This cat that comes to visit

[AnyFucker]

I posted a little while ago about a cat that has adopted us. I am fairly sure it has another house somewhere.

It's a nice cat, in good health. We haven't found out where it's primary family lives. We don't feed it but it spends a lot of time here.

So far, no problem.

Except, it has fleas.

AIBU to flea-treat it ?

Depends what you use. Bob martin veers between poisenous and useless but there's always advantage.

I've used the newer Bob Marin flea stuff, it has the same stuff in it as Frontline.

I wouldn't treat someone elses cat though in case they had already treated it.

All Flea remedies say loudly "DO NOT OVERDOSE", but
If it's got chronic fleas odds are very high nobody is treating it, so I probably would.
Note that the treatment dose often depends on cat weight, can you weigh it? 4 kg is the key threshold. Usually only very long or overweight cats are > 4 kg.
Have you considered a paper collar or taking it to be microchip scanned so you can find out where he belongs?

I think maybe Bob Martin many years ago had a cat product which was unsuitable for cats but advertised for cats and dogs, or something like that. Anyway, all the Bob Martin products I see now have Fipronil just like Frontline.

The choice was keep the cat away as we are also getting bitten or treat the cat

We treated the cat. I like him

I'd start feeding it AF, if it's riddled with fleas then chances are that it's other owners are not caring for it properly. It may be scavenging bits which is alright, but would be much better if it was being fed proper cat food with all the minerals and nutrients it needs.

I wouldn't feed it.

It seems well fed.

It's not riddled with fleas. I saw 2 today and 2 yesterday. I think I am feckin' riddled

I don't want to start feeding it. We don't have a cat because we are not around most weekends.

It's ok as a part time pal, but I cannot have it bringing fleas into my house.

it's a long-haired thing < not very au fait with cat breeds >

the fur is very soft, well groomed and healthy

the cat acts appropriately ie. it scavenges food a bit if I have eg. ham when making a sandwich but doesn't seem starving hungry

it disappears at mealtimes

I don't really know my neighbours but when I find out whose cat it is, we will be having words

Get an elasticated collar, put on that cat with a note on it asking for the owner to contact you.....

it has the same stuff in it as Frontline.

Frontline is ineffective now though.

I'd go with the collar idea.

Also, I agree that you shouldn't feed it (and I see that you don't plan to). I have a wandering cat who I am sure has a "second home" somewhere. He is fairly big and I've been trying to shift some weight from him. He keeps removing his "do not feed me" collar though and with it probably does a good impersonation of a hungry stray if you ignore his size.

what ? flea treatments "ineffective"? What's the point of them then ?

I think fleas are becoming resistant to whatever is in Frontline. There's one beginning with an A that vets give out which is good, and you can get a bottle of Andorex from amazon which you can spray the house with to kill any eggs/fleas in your home.

FFS, this isn't even my cat. Humpf.

Actually, that's a good point - if the cat has been in your house you should probably spray with Indorex.

It had better not be MY cat!!! I am sick of whoever it is letting my cat stay in their house and not letting it come home for days on end!

Lots of hoovering and spraying to get the flea eggs.

Yuck.

it could be your cat, IHF

if it is, it's got fucking fleas !

yes frontline started not working on my two. there is one called advantage.

advantage being it works.

disadvantage being its £££

Andorex or Indorex ?

Sorry yeah Indorex.

< off to google >

this is going to cost me ££ isn't it

I used to like this cat

Huge bottle for £11 on amazon.

here

Frontline doesn't seem to do much now, we're on the look out for a new flea treatment because ILs cats fleas seem to be immune to everything.