To rehome kittens because of fleas and new baby?

[Roonster87]

Our 2 kittens are 6 months old and I took them to be neutered in the week and to my surprise was told they have fleas (they're indoor pets).

Bought the vet recommend Advocate treatment and spent yesterday and today hoovering the house within an inch of its life, and hot washing what we can...but looking online it looks like fleas are a bastard to get rid of, and I'm getting worked up about it.

Not sure whether I'm just being extra sensitive and worrying over nothing because I'm pregnant and I've had the little flea bastards on my clothes today and got me itching like mad. But, AIBU to consider getting my kittens rehomed due to our new baby coming in the next 4 months?

I know fleas aren't going to be a problem forever, I just don't know how persistent the flea buggers are going to be to get rid of and not sure how much of an extra stress it will be once baby is here. I love my kitties but can't bare the thought of fleas biting my new baby.

AIBU? Not sure whether my concerns are justified, or if I need have a word with myself and chill the fuck out.

Sorry, we get Advantage, not Advocate (which I think is prescription only).

Is it the first time you're a pet owner OP? My DP was similarly horrified when we got infested but I knew there's an end to it IYKWIM so was fine.

And even though I've had pets all my life it didn't occur to me to treat my indoor cat. So live and learn. Indorex and advantage worked just fine and cat is now clear.

Thanks again for the further comments 👍

For those that asked, here are my fur babies...

they are lovely x

Hope OP's child doesn't come home with nits in a few years time. She'll probably want to rehome him/her. 🙄

Let's hope your child never brings home any nits

give over

I agree with AnyFucker. They are gorgeous.

Yabsfu .

Got rid of all the fleas in our house completely by two weeks, it can be done you just have to work at it and make sure you treat them once a month.

cats with fleas versus children with nits

no fucking contest

what idiotic additions to this thread

I'm just coming to the end (I hope) of my second flea infestation in 15 years of cat owning. Ultimately if you regularly treat cats, home infestations will go. To hurry it up, spray floors etc and if necessary flea bomb. I get bitten fast and react quite strongly to flea bites, but they are not dangerous, just annoying.

TBH I'm wondering how you will cope with a baby and two indoors cats. Will your kittens be allowed outside once they are big enough?

Heating on, wet towels on radiators, and vacuum constantly. Spray the house with an appropriate spray. And treat the cats.

We had a flea infestation in 2011 because we accidently treated the cats with flea repellent drops rather than the good stuff. It was awful, but it does end and you won't buy the wrong drops/forget to treat your cats for a long, long time afterwards.

Fwiw, I find the fipronil (Frontline or Bob Martin) useless, but Advantage has been good so far, is reasonably priced and you don't need a prescription.

Chil the fuck out and have a word with yourself you can't get rid of them because of something that they are born with that's as bad as my friend having to rehome someone else's dog because they where redocrating the living room and the dog didn't match the wall paper.

OP, our two indoor cats had one flea infestation. We treated them with Advantage, cleaned the house thoroughly, and it's never happened again. You've got much better chances of getting this sorted with indoor-only pets, since they don't go back outside and get reinfested again. (The gross thing is realising how they caught fleas in the first place; we think our fleas hitched in my husband's suitcase after a stay in a grim hotel. )

Sabine, why are you wondering how she will 'cope with a baby and two indoor cats'? There's nothing complicated about it: the overwhelming odds are that the cats will completely avoid the baby while it's young, and then, as the child slowly becomes more mobile and curious, they'll all get used to co-existing. As long as cats have somewhere quiet to retreat, and their litter is kept away from toddlers, it usually works out very well. Our DD and two cats get along very happily together.

Have you tried Comfortis? We are in Australia and find it is the only thing that works now. Its a pill, very expensive here $90 for a 6 pack but it will kill all fleas. Good luck