The flea collar thing sounds good, although I have been spreading diatomaceous earth on some of the carpets, so when I vacuum it up it stays in the bag and also kills any fleas that get sucked in. The bomb sounds scary. Won't that leave poison all over my house? The Frontline was so toxic that he cat could barely move for a few days. It was very bad for her, but maybe a necessary evil. Yes, I drown any live fleas that I find. I guess I will just keep combing her and vacuuming and maybe it will work out. I thought the new fleas that pop up might be from eggs that were still on her and weren't killed by the Frontline, but that's a total guess.

I have found that Revolution is better on our cats than Frontline as it also treats for earmites and ticks. It does require a prescription in the US but I get mine from Australia where no prescription is required and it is cheaper than from the US vets. For carpet, I have used Fleabusters and it lasts for a year. Good luck.

Yes, I use Revolution, too, on my cat. It kills ALL the fleas from the first application and my cat has not had any side effects from it.

If kitty was sick from the Frontline, definitely try another product. Good luck with the fleas, keep at it, don't give up. You can win! :-)

Frontline has lost effectiveness lately. Advantage II (not Advantix) worked much better. Make sure to read the box for possible side effects first. I've heard good things about Revolution as well but have no personal experience.

I had a four month battle with fleas my cat brought home from a 16 hour vet visit. Frontline didn't work with getting fleas to stop biting him but when I switched to Advantage Plus, they stopped appearing on him. This was AFTER using a CapStar as well.

I have a bird so treating the house had to be done carefully. I can't use DE or powders so I had to carefully spray the carpet and vacuum daily. I used Zodiac upholstery spray in rooms where my bird was not and the final push required me relocating him overnight. For months....it was not fun because those buggers chew ME up!

A store associate at Petco also told me she preferred Advantage to Frontline. She said she had the same problem with Frontline not killing all the fleas. But now I would need to wait 3 weeks to treat my cat again. Also, the Frontline made her very sick. I am afraid that Advantage could do the same. They are all extremely toxic. My flea problem at this point seems mild, but I want to get it ended completely. I have read that I can dust her directly with food grade diatomaceous earth and it's perfectly safe for her if she licks it off her fur. So that is my next line of attack, as well as to continue spreading it around the house. The stuff is very cheap,natural, and I used it against a bed bug infestation last year. It's really been bug central at my house lately.

"Revolution" is what my cat vet is moving to, as fleas develop resistance to Advantage and Frontline. It has worked well on a feral kitty of mine who also had ear mites (and there was NO WAY I was going to do the traditional treatment for that on her! Loss of life and limb a distinct possibility!). Unfortunately, it needs a prescription. I continue to use it on that cat and will segue to Revolution for the rest after the Advantage is gone.

That is incredible to me that an indoor cat has fleas. Do you have a dog or has a dog visited your home?

No other animals in my house, but I have seen stray or feral cats in my yard and the weeds were out of control. I was in the yard for many hour working so I must have brought them in. It never occurred to me until I spoke to an assistant at the vet's office.

Fleas don't live on the animal; they only feed on the animal. They feed on many animals (squirrels, rabbits, etc). Eggs are laid elsewhere and it is very possible the fleas were brought in from outside. DE or Sevin applied around the house and/or areas you frequent will get rid of them but you have to reapply every few days for effectiveness and to break the life cycle.

I just ordered Fleabusters, which was mentioned in the post by Dollfanz. I never heard of it before and it sounds like a good product. I have been using diatomaceous earth,but that hasn't completely solved the problem so I will try that special product. I can tell that the cat has only a flea or two a day, which is probably just coming on her from my house. So I am focusing on the house now. Thanks everyone for the advice.

Rochesterroseman can you tell me how that worked for you? We are having same issue.

Actually, I never tried the fleabusters, although I did buy it. I was desperate but really didn't need it. I did, however, cover my floors, rugs, and crevices with the diatomaceous earth and vacuumed repeatedly. I even put some on the cat! It's food grade and very safe. You have to be much more careful with Fleabusters and I got put off by that. Anyway, my situation is much better. I set up home made flea traps and was initially catching about 15 bugs a night. I haven't had any in 3-4 days. I am flea combing the cat and was still finding a couple of live fleas on her until yesterday. None today, but I will keep on combing for awhile. So I am feeling like there has been progress. Good luck.

I have been very happy with a non-toxic trick I use to get fleas out of carpets. Before you go to bed, take a shallow, shiny metal pan - I use a pie pan - half fill it with water and a couple of drops of dish soap. This breaks the surface tension of the water. then aim a light directly into the pan. Since it is the only light source, the fleas jump toward the light and then fall into the water and drown. When you wake up you'll see lots of drowned fleas in the bottom of the pan. I just kept doing it until we stopped catching fleas, and moved it into different rooms every night or two.

I haven't had fleas in 10 years, since I moved to the High Desert but recently moved back into an area that is less desert and more suburb. Low and behold, a flea has been spotted! just another reason to not be excited about living in town. Good to know that they could have been carried in from elsewhere and my dog isn't to blame. She has only been in the house and back yard for the last month.

Dawn

Boric Acid. It's basically what FleaBusters uses and sells, Fleabusters but you can also get boric acid in tablet form or powder from Amazon. Powder is what's needed for fleas. It's not harmful to animals or kids. I put it under cushions, mattresses, in window sills and carpeting, around baseboards and so on. Not only is it good for fleas but it also kills all the other little critters that somehow find their way in. I've used it for many years with great results.

Basically, it's a salt that sticks to them when they come in contact with the powder and some critters are attracted to the smell and eat it, hence the tablets. The salt then dehydrates them.

I have 2 dogs and 3 cats and they started to bring in fleas... The house was infested and I tried first with all the above remedies.... But no success, so I ordered for all my pets the Seresto flea collars and put them on and they worked great for my pets, then I bought the flea-bombs which work several month and evacuated the house with all pets for couple hours... That finally worked and we got our peace from these blood suckers! And it gets lots of other unwelcome little critters too! There was unfortunately no other way to get our living space back in order.... Good Luck whatever decision you make

oh this happened to a cat I owned years ago. (yew). I didn't know how it got infested but it did happen. These creatures are fast (yew). Shampoo didn't help although it lessened the problem. I ended up shaving the poor cat and removed every single yucky creature. That did the trick. Sure the cat looked very funny for a few weeks but it no longer had the problem.. only thing though, it had to be kept indoors to avoid mosquito bites.

lanna,

Incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL.. that was the first time Ive seen a naked cat. Looks like an alien.