Quick release flea collar?

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Have just come home from holiday and I may have to burn my house down. Fleas EVERYWHERE including on my two poor cats. Have hoovered & sprayed everything and am boil washing all bedding etc. Have ordered more prescription strength drops for the cats to be picked up tomorrow.

Should I put flea collars on them too? The prescription stuff from the vets never seems to sort it out completely, leading to this type of Armageddon every so often.

I’ve steered clear of collars until now for fear of them getting caught on branches etc. Is there such a thing as a safe, quick-release flea collar?

Thanks

Why not use a spot on flea killer and prevention every four weeks? I did that with my cats and they never had fleas, even as kittens.

Beophar and Frontline are good.

Fleas carry the larvae of the tape worm so cats need to be protected.

It's also a good idea to use a spot on wormer three monthly.

Yep, have been doing that- this is the result of one missed treatment as the vet didn’t do the prescription in time before we went away.

It never seems to fully get rid of them IYSWIM? It makes it better, but doesn’t seem to eradicate them. Hence thinking about flea collars as an added extra.

No, you mustn't use flea collars as well as other treatments. They interact and can cause harm. In any case flea collars don't work. You need Stronghold, Advocate or Advantage for the cats and Indorex for the house.

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Yep, have been doing that- this is the result of one missed treatment as the vet didn’t do the prescription in time before we went away.

It never seems to fully get rid of them IYSWIM? It makes it better, but doesn’t seem to eradicate them. Hence thinking about flea collars as an added extra.

You don't need a prescription, you can buy it, online if you want. I never got mine through a vet.

Viovet is quite good for that, reasonably priced.

I bet you won't miss it again! Mind your feet and ankles, fleas love to bite there more than anywhere.

You can get them injected with program, it stops fleas breeding so you don’t get infested but you still need to use spot ons to kill the fleas or the cat will still suffer.

The vet can write a private prescription so you can buy your spot on online in bulk.

Thanks for the tips, didn’t realise I could get the prescription stuff elsewhere… and will definitely get them injected.

So the consensus is not to bother with flea collars at all?

I buy the seresto flea collars every 7 months and never have issues,I also indorex the house every 11 months.

I wouldn’t risk a collar on a cat at all. My 15lb built like a tank Bengal got his leg stuck once and had to be rescued. That was a quick release one.