when I told the vet i had frontlined 2 weeks ago, he shrugged his shoulders (meaning, nope, you can't give them more) I also had thought of that; that a shampoo would wash the frontline off.
The cats are VERY clean on their skin; as i mentioned i combed them and only one had a little of the flea cr@p on her. the other two came up VERY clean.
I don't think i have a lot of fleas in the house; RaleighdonSon slept upstairs the whole time we were gone, and he is a flea magnet and got no bites. The fleas were/are in my bed!
Since there's no carpet, there aren't too many places the varmints can hide, thank goodness!
yep, cats go outside. Using Program regularly (up to this year) i had really kept the population down... sigh... i forgot about it this year.
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09-10-2007, 04:31 PM #1
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09-10-2007, 04:39 PM #2
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I know this sounds unpleasant, but I've seen a lot of articles in the last year about the resurgence of bedbugs. You might want to google that to see if the bites bear any resemblance.
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09-10-2007, 04:44 PM #3
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nope. not bedbugs.
lol. when we went to Rome 4 years ago, one of my sons not only saw a bedbug, but he got bitten by one. I was absolutely totallly freaked out by that, when they got home I confiscated all of their bags and clothing (they slept in a youth hostel) immediately. we were lucky; there were no bedbugs.
I have read everything i can about bedbugs; because you are right, they are coming back, slowly but surely.
we did not stay in any hotels on this trip, which helps to not get them too.
I'm pretty sure they're fleas, as one cat was scratching during the night and i have gotten lots of fleabites over the years..
argh now you have me thinking about bedbugs again.
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09-10-2007, 04:48 PM #4
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Auggh sorry! I'm kind of sorry I remembered the bedbug thing, myself.
Anyway, we use Frontline too. Humph. I thought that was magic four-week protection guaranteed. Oog."My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks
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09-10-2007, 04:51 PM #5
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and i googled bedbug bites and they DO NOT look like flea bites ... or the bites i am now sporting in various parts of my hide.
re bedbugs; they are starting to publish names of hotels where you SHOULD NEVER EVER STAY
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