Fleas are with us all the year round now, milder weather and home heating allows them to breed all year round. PLEASE dont tell us your cat has never had fleas. If you dont treat with a yearly injection from your Vet or a 30-60 day spot on also from your Vet, then your cat WILL have fleas even if you dont see them.
Fleas can jump over 14 feet and feel the warmth of a cat and will jump to infest it. Other cats, foxes and rabbits can send their fleas to your cat if unprotected. Fleas are also the carrier for Tapeworms eggs which can be caught by humans...yuckkkk...
Cats can tollerate fleas in small numbers quite well without showing signs, but then it can get so bad the cat is anemic. The cats come to the cattery and we can see the specks that are flea droppings (your cats blood, because thats what fleas live on) on the lighly coloured UPVC shelves and we know they have them.
PLEASE treat your cat with treatment before they come to us. Use Vet ONLY products. The ones from pet shops are low dose and dont work for long.
Untreated cats which show signs of fleas are treated by us Using FRONTLINE spot on AT A COST TO YOU OF £5. per cat.
One more thing...Fleas DONT breed on your cat, they breed in your house..!! down the sides of skirting boards and soft furnishings, the eggs are laid, hatch and then go back on your cat, and so the cycle is never ending. Those midgy bites you thought you had may in fact be flea bites...!!!
Please help us keep our cattery flea free, for the enjoyment of all.