• JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    Been there. Eventually we had to stop letting him leave though because he brought fleas in. Twice.

    Actually it might’ve been three times

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        24 days ago

        The cheap flee collars do not work, and if the cat was even semi-feral good luck getting any collar on it. Tropical is usually best, but stuff that works is also not cheap.

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          24 days ago

          What does work are anti flea drops you put on their neck, where they can’t reach. Lasts a month or so and kills fleas and ticks. My mum’s cats are outside a lot and they never have fleas or ticks, when my mum doesn’t forget putting the frontline drops on.

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            24 days ago

            Yeah that’s what they referred to as “tropical,” a misspelling of “topical.” But as they say, it isn’t cheap for the good stuff. Frontline doesn’t even work in my area, gotta be advantage II or revolution.

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          24 days ago

          I often find going to the tropics solves most of my problems!

          In all seriousness, I totally agree that topical is the way to go.