Ok so I was just otp with my mom and she's having a weird problem that she asked me to ask you all about...
We have (well, mostly her I guess) a feral colony that lives in her back yard. They were all TNR, so no babies... just the original hmm... I think there are 6 that are all a few years old now.
Ok so out of the 6, only one of them, Max, is friendly enough to people that you can actually touch him. Actually, he's a lap cat
The others are friendly in that they know we won't do any harm to them and will get close to us, but just out of arms reach. (This becomes important in a minute).
So since they're outside and itching from the fleas, my mom tried to put flea medicine on Max. Two years ago she tried advantage and within seconds his eyes dilated, he ran like a madman and started foaming at the mouth. He didn't lick at it or anything... this was pretty much instantaneous. Doc said he was probably allergic to it, so try frontline instead. So last year she tries frontline on him and the same thing happens.
Ok so, she wants to give them something to help with the flea problem, but advantage and frontline are out for Max, and she can't get close enough to the others to try it on them. And since she can't get close, a bath with dawn is also not an option.
So, she's hoping there might be something she can put in their food that will, if not stop the problem completely, at least make them 'less tasty' to the fleas. Any ideas on something that might help?
We have (well, mostly her I guess) a feral colony that lives in her back yard. They were all TNR, so no babies... just the original hmm... I think there are 6 that are all a few years old now.
Ok so out of the 6, only one of them, Max, is friendly enough to people that you can actually touch him. Actually, he's a lap cat
So since they're outside and itching from the fleas, my mom tried to put flea medicine on Max. Two years ago she tried advantage and within seconds his eyes dilated, he ran like a madman and started foaming at the mouth. He didn't lick at it or anything... this was pretty much instantaneous. Doc said he was probably allergic to it, so try frontline instead. So last year she tries frontline on him and the same thing happens.
Ok so, she wants to give them something to help with the flea problem, but advantage and frontline are out for Max, and she can't get close enough to the others to try it on them. And since she can't get close, a bath with dawn is also not an option.
So, she's hoping there might be something she can put in their food that will, if not stop the problem completely, at least make them 'less tasty' to the fleas. Any ideas on something that might help?