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    My house is infested! I own three cats, and the both they and my furnishings are swarming with fleas. We've tried all kinds of sprays, collars and drops but nothing seems to work. Anyone got any tips?
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    I hate fleas...

    We got some special spray from the vet that stays on the cat for a few days and rubs of wherever he/she lays down, so that all those fleas get killed as well. Worked like a charm.

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    Teatree oil. Spray the stuff on your couch and anything else. It's good to get rid of lice (anybody with kids in grade school knows this) and will probably work (at least help) with fleas.

    Wash everything (you can put teatree oil in the wash too), spray everything, boot the cats outside.

    It's a WAR damnit!

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    Check this out:

    http://www.flea.net/

    Best o'luck!
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    your donkey can't be helping your flea issues. better get rid of him.

    and keep an eye out for the Bubonic Plague; if you get it, you'll know.

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    My house had the same and we only have a dog and a cat. My dog also has a flea allergy, so for her it was hell. She was ripping out her fur on her back legs and stomach constantly, we just couldn't be there all the time to stop her. The best method we found was to just keep combing them, and you will get LOADS of fleas off, but over a week or so, they will start to go totally.
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    We used some powder that you spread around, then leave for a couple of hours before Dysonning up (why should I advertise that other company ). Seemed to work, but stinks... also can't remember what it was called.

    If you don't mind chemical warfare, I would suggest going to the vet to get some "Frontline"; you apply two drops of this to the cats' necks about once a month and it totally nukes any fleas.

    That will stop the buggers coming back anyway.

    Otherwise try shaving your cats!

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    I had the same problem a few years ago. Two things:

    1) Bite the bullet and call an exterminator. They'll charge about $50.00 but your flea problem will be instantly wiped out.

    2) Put your pets on "Program." It's a medication (pill that you give them) that makes their blood unsuitable for fleas and prevents them from being used as a breeding ground ever again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Big King Sanctaphrax
    My house is infested! I own three cats, and the both they and my furnishings are swarming with fleas. We've tried all kinds of sprays, collars and drops but nothing seems to work. Anyone got any tips?

    There remains but one course of action!

    Take out an insurance policy and then ignite the dwelling aflame!

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    Thanks guys. I'm going to try a few of these suggestions...

    Has anyone seen the episode of Family guy with the exterminators?

    "What's with you Logan? You look like hell"

    "Hey man, that guy just saw his wife and child carried off by fire ants. I'd like to meet the guy who looks good after that..."
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    Thanks guys. I'm going to try a few of these suggestions...
    Actually, you only have to try mine, it's guaranteed to solve the problem in one fell swoop....

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    Just like TonkaToys mentioned: try "Frontline - Spot On" for cats; even though it sounds like some FPS title, it worked wonderfully well for my cat when she was infested with fleas about 3 years ago. It's produced by a company called "Merial".
    The cat just needs a few treatments (one every X weeks, depending on when the 'remaining' fleas come back; every time exponentially less though), and after 3 or 4 treatments: bye bye fleas, and never come back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tricky Lady
    Just like TonkaToys mentioned: try "Frontline - Spot On" for cats; even though it sounds like some FPS title, it worked wonderfully well for my cat when she was infested with fleas about 3 years ago. It's produced by a company called "Merial".
    The cat just needs a few treatments (one every X weeks, depending on when the 'remaining' fleas come back; every time exponentially less though), and after 3 or 4 treatments: bye bye fleas, and never come back.

    Not necessary, just burn the house down.......

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    Is trying to get me to burn the house down your way of getting me to move in with you? Because I've told you, not until we're married.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Big King Sanctaphrax
    Is trying to get me to burn the house down your way of getting me to move in with you? Because I've told you, not until we're married.

    How long till we get to Amsterdam? I just don't think I can wait that long! *jumps up and down*

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    You really want to marry someone with fleas? :P

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    Quote Originally Posted by BDC
    You really want to marry someone with fleas? :P

    it's not about external appearances with us (obviously) but what counts is what's on the inside, but you wouldn't understand that, hetero

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    One piece of advice I can give you is to vacuum a lot, and keep doing it after you use the chemicals. The immature fleas will live in the carpetting and bedding that the animals use - it's only after they mature a bit that they need blood meals from your pets. Vacuuming will help ensure against reinfestations.

    HTH,

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    Quote Originally Posted by Procrustes
    One piece of advice I can give you is to vacuum a lot, and keep doing it after you use the chemicals. The immature fleas will live in the carpetting and bedding that the animals use - it's only after they mature a bit that they need blood meals from your pets. Vacuuming will help ensure against reinfestations.

    HTH,

    By 'the chemicals' you mean the fire no?

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    sounds like the cats infect other things and then they infect the cats back again (as said by Procrustes). Only by cleaning EVERYTHING out at once will you solve things. In such a situation, fire is once of the most effective solutions as it will get everything assuming an appropriate accelerant is used.
    The scary thing about leaving the Org for a while and then coming back is the exponential growth of "gah!" on your return...

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    Quote Originally Posted by 71-hour Ahmed
    sounds like the cats infect other things and then they infect the cats back again (as said by Procrustes). Only by cleaning EVERYTHING out at once will you solve things. In such a situation, fire is once of the most effective solutions as it will get everything assuming an appropriate accelerant is used.
    Yeah, some good ol' vitamin G

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    So that's two votes for fire...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Big King Sanctaphrax
    So that's two votes for fire...

    clearly a majority, don't forget your insurancre policy and your vitamin G!

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    Oh yes I forgot, as others have said 'frontline' is GREAT! It does nuke fleas, both my dog and cat use it.
    GARCIN: I "dreamt," you say. It was no dream. When I chose the hardest path, I made my choice deliberately. A man is what he wills himself to be.
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    GARCIN: I died too soon. I wasn't allowed time to - to do my deeds.
    INEZ: One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are - your life, and nothing else.

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    Burn the Cats, It'll stop the flees coming back!
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    As a kid we lived in the country and had lots of animals, inside and out. One thing we learned is that if you went away for a few days, send the dogs through the house first when you came back. Dogs make great flea bait - all those fleas they left behind or that matured while you were away are hungry and just waiting to leap on the first warm thing that walks by!

    (We'd powder the dogs afterwards - had some fleapowder that worked great back then, though it was probably toxic as hell and has been taken off the market by now. I remember that the flea power for dogs was toxic to cats, and visa-versa - don't know if that's still true today. Got some once-a-month thing I use on the cats today - never had a flea problem and it claims to take care of all sorts of other arthropods, too. So far the cat hasn't grown an extra head or anything....)

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    "Logan, what's up with you man? You look like hell."
    "Cool it, man. He just saw his wife and kids carried off by two million fire ants. I'd hateto meet the guy that looks good after that!"

    "My God... They're... Everywhere..."
    "NOOOOOO!!!!!!!"

    "What do we do know? What the HELL do we do now?"
    [last termite gets shot, camera pans to Logan at the door]
    "Logan! You sumbitch!"
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    BTW BKS third agreement with FIRE, join the pyromaniacs league

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