I’m a dick. I admit it. Despite having had cats all my life, I didn’t realise DCat had fleas. She was a bit scratchy (clumps of fur left around the house) and I noticed a bit scabby at top of tail, along spine and round her neck. Pretty classic I guess. No fur loss. And sneezing loads. And I had a couple of insect bites a few weeks ago. I treated her yesterday and she stopped scratching almost immediately.
In my defence I took her to the vet about a swollen chin / lip and the sneezing about 2 weeks ago and vet said it was cat herpes (she’d had it as a kitten with lots of respiratory symptoms). And the vet didn’t spot the fleas then. In fact he said how nice the condition of her coat was!
Anyway, how long till the scabs go? She won’t allow me to wash her or brush her (shirt fur). She does seem to be grooming the area but not obsessively. Could the sneezing (stopped since last night) and swelling (not quite resolved) actually have been from flea allergy?