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whayface - 26 Jun 2004 14:54 GMT

I treat my cats (Which are strictly indoors) with Advantage flea meds
during the summer months but not during the winter months.. I figured
once it got cold it would kill off any fleas I might pick up and bring
in from outdoors. My ex and in-laws do the same and theirs are all
strictly indoor cats also. The reason I do this is because I would
rather keep the amount of meds I use on my babies to the least amout
needed.

REASONABLE opinions on this wanted please. The reason I say this is
because you would not believe some of the screw ball responses I get
via e-mail with all kinds of off the wall suggestion and they get so
far from the question that I ask that it is unbievable!!

tia

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Laura R. - 26 Jun 2004 17:48 GMT

circa Sat, 26 Jun 2004 09:54:07 -0400, in alt.cats, whayface
(whayfaceSPAM7770943@yahooJUNK.com) said,

> I treat my cats (Which are strictly indoors) with Advantage flea meds
> during the summer months but not during the winter months.. I figured
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>
> REASONABLE opinions on this wanted please.

Honestly? I don't treat mine at all. Never have. They have never had
as much as a single flea. However, like yours, they're indoor-only,
and I've not lived in areas where fleas were likely to come in on
people, I guess.

Laura

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Sherry - 27 Jun 2004 06:47 GMT

>Honestly? I don't treat mine at all. Never have. They have never had
>as much as a single flea. However, like yours, they're indoor-only,
>and I've not lived in areas where fleas were likely to come in on
>people, I guess.
>
>Laura

Same here. I treated them last year around August because that's the first time
I ever saw a flea on them that summer. I've bought a pack of Advantage this
year, but haven't used it yet, and won't unless I actually see a flea.

Sherry

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Ted Davis - 26 Jun 2004 18:22 GMT

>I treat my cats (Which are strictly indoors) with Advantage flea meds
>during the summer months but not during the winter months.. I figured
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>via e-mail with all kinds of off the wall suggestion and they get so
>far from the question that I ask that it is unbievable!!

My cats go out and ticks are a problem, so I use Frontline. Fleagor
brings in ticks ten months out of the year so I need to use it pretty
much all year long.

There is also the matter of indoor fleas: depending on where you live
and what other animals, including vermin, are around, you may have
fleas available year round. The cats should be carefully examined
fairly often all year long to make sure they aren't getting them from
somewhere and that the treatments are in fact working. My Fluffy is
allergic to fleas, so she lets me know immediately by a change in her
behavior when she picks up even one - if she has one during the off
season, everybody gets a treatment.

T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu - e-mail must contain "T.E.D." or my .sig in the body)

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M.C. Mullen - 26 Jun 2004 18:41 GMT

I do exactly the same and it has worked out well so far, but on one cat I
have to use tick stuff because he loves to hang around in the woods close
by. (Same goes for the dog.)

Carola

| I treat my cats (Which are strictly indoors) with Advantage flea meds
| during the summer months but not during the winter months.. I figured
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| tia

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Wendy - 26 Jun 2004 19:04 GMT

> I treat my cats (Which are strictly indoors) with Advantage flea meds
> during the summer months but not during the winter months.. I figured
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>
> tia

When Tigger was still an indoor/outdoor cat I treated for fleas in the warm
weather and wouldn't bother over the winter. Now that they are all indoor
only cats I don't bother except last fall when we fostered a litter that
came fully equipped.

If you comb them regularly you'll know if they have any fleas or not. If not
I don't see the need.

W

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