Sugar, no Fleas

[cathyr19355]

If my life were a Fluxx game, that would be my current game victory goal. "You win if the only Keeper on the table is Sugar, the Cat."

I posted, back in November, about how the anti-flea goop my cat's vet prescribed is supposed not only to kill all the fleas on her, but to turn her into a Mobile Flea Extermination Unit. I reapplied the goop early this month, per the vet's instructions.

Well, turns out only half the ad copy is true. Sugar seems to continue to be flea free, But now I'm seeing fleas in the house. Not on me, thank God, or I'd be storming my vet's office, right now, at this hour. Instead, I see them casually flying, in ones and twos, in the kitchen, or inside the dishwasher, or my room.

And late last night, as I went to scrape Sugar's covered litter box (admittedly the first time I'd done so in about 36 hours) I saw several dozen, flying around inside the box.

Though I am glad that my cat is no longer infested, I WANT THOSE DAMN INSECTS OUT OF MY HOUSE. I have a call in to the vet, and am hoping for good advice. Grrrrr.

Comments

[ambug666.livejournal.com]

Fleas can't fly. If they are truly flying, then they are probably mayflies, not fleas.

[cathyr19355.livejournal.com]

They sure look like the bug I saw on my cat at the vet's office.

But you may well be right; God knows I'm no entomologist. If that's true, though, where on earth did they come from, and how the heck do I get rid of them?

[ambug666.livejournal.com]

If they are flying they are not fleas. Fleas jump. They don't have wings. Unfortunately, I'm not an exterminator. We had to hire one when we got overrun by ants. I'd suggest you avoid Orkin. Oh, they got rid of the ants, but they have us locked into a contract where they continue to try to exterminate even in the winter months.

[cathyr19355.livejournal.com]

You are right, as my cat's vet took pains to point out when she called me back this morning.

I do know an Exterminator Guy (http://cathyr19355.livejournal.com/62245.html), at this point, but there isn't enough of a problem for me to think in those terms yet.