First giardia, now fleas!

And they were treated with Revolution exactly 2 weeks ago!!

I just paid a fair amount of money to treat a couple of my cats for giardia cuz the foster kittens have it. Now, I find A FLEA on the fosters!!!

I'm gonna have to quit fostering because it costs me a small fortune every time I bring one home to treat my animals.

And I still don't know where to find Diatomaceous(sp?) earth to treat my home. I'll have to get Revolution/Frontline for my 6 housecats....then get Frontline from the shelter for these two now that they are old enough. IF I can't get the DE, I don't know if there are any in the house or how to get rid of them!

There goes vacation fund $$!

Try a garden shop for the DE - they should carry the stuff. And someone in here had success with simple table salt in the carpet/furniture. They sat a bowl of salt on the floor and apparently it was full of fleas by next morning.

I got a 4 pound bag I think it was of the DE at our local gardening store. I went into three stores and asked for it and they all looked at me like I was crazy... the woman in the last store actually knew what I was talking about!

Also, look into Capstar. Here it costs $2.50 a pill for the cats. The Capstar makes the fleas die and fall off immediately... don't let the cat on your bed or anything because you'll literally have a pile of fleas where the cat was laying. It works for 24 hours, and then you can apply the topical stuff.

They aren't loaded, I've only seen one. But, Paprika, who went home Tues, her new owners said she had a flea. I assumed she picked it up from the shelter. I have never seen a flea in my house....

If I only saw one flea, should I go ahead & look everywhere for DE to treat the house? I plan to comb these guys & I've had them for 2 weeks & never seen any fleas.

the new owners might have already had fleas in their house if Paprika didn't have them when she left your house, that's what I would guess, that or the shelter explanation