Is there any alternative to flea treatment that actually works?

[Tygertiger]

I use spot-on for fleas and tapeworms. I don’t think there’s an alternative for worms and I wouldn’t want to take the risk as my cats are hunters, but I’m feeling increasingly uneasy about the impact of insecticides on the environment and thinking that if I could stop using the spot-on for fleas, that would at least reduce the impact a bit. But is there any alternative that actually works? Has anyone found anything with less environmental impact that still works on fleas? Thank you!

I wrap tablets in a bit of ham or chicken. They woof it down.

My cat is 8 and has never had fleas once. My last cat didn’t ever have them until I started using spot on treatment when he was about ten. Then there were constant problems. Which is interesting. They are very toxic and can’t be good for a cats health.

The flea products whose active ingredients are causing problems in the water courses with fish and invertebrates are the advantage, advocate, prinvox and prinocate products. The prescription only products like nexgard, bravecto and felpreva are not causing the same issues as they are a totally different class of drug.

a few dabs of TCP on ankles , knees , wrists and lower neck
should scare away these blighters ........

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