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HI, I have the same problem!!
I kept feeding her the same cat food her owner did; however, my friend Caroline's cats have the same exact scratching; we all use the same anti-flea, like advantage on the neck, or that other big fat company. So, since we all use something like advantage on the neck anti-flea, i bet its the anti-flea meds.
THAT is the common thread; my friend gives her cats different cat food than me.But, get this; my friend says"that is NORMAL for cats to do that! mine always do it!"NORMAL??? her cats have always done that? and we all use the powerful advantage? one of those 2 huge companies??
Here is the thing; years ago I had cats, and I kept them indoors, never gave them advantage or any super-flea meds.They NEVER HAD that itch!! never!!! only since people have been doping their cats with advantage & that other super-flea muck on the neck.my cats went"au natural" meaning, i was too poor and backward to do that stuff. ha ha.
I think I'm going to stop using advantage for fleas, treat fleas "as needed," be careful, not let her out, and see if "no cat drug-anti-flea" can get out of her system. she's 3 yrs old, the first owners gave it to her.NOW, if I get horrible fleas, i'll have to consider something else--like making her live in a cedar box. ha ha, no, kidding.But it will probably take a while for the stuff to wear off.
(long ago, if our cat got bad fleas, we WASHED the cat, flea-bombed the apartment, and that did it.)
Really, my old cats never got that itching--but they never got advantage, or any other super-flea-meds. I was kind of a health food hippie, I didn't also like a lot of that stuff.(how was I supposed to know, WHAT is in those advantage meds? do we have knowledge of their chemicals??) well, that's my experience. whatdya think?? thanks, Doreet and Bella
I kept feeding her the same cat food her owner did; however, my friend Caroline's cats have the same exact scratching; we all use the same anti-flea, like advantage on the neck, or that other big fat company. So, since we all use something like advantage on the neck anti-flea, i bet its the anti-flea meds.
THAT is the common thread; my friend gives her cats different cat food than me.But, get this; my friend says"that is NORMAL for cats to do that! mine always do it!"NORMAL??? her cats have always done that? and we all use the powerful advantage? one of those 2 huge companies??
Here is the thing; years ago I had cats, and I kept them indoors, never gave them advantage or any super-flea meds.They NEVER HAD that itch!! never!!! only since people have been doping their cats with advantage & that other super-flea muck on the neck.my cats went"au natural" meaning, i was too poor and backward to do that stuff. ha ha.
I think I'm going to stop using advantage for fleas, treat fleas "as needed," be careful, not let her out, and see if "no cat drug-anti-flea" can get out of her system. she's 3 yrs old, the first owners gave it to her.NOW, if I get horrible fleas, i'll have to consider something else--like making her live in a cedar box. ha ha, no, kidding.But it will probably take a while for the stuff to wear off.
(long ago, if our cat got bad fleas, we WASHED the cat, flea-bombed the apartment, and that did it.)
Really, my old cats never got that itching--but they never got advantage, or any other super-flea-meds. I was kind of a health food hippie, I didn't also like a lot of that stuff.(how was I supposed to know, WHAT is in those advantage meds? do we have knowledge of their chemicals??) well, that's my experience. whatdya think?? thanks, Doreet and Bella