So here we are again, another summer of harvest mite misery for our Bombay cross. Each year she seems to get worse, gets more agitated earlier in the season with side effects lasting longer. In short she scratches herself til raw and bleeding, and charges around the house yowling, interspersed with spending days sitting outside and refusing to come in. She is given an injection every year, which is as strong dose as she can take. Nothing else helps. Frontline and other flea treatments do not work. Gentle grooming to help with itching but that's obviously short term. I've googled to check out alternatives and seems the only option is lock her in from May to October, which isn't possible as we have another cat who loves the outdoors and uses a cat flap. Despite her misery she loves the outdoors and would go crazy, as we would, if we locked her in. Plus our other cat is half Siamese and he sits outside yowling if he can't get in though the cat flap.
Sorry for the long post but has anyone suffered the same, and got a magic cure to make her life tolerable? It actually feels cruel putting her through this misery every summer.
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Harvest mite hell
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Rachyabbadabbadoo · 17/08/2017 21:11
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