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Post by Lexica on Jan 20, 2016 17:47:05 GMT
I have never seen "the lice" before, so I looked for a YouTube to see what peas we're dealing with. Absolutely disgusting video, and I have no idea how long it would take to get that bad, and why did no one notice them?? Anyway, as usually happens when I watch one video, I keep clicking on more and more. Like potato chips, you can't stop at one. I clicked on this video after looking at the picture, assuming it was more lice on a comb. It was fleas! Teeming fleas on an animal! That poor thing must have been mad with itching. I am hoping it was a stray that someone was bringing to a vet for help. Just look at the number of fleas on the comb! Between the lice video and the flea video, I want to steam clean my house, myself, and all my pets! I get upset at the price of flea meds for 4 cats and the combo med for the dog, but after seeing this, I will never complain again. Fleas m.youtube.com/watch?v=UOpkDouC2r0ETA-I just read the paragraph under that video. It WAS someone's pet dog. -------- Published on Aug 6, 2014This quick video demonstrates how thousands of fleas can live undetected on a black dog that is not allergic to the flea bite. Since the dog wasn't itching and scratching, the owners had no idea the problem was this bad. This many fleas on an untreated dog lay thousands of eggs per day. |
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Post by gar on Jan 20, 2016 17:50:00 GMT
Had fleas in our house years ago - nightmare, especially with a young baby who was on the floor a lot! Ughh. And whenever lice or fleas are mentioned I find myself scratching - obviously:smirk:
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jan 21, 2016 4:34:30 GMT
We had them once at our old house when one of our dogs found a dead thing in our back yard in spite of using the flea and tick stuff on our dogs.  We ended up having to bomb the house to totally get rid of them.  Bugs are so gross! |
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Post by pjaye on Jan 21, 2016 4:47:38 GMT
I've never had headlice myself and none of my cats (indoor only) have ever had fleas.
I've also never used a flea treatment in 25 years of cat ownership.
However when I first captured Boy (who was a feral cat I'd been feeding at work) and decided I'd keep him, he went straight to the vet.
He was an all black cat and while he was an the exam table you could see the fleas running all over his face - across his nose, around his eyes and he was covered in them when you parted his fur. It must have been awful for him.
There was no way I was going to risk bringing him and his little passengers home! So he stayed at the vet, had his flea & worm treatments, then went to surgery to be neutered and have his teeth cleaned. I picked him up about 5 days later.
He was terrified and lived in a box in the bathroom for a few months, but once he was a little more settled, I gave him a bath in the sink and the water was black about 3 times.
Luckily all the fleas were dead and we never saw one at home.
I always had carpet and was paranoid that if they ever started breeding I'd never get rid of them.
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Post by Cara in TX on Jan 21, 2016 4:58:33 GMT
Always be careful with the kids. My boys and I are highly allergic to fleas. The bites come up to blisters and take 6-8 weeks to heal. They are worse for us than fire ant bites! If your kids do get bit, watch them closely for the first day or two, if they do come up to blisters they can get infected very easily.
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Post by mom on Jan 21, 2016 6:47:07 GMT
I have never seen "the lice" before, so I looked for a YouTube to see what peas we're dealing with. Absolutely disgusting video, and I have no idea how long it would take to get that bad, and why did no one notice them?? Anyway, as usually happens when I watch one video, I keep clicking on more and more. Like potato chips, you can't stop at one. I clicked on this video after looking at the picture, assuming it was more lice on a comb. It was fleas! Teeming fleas on an animal! That poor thing must have been mad with itching. I am hoping it was a stray that someone was bringing to a vet for help. Just look at the number of fleas on the comb! Between the lice video and the flea video, I want to steam clean my house, myself, and all my pets! I get upset at the price of flea meds for 4 cats and the combo med for the dog, but after seeing this, I will never complain again. Fleas m.youtube.com/watch?v=UOpkDouC2r0ETA-I just read the paragraph under that video. It WAS someone's pet dog. -------- Published on Aug 6, 2014This quick video demonstrates how thousands of fleas can live undetected on a black dog that is not allergic to the flea bite. Since the dog wasn't itching and scratching, the owners had no idea the problem was this bad. This many fleas on an untreated dog lay thousands of eggs per day. I really should know better than to click the video link. Holy cow (or is it holy flea?) |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jan 21, 2016 10:45:29 GMT
Skin crawling!
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Post by Lexica on Jan 21, 2016 12:37:37 GMT
I've never had headlice myself and none of my cats (indoor only) have ever had fleas. I've also never used a flea treatment in 25 years of cat ownership. However when I first captured Boy (who was a feral cat I'd been feeding at work) and decided I'd keep him, he went straight to the vet. He was an all black cat and while he was an the exam table you could see the fleas running all over his face - across his nose, around his eyes and he was covered in them when you parted his fur. It must have been awful for him. There was no way I was going to risk bringing him and his little passengers home! So he stayed at the vet, had his flea & worm treatments, then went to surgery to be neutered and have his teeth cleaned. I picked him up about 5 days later. He was terrified and lived in a box in the bathroom for a few months, but once he was a little more settled, I gave him a bath in the sink and the water was black about 3 times. Luckily all the fleas were dead and we never saw one at home. I always had carpet and was paranoid that if they ever started breeding I'd never get rid of them. Bless you for rescuing that poor kitty! He must have been so miserable. When you say the bath water was black, are you referring to dirt or black with dead fleas? Does he socialize with your other cats now? I found a cat hanging around my front yard and started feeding him. He was starving, for both food and affection. I didn't bring him in at first because I had 3 indoor cats and didn't want to expose them to the unknown. I continued to feed this cat outside until a neighbor saw him on my porch and told me his story. He had an owner at the end of my street that had terminal cancer. This man trusted the wrong person to care for him. Instead of being able to die at home, which was his wish, he was put into a facility, his house was sold, and the cat was left to fend for himself. Knowing that no one was looking for him, I wormed him, gave him flea drops, and started enticing him into my house. He has never once climbed my stairs so he lives downstairs and my other 3 hang out in the master bedroom for the most part. When one of them ventures downstairs, they see the new cat and run back to my room for safety. I am putting a long perch shelf under the upper window of my bedroom (vaulted ceilings) and plan to carry the downstairs cat up to my room to try to encourage interaction between them. Since the new cat doesn't climb, I think my cars will just sit on the window shelf until they get used to him being there. I will be there to referee if necessary. |
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Post by rickmer on Jan 21, 2016 12:55:50 GMT
not clicking the link...i have fought the lice battle several times and our dog had fleas (before we had kids). i would take lice over fleas any day. lice have to live on people... they die relatively quickly off their human host. treatment for lice is mainly focused on the person's head, their bedding, their clothing, brushes, hair elastics... anything that comes into contact with the infected person's head. a flea infestation means cleaning/vacuuming/washing everything you can in your house.
our cat is an indoor cat but used to go on our 2nd floor back deck. we have a family of squirrels hopping around there now and i haven't let her out in years. when our dog had fleas, i also got bit. a lot. it was awful.
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Post by pjaye on Jan 21, 2016 13:07:24 GMT
When you say the bath water was black, are you referring to dirt or black with dead fleas? Does he socialize with your other cats now? I think it was both, dirt and dead fleas. He was just generally filthy from living on the streets. As I mentioned he lived in a box in the bathroom his "safe spot" and one day I came home to find him on the bed...I figured if he was going to start lying on the bed then a bath was definitely in order! At the time I took him in he was my only cat (my previous cat had just died of cancer which is why I didn't take him in earlier as she'd had chemotherapy and I couldn't risk exposing her to any diseases he might have had) but a year later I got a 5 month old kitten. I was worried because he'd been an intact tom for so long that he might be territorial, but after a week he loved Angelique. he would follow her around and was always pinning her down and grooming her So a bit of a different situation to yours. I wouldn't force any interaction though, just let them go at their own pace. The new cat will venture further when he feels comfortable. I left Boy's box in the bathroom for over a year as he's still run back and hide in there when something scared him, like a door slamming or a loud car. My Boy was a sweetheart, a really gentle cat, but he was always very scared and timid. It took him months to come out of the bathroom and he also didn't jump up on the furniture or the windowsill until Angelique arrived and showed him how. Sadly his life on the streets meant he had a number of ongoing health problems and I only had him for 4 years before his kidney disease got too bad and I had to euthanize him. That's so sad about your rescue cat too - they really don't do well fending for themselves. Lots of patience and letting him go at his own pace and things will gradually work out. |
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We ended up having to bomb the house to totally get rid of them. 
Bugs are so gross!
