.....to consider shaving my toddler's back?

[LadyPlumpington]

We have 2 cats and 2 children; the cats seem to have a constant flea infestation, despite the fact that we treat them (with collars/ tablets) every other week. It is the bane of DH's life, as they only seem to bite him and 4yo DS1 (the hairy people basically). DS2 (3yo) and I remain unbitten, thankfully.

Now DS1 is a rather hairy little boy, bless him, and the growth on his back is particularly luxuriant. This is where the fleas always bite him

I'm tempted to shave his back, but that would be wrong, wouldn't it. Tell me that it would be wrong......

This thread has made me feel v itchy

Yep, you totally need to get the 'spot on' treatments for your cats, the collars and tablets are not as good.

I can't recommend CAPSTAR strongly enough. All the fleas will be dead in FOUR hours. Then you treat the house.

It's something easily available here in the U.S and I googled and it seems available in the U.K too.

www.vetuk.co.uk/flea-treatments-capstar-flea-tablets-c-3_428

frontline doesnt work in our area, change medications. also theres a carpet spray called acclaim which is briliant.

I'm having that problem too valrhona

We've spent the day hoovering and generally taking the opportunity to declutter and give dirt/bugs fewer places to hide. I never knew the hoover had so many filters - it has been sprayed throughly inside and out. I've also ordered all the appropriate kit off of Amazon so that'll arrive in a couple of days.

I feel I should point out that if it weren't for DH saying 'That cat has fleas' I wouldn't have noticed we had a situation; it's not like the house is fizzing with them and I haven't seen any actual fleas, flea dirt or eggs. In fact the cat was given a very careful inspection and none of the above were detected, which is odd. I think DH's actions to date (flea treatment every month or so, plus collars) have held the tide back, if not totally sorted the problem out, so he's not utterly negligent.

Take the collars off the cat and stick it in the Hoover.

Please don't use flea collars.