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I have 2 cats- Lancelot neutered male Bengal,14 yrs & Eloise neutered female Bengal mix, 4 yr old. They are both close to 13 lbs.
After moving to East Tx last Nov. my new vet scared me regarding a lethal tick disease in my area that kills cats within 24 hrs. so I applied Bravecto mid March as recommended by this vet. (They rec'd rabies vaccine then also).
Then I read in the forum about the toxicity of this Bravecto so I did not reapply it.
In mid Aug both cats had fleas, my husband & I get bitten too & the our house infested. We began putting diatamaceous earth on the area rugs & laundering stuff. Lancelot scratched his neck so hard that he had an open sore which is now healed.
Then we had petsitters stay at our house from Aug 20 until we returned Sept 8th from a vacation.
They were from a company called Trusted Housesitters which a friend recommended to us.
Lancelot was obviously mistreated during our absence as he is still very needy but much less stressed.
We have held him for hours every day since returning.
We are remediating the house & yard(cats love to go in our yard)with flea killing products.
The petsitters applied revolution 3 weeks ago with little relief for the cats but may not have gotten it all on them.
Daily we have used a flea comb on the cats and spray a topical essential oil spray from a vet to repel fleas.
We finally decided that they have suffered enough and put Bravecto on them again today(Sept 15).
My question is ---what can I do now to help them detox from this Bravecto?
What else can we do to give them relief in the future?
I have had many cats over the years but never had a problem with fleas even in Florida.
Of course I had 2 small dogs also then that the fleas preferred.
The vet told me that it is a really bad year here for fleas due to lots of rain & humidity.
Thank you!
Pamela Kirscher
After moving to East Tx last Nov. my new vet scared me regarding a lethal tick disease in my area that kills cats within 24 hrs. so I applied Bravecto mid March as recommended by this vet. (They rec'd rabies vaccine then also).
Then I read in the forum about the toxicity of this Bravecto so I did not reapply it.
In mid Aug both cats had fleas, my husband & I get bitten too & the our house infested. We began putting diatamaceous earth on the area rugs & laundering stuff. Lancelot scratched his neck so hard that he had an open sore which is now healed.
Then we had petsitters stay at our house from Aug 20 until we returned Sept 8th from a vacation.
They were from a company called Trusted Housesitters which a friend recommended to us.
Lancelot was obviously mistreated during our absence as he is still very needy but much less stressed.
We have held him for hours every day since returning.
We are remediating the house & yard(cats love to go in our yard)with flea killing products.
The petsitters applied revolution 3 weeks ago with little relief for the cats but may not have gotten it all on them.
Daily we have used a flea comb on the cats and spray a topical essential oil spray from a vet to repel fleas.
We finally decided that they have suffered enough and put Bravecto on them again today(Sept 15).
My question is ---what can I do now to help them detox from this Bravecto?
What else can we do to give them relief in the future?
I have had many cats over the years but never had a problem with fleas even in Florida.
Of course I had 2 small dogs also then that the fleas preferred.
The vet told me that it is a really bad year here for fleas due to lots of rain & humidity.
Thank you!
Pamela Kirscher
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