oh dear! insecticide on my hives

[Dishmop]

Use aerosol flea spray on the cats.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Aerosol fleas! sounds painful - what about the rest of the cat's body?

 

[thenovice]

The best flea treatments are prescription only. Some of them will treat worms and other parasites as well. There is now a spot-on formulation for cats that is licenced to treat fleas, ticks and all the worms.

In our part of the country we are seeing a lot of resistance against OTC preparations in fleas, including permethrin - which cats are pretty sensitive to in any way. NEVER put any flea preparation for dogs on a cat.

Your vets will be best to advise you on the best treatment for your cats. Depending on when they last saw the cat, they may ask to see your cat. Many vets will do this for free for flea meds.

yeah, we have those but more cats than people in our neighborhood and they are not treated. our cat brings their fleas in, they do not like him with the meds and turn on us instead. they are probably dying anyway but its enough to make my wife loose it completely... for the rest she is a lovely lady

 

[thenovice]

I noticed that the boxes were nicely stacked and had a pack of unmade frames on top. If I am correct that the smoke from the bombs is particulate, not much of it should be sticking to the inside of the boxes. I rinsed everything thouroughly and refrain from using this season...

 

[Bosleeu]

If you have the right stuff it will kill them within hours and it will work for up to four weeks. Stuff from the pet shop tend to work for much shorter and fleas take longer to die.

Good luck in anyway, I can only imagine your reaction when you made the discovery.