernalia scattered about- I don't remember worrying about the house being a potential death trap. Looks like cables and disguarded Lego will be the first challenge. Any tips gratefully received! If you have blinds with the loops of cord that open / close them then shorten them or just cut them , also be careful with tilt windows both can trap a cats neck , sorry for being grim but better to be safe , enjoy your new overlords . Highlighting this. It's easy to be lax about it but cats are maniacs and they will get deaded |
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Post by Danno on Sept 12, 2021 22:44:39 GMT
This is Rocky, and he’s spending most of his current time kicking cancer’s ass. He has the eyes on someone that has to moderate this hellhole |
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Post by 😎 on Sept 12, 2021 22:50:15 GMT
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Post by Danno on Sept 12, 2021 22:54:24 GMT
Gremmi what the fuck XD
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Post by Danno on Sept 12, 2021 22:55:47 GMT
You sweet gorgeous bastard, hiding behind an actual bastard
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Post by Aunt Alison on Sept 12, 2021 22:56:42 GMT
Those are all lovely looking cats. You must get through a lot of lint rollers
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