I have a strictly indoors pedigree cat. She has never been outdoors, unless going on visits to the vets etc.
I took her to the vet on Monday for a general health check, and the vet found flea dirt in her fur. No actual fleas, just one bit of flea dirt. She informed me that my cat had fleas and sold me a treatment and spray for the house (totalling £90!)
I asked her how the cat had managed to get fleas as she has never been outside, and only had contact with other cats when she was very little. The vet told me that fleas:
- Will jump on humans clothes and be carried inside
- Will jump into open windows and infest the cat
- If the cat goes near any outside doors she can pick up fleas
- Hoovering can reactivate dormant fleas
- Even if you don't have animals, fleas will still enter and live in your home (?!)
I have never seen fleas in my house. Never had any bites. Never seen the cat scratching excessively. I hoover and clean multiple times a day due to having small children.
AIBU to think it seems insane to spray my house with chemicals, then repurchase all these chemicals for the duration of the cats life, if its an inevitability (according to the vet) that there will be fleas?! It just seems insane!!