Fucking fleas/next doors cat

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Have had my cat for years, treat him with fleatix combo every 28 days and never any issues with fleas. However, next door got a cat a few months back and we've been having problems since. Both cats have formed a friendship and play together, which is lovely, but the other cat constantly has ear mites and I imagine this is where our fleas are coming from.

Twice in the last few month we've had bites, despite constant hoovering, spraying furnishings with the killer and constant washing of the cat bed. I've been treating the cat with the fleatix as usual, and combing for any stray fleas, yet it has happened again now, one of the kids had bites. The first time it happened, I also put fleatix on the neighbours cat, but I can't keep affording to do that.

To make things worse, I'm a childminder, so it's an actual threat to my livelihood.

Sorry to say you have to keep your cat indoors, it’s the only way unless you want to keep paying for next doors cat too.

You need to speak to the neighbour. Or continue treating their cat (and charge them for the fleatix).

Is there a reason you haven't spoken to your neighbour about it? Surely that would be your first point of call? Otherwise you'll have to keep your cat indoors.

Grab next doors cat and chuck a flea treatment on it. They’re not that expensive

You should tell you NDN if you are treating their cat, in case they are too.

You don't know for sure it's their cat either, cats pick up flees outside so if you want to be safe keep your cat in.

Batshit idea and totally illegal

Op there is an oral flea treatment you can get from the vet and it prevents fleas for a month. So it does something to the blood to prevent the fleas actually attaching to the cat. I used it on my dogs and it was brilliant cause on walks they'd be interacting with others and I never had to worry about fleas but I do know you can get it for cats too

Fleatix is fipronil based which fleas have become increasingly resistant to, so it might be nothing to do with the neighbour's cat, and instead because you're using an ineffective treatment. Advantage is the only OTC treatment that works (though apparently it's also starting to become ineffective in some areas so that one will be off the table soon at some future point). Otherwise get a vet treatment.

Unfortunately I reckon it's probably your treatments not working so well.
I get stuff from the vets and they change brands every now and again as fleas are getting resistant. Doesn't sound like your neighbours cat is being adequately treated though.

Don't put flea treatment on a cat that's not yours, pretty sure that's not even legal

Indoor-outdoor cats pick up and spread fleas anywhere and everywhere. Keep changing your treatment, restrict your cat's movement in the house to areas of hard floors and no soft furnishings and speak to your neighbour about them treating too.

You need Advantage rather than fleatix, with indorex for treating the house. If you go to the vet then the once every 3 months spot treatment is good.

Sevesto collars are amazing but I don't think suitable for outside cats as the collar is not quick release - not that you'd want to lose it anyway.