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The other day, my friend came to visit. After she left, she texted me, warning me that she had found a couple of fleas on her arm, and I might want to check my cat, so I bought a flea comb. While combing him, I found two more fleas, and what was either dander, or some flea eggs.

As a treatment, I bought some Frontline anti-flea stuff (apparently the chemicals in Advantage are the same used in crop spraying, and since we're a big farming community, the fleas are mostly immune? I'm not sure how true it is, but I bought Frontline, just to be safe ._.;), and I put it on him. I thought also bought something called Sentry Home, and I've been vacuuming and spraying this stuff down like crazy, as it contains something in it that prevents fleas from developing when their in egg form, larvae form, or adult form.

So far, I haven't found anymore fleas, and I still can't tell if I'm coming out dander or eggs, but the amount of white flecks I'm pulling up when I comb him is lessening.

Does that sound like I'm doing the right thing? Also, how often do cat's scratch themselves? Because he's still scratching, but I'm not finding anymore fleas, and I don't know if that means I got them all and early enough to not have a huge problem, or if I'm just missing them while I'm combing.

Cats scratch themselves all the damn time. Especially if they are cats that go outdoors, indoor ones do too though. Buy it a flea collar.

He's not really an outdoor cat, he only goes outdoors while on his leash, but I guess that's enough.

Would buying a flea collar be necessary if he's already been medicated? The stuff is supposed to last a month, and I have four months worth.

No, those medications they make now works better than flea collars anyway.

Sounds like exactly what you are supposed to do. I've rarely had fewer than three cats at any given time, so fleas are sometimes a hell of a battle. Yep, all what you're doing, flea collars, and maybe once a month, for a bit, a flea bath.

Note, though, BUY ONLY CAT FLEA SHAMPOO. Not dog. EVER. The chemical levels are different and dog flea shampoo can sometimes KILL cats.

Anyways, good luck. This reminds me, it's about time for all three of my cats to get their flea bath...

Is a flea bath an actually water bath, or is it a powder bath? Because my friend told me about the latter, but I would assume the former, and now I'm curious as to what you use, if that's alright?

And yeah, I'll avoid the dog flea shampoo. D:

Thanks! Good luck with your cats!

I use water, which means the cats yell, screech, sometimes claw, and both of us wind up very soggy. I used to put them in the bathtub (lukewarm water, I run it to where it doesn't feel hot OR cold on my bare wrist), but found they put up less of a fight, for some reason, if I use my kitchen sink.

I usually just use a cup to wet them down with the faucet running, shampoo them up with one hand and use the other cup to rinse 'em off. And I go through lots of towels to get them "not sopping" and they take about a day to dry off, after which I brush them.

They get mad, but they all get kitty treats afterwards, so they deal. Some cats are better with water than others, too. Like, one of my cats - eh, she just mostly gives up and looks sad. Another sort of whines. And my youngest cat, she just goes PSYCHO. I always come away with battlemarks, lol.

Maybe I ought to look into powder. That might be less bloody, lol.

Having gone through a flea battle in the past, I sympathize! Sounds like you're doing the right thing; since your cat doesn't seem to go outdoors that much, you might've caught it early. I did end up bug-fogging my house because of my two outdoor cats (they were eeeeverywhere :/). Also, YES on the vacuuming/spraying to get all those buggers before they multiply! I think if you medicate, the flea collar isn't necessary (esp if your cat is mostly indoors). Good luck!

Flea dirt (which is basically flea poop) is black. If you comb your cat around his neck or right above the base of his tail and get hairs and little black grit, that's flea dirt. White flakes sounds like dry skin.

Frontline used to work awesome for us, but then the fleas got immune to it. Last time i had to use anything on the cats, I used Revolution.

You can also get a pill (from the vet) that they swallow/eat in food, that works for a month. It made my cat foam at the mouth and drool excessively, so we never used it again, but it worked great for the dog.

Don't bathe your cat unless you've done it before, it'll just end in tears. Flea collars are worthless and again, if your cat hasn't worn a collar before this, it'll drive the poor thing nuts. Do not, under any circumstances, use Hartz products.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/06/03/738386/-Dangerous-flea-treatments-for-pets-PLEASE-READ

It's been a while since I've had a cat, or even a friend's cat, my first thought however is give it time and it will get working. Hopefully a few days the fleas will have died off.

I am inclined to say that if you've just applied the Frontline, don't bath him soon, it may wash the Frontline off.

Keep working on it how you have been, it sounds like you're doing the right thing.

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