Someone please explain to me...

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Jan 16, 2007

How does an indoor cat - who hasn't even been out to the vet in over 8 months - get a flea? Neither of the other two have been out of the house in over 8 months... so where did the tiny livestock come from!?!

Little Red Barn · Jan 16, 2007

They do hop on you for rides inside...

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Jan 16, 2007

ME!?!

Oh. My. Gods.

veinglory · Jan 16, 2007

Yep, the can last quite a while just on pants legs, wind borne, dust bunnies, even crawl around a bit themselves...

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Jan 16, 2007

::grumble!::

Little Red Barn · Jan 16, 2007

...and uh er Jen...ya know where there is one...

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Jan 16, 2007

Yeah! On that bloody cat!

Little Red Barn · Jan 16, 2007

where theres one there's THOUSANDS being born as we speak...multiplying now by ten digits per minute. :tongue

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Jan 16, 2007

Thanks, Kimmi... now, if y'all will excuse me... I need to go take a bath.

A flea bath. :gone:

Little Red Barn · Jan 16, 2007

Tis true, Jen...go get stuff right away ...flea control...they don't live on humans just hitch a ride now and then.

I'm allergic to them.

Chumplet · Jan 16, 2007

They've got nasty bites compared to dog fleas. And they're really hard to kill. You can't just squish it - the little buggers are like mini-tanks.

Thankfully, we haven't had a problem for a few years, but with two outdoor cats we had a hell of a time back in the day.

Unique · Jan 17, 2007

If you want to kill a flea - you have to pop them between your thumbnails.

Then you have the joy of seeing if they've bitten you or not.

A good flea comb (I like the kind with metal teeth) and a little tub of soapy water can keep you occupied for ...
well, as long as the cat holds still.

MidnightMuse · Jan 17, 2007

Fleas don't even live on your pets - they live in your carpet, rugs, bedding etc. They jump on you for a ride in, or a quick meal. They jump on your pets for more meals, and to lay their eggs, and they'll hang out on them longer because of the fluff (it's all warm and, you know, fluffy).

Fleas will ride in on you, hop in through an open door, ride in on your friends/family, flip their way through a window screen, hitch a ride from your friend's house to yours via your purse, coat, shoes, buttocks (just kidding on that one).

There's no more satisfying feeling than the POP a flea makes when you crush its body between your two thumbnails

aka eraser · Jan 17, 2007

You people make me itch. I knew I shouldn't have come in here.

BlueBadger · Jan 17, 2007

I saw a tick for the first time ever about four months ago. It looked like a bloated Glosette raisin. I wanted to vomit.

(PS hi again everyone, my computer was kind of AWOL for a long time.)

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Jan 19, 2007

ACK! Ticks! Fleas make me itch, but TICKS! ARG!!!! Sometimes here in Oklahoma, the bloody buggers swarm and there's a mass of the bastiges all crawlie-creepie... ::shudder!::

Someone please explain to me...

Ol' Fashioned Girl

Hand? What hand?

Little Red Barn

haz own threads

Ol' Fashioned Girl

Hand? What hand?

veinglory

volitare nequeo

Ol' Fashioned Girl

Hand? What hand?

Little Red Barn

haz own threads

Ol' Fashioned Girl

Hand? What hand?

Little Red Barn

haz own threads

Ol' Fashioned Girl

Hand? What hand?

Little Red Barn

haz own threads

Chumplet

This hat is getting too hot

Unique

Agent of Doom

MidnightMuse

Midnight Reading

aka eraser

Fish Whisperer

BlueBadger

Knows notebooks can kill.

Ol' Fashioned Girl

Hand? What hand?