Cat flea treatment

When I first adopted the kittens, I've never thought (in a million years) of flea epidemic. The problem started after I adopted Captain when my vet first discovered flea eggs on Captain and Chewie. They were then sprayed with Frontline and adviced to be treated once in two weeks. At first, I dismissed the advice thinking that the fleas couldn't get any worse and the spray could harm my kittens. Then, I adopted Cassie and that was when the problem started to get worse.

After two weeks of adoption, Cassie started to show signs of diarrhea and everyone in the house started to wake up in the morning with red itchy bites. Since I spent most of the time with the kittens, I got the most bites and redness was all over my skin, from head to toe. At first I didn't suspect anything until one night (really late -- around 3 - 4 am) I discovered extremely heavy infestation on Caleb's face. I also noticed a lot of flea dirts. I even saw the fleas moving but as Caleb is long-haired, it was so difficult to catch them.

I couldn't sleep that night thinking how terrible it must have been for my kittens to suffer. When the night was over, the first thing that I did was to go to a pet store and bought a flea comb.

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Then, I contacted my vet and she adviced me to spray the kittens with Frontline. I followed her advice but nothing happened. I could still see a lot of fleas in hiding. My family was also continuously bitten. So, my next strategy was putting the Frontline Spot On. 

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This was when things started to improve. The itchy bites began to reduce. But the danger was not over yet. The flea population was reduced but they did not vanish completely. So, my next strategy was to wash their cages (under the vet's advice, they were kept in cages at that time) with hot, boiling water. Then, I cleaned the floor with lemon floor cleaner in which I used Daia.

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The flea attack stopped completely. This time I knew that my battle against the fleas was finally over as I've stopped seeing fleas jumping on my floor as they used to. As for the bites, to reduce the swelling and itchiness, I applied Calamine lotion. 

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Since that moment, the fleas have never come and visited us again. My kittens have become happier and healthier each day. One useful lesson that I've learned from my experience with cat fleas is that although they are the best jumper in the world, a drop of alcohol-based water can definitely paralyse them!