How the heck...?

Madame Roxie turned out fine; we found her after the Great Disappearing Cat
scare, and she has decided she likes curling up in a turban; and she checked
out A1 when we took her for her physical last weekend.

We don't let our cats out. Period. So can someone tell me how my little
Supermodel ended up with fleas?

Takayuki...

DH must have ended up with quite an itchy head if Roxie has been
sleeping in the turban.

The tech discovered some flea-yuckies after a routine clean-and-sterilize
after Roxie was looked at, and caught us while we were waiting to settle our
bill. She showed us the flea-yuckies and we left with a box of something
called Revolution, which all the kids got when we brought Madame home. It was
an adventure, too; chasing down five cats to put this stuff on them was
enough cardio for my week.

We had taken Sabrina in just two weeks ago, and she was clean of any cat-
chomping vermin. How do you get these little nasties when you don't even go
out to pick them up?

Shel-hed...

Reminds me of a quote from Jurassic Park-

" life, uh... finds a way."
:-)

Blessed be,
Baha

MaryL...

Well, they may not hang around for the buffet, but people definitely do get
flea bites. Granted, we are not the preferred hosts, but Louie could have

Jo Firey...

I hate to admit, but that is usually how we realize we have a flea problem
around here. Our pets usually keep their fleas off, and in the summer it is
too hot and dry here for fleas. Winter it usually is still too dry. But
get a few days of 70 degrees and decent humidity and a billion of them
hatch. I usually get bit or one of the kids does before I realize its time
to spray the house and treat the pets. (Jake makes sure to groom himself in
our bed to any he get off of him, we have full access to.)

Adrian A...

I usually find it's sufficiant to treat the cats with Frontline® every three
months. I found a flea on Snoopy a couple of weeks ago and realised it had

CatNipped...

You or DH are the culprit - fleas can hide on our clothing or shoes and

MaryL...

Fleas can be easily be transported on your shoes or even brought in my
friends who may have cats with fleas. If you pet "visiting cats" outdoors,
it is also easy to pick up some fleas.

enter the house that way.

Hugs,

CatNipped

been more than five months since their last treatment. I treated both cats
and sprayed the bedding and carpets, I must remember to do them again in
March.

some flea bites.