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Well as you know we have cats....too many and we need toget rid of 3 of them, but while we are waiting for them 3 to be taken, we have a pest problem, FLEAS! They all have them but Lucky(the orange tiger) has the most of them. We have them all over the apartment too. I Started giving the cats a bath last night and i will be giving them one everynight until i get paid Aug 1st then i will pick up some spot on treatment from the vets. But i need some remidies to get rid of the fleas in the apartment.
Problem is we are on a tight income so it needs to be afordable. We have linolium floors. Oh please help thay are driving me crazy!
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Lynn
Emily
Lucky
Spaz
Jem
Animals are the best compainions, they never talk back

If you are renting, the landlord may provide pest control - however, don't count on anything that is provided being safe for cats.

Good luck! I hope someone else has some ideas!
>>Problem is we are on a tight income so it needs to be afordable. We have linolium floors. Oh please help thay are driving me crazy!
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Smile, it will make them wonder what you are up to!

How much does flea bombing cost and where do i buy it? How much Are activated dog collars?

>>If you are renting, the landlord may provide pest control - however, don't count on anything that is provided being safe for cats.
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>>Do you have a vaccuum? Even on linoleum it would be effective to vaccuum daily since the fleas are obviously hiding in minute cracks and seams. You will need to put an activated dog collar into the bag however, to kill any fleas emerging from unhatched eggs.
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>>If you can get someone to take your cats for 8 hours or so, flea bombs do wonders. Do check label directions to see if the residue is safe for pets or if you will need to clean afterwards before allowing the cats back into the house. My friend uses bombs for her flea problems and whatever she uses is safe for the dog to return to after 8 hours or so.
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>>Good luck! I hope someone else has some ideas!
>>>>Problem is we are on a tight income so it needs to be afordable. We have linolium floors. Oh please help thay are driving me crazy!
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>> Smile, it will make them wonder what you are up to!
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Lynn
Emily
Lucky
Spaz
Jem
Animals are the best compainions, they never talk back

I don't know how much flea bombs cost - you can find them in almost any grocery store or super store like Walmart. I doubt if they are terribly expensive.

A dog flea collar probably costs a couple of dollars - you snap it to activate it then suck it up into the vaccuum. Don't put flea collars on your cats, however. They are not really good for either species but they work well inside vaccuums.
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Smile, it will make them wonder what you are up to!

>>If you are renting, the landlord may provide pest control - however, don't count on anything that is provided being safe for cats.
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>>Do you have a vaccuum? Even on linoleum it would be effective to vaccuum daily since the fleas are obviously hiding in minute cracks and seams. You will need to put an activated dog collar into the bag however, to kill any fleas emerging from unhatched eggs.
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>>If you can get someone to take your cats for 8 hours or so, flea bombs do wonders. Do check label directions to see if the residue is safe for pets or if you will need to clean afterwards before allowing the cats back into the house. My friend uses bombs for her flea problems and whatever she uses is safe for the dog to return to after 8 hours or so.
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>>Good luck! I hope someone else has some ideas!
>>>>Problem is we are on a tight income so it needs to be afordable. We have linolium floors. Oh please help thay are driving me crazy!
MA is so right on this. Many, many years ago, I, too have been in the 'no money situation' and know exactly what you are saying.....and so this is my advice.....

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Ruby and the Kitties
Simba, Samantha, Katrina & KatyKatt
Meow!! Meow!! Meow!! Meow!!

How wonderful to do nothing and then rest afterwards. Meow!

Actually Ruby since Lynn is Maine I think she should go with Frontline Plus. That way it kills the fleas and the ticks. She do not want ticks crawling around her house with a baby. Lynn you are checking the baby for deer ticks (those little microscopic ones). They carry Lyme diease. I tutor two students with Lyme diease. It's horrible. Just be careful ok.
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Jaime owned by
Mya the dog
and the cats:Crash, Moxie, Gabby and sometimes Tucker

Hello,
we had that problem with dogs once. It was sooo bad we had to call an exterminator. What he told us to do was use advantage. It really worked too. About 4 hours after we put it on them he said to let them loose around the house and as the fleas would jump on them they would die. In no time at all we were flea free. Thats one thing i love about our new kitten. She's strictly indoors so we dont have to worry about the pesky things.

I got some flea bombs and i even got Advatage and it's not working at all we still have fleas and the advantage has been on the cats for the past almost 2 wks. Well I got raid foggers and let it do it's thing for as long as it said to(4 hrs) and then came back and opened the windows to let it air out. Then i went in and cleaned up before Eric came home. The fleas were gone until we let the cats back in and then they were all over the place again....and the advantage was put on all of them within 24-48 hrs before i fogged the place....god what am i to do?

>>Hello,
>>we had that problem with dogs once. It was sooo bad we had to call an exterminator. What he told us to do was use advantage. It really worked too. About 4 hours after we put it on them he said to let them loose around the house and as the fleas would jump on them they would die. In no time at all we were flea free. Thats one thing i love about our new kitten. She's strictly indoors so we dont have to worry about the pesky things.
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Lynn
Emily
Lucky
Spaz
Jem
Animals are the best compainions, they never talk back

If the advantage isnt working i'd call the vet and tell him. That stuff worked awsome for us. The vet and exterminator both told us to use it for the flea problem. But i'd call the vet. Maybe you got an old lot of advantage.

On the package it says it doesn't expire until like 2007........

>>If the advantage isnt working i'd call the vet and tell him. That stuff worked awsome for us. The vet and exterminator both told us to use it for the flea problem. But i'd call the vet. Maybe you got an old lot of advantage.
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Lynn
Emily
Lucky
Spaz
Jem
Animals are the best compainions, they never talk back

Did you try the flea collar in the vacuum trick?
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Jaime owned by
Mya the dog
and the cats:Crash, Moxie, Gabby and sometimes Tucker

Not yet i'll try it this weekend.......I gotta get to the store and pic one up, it doesn't matter what brand flea collar, right?
Lynn

>>Did you try the flea collar in the vacuum trick?
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>>Jaime owned by
>>Mya the dog
>>and the cats:Crash, Moxie, Gabby and sometimes Tucker
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Lynn
Emily
Lucky
Spaz
Jem
Animals are the best compainions, they never talk back

I don't think so. I went with the cheapest.
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Jaime owned by
Mya the dog
and the cats:Crash, Moxie, Gabby and sometimes Tucker