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TexasBushwhacker

(20,646 posts) Wed Jul 13, 2022, 10:03 AM Jul 2022

Flea treatment for indoor cats

My cats in the past have been indoor/outdoor because they were rescued ferals,, but the ones I'm adopting have been indoor only, so I'm going to keep them that way. Do I have to worry about flea treatments once I have them home? They've been getting Capstar at the shelter.

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Flea treatment for indoor cats (Original Post) TexasBushwhacker Jul 2022 OP

I've never given my indoor cats flea treatments. Ocelot II Jul 2022 #1

... Faux pas Jul 2022 #2

Great if you have carpet but I wouldn't use it on hard floor surfaces. Nt Phoenix61 Jul 2022 #3

I've already gotten some TexasBushwhacker Jul 2022 #6

From my personal experience no zeusdogmom Jul 2022 #4

I keep an eye on my indoor cats and dose them if I see any fleas. Midnight Writer Jul 2022 #5

We don't treat for fleas. piddyprints Jul 2022 #7

Ocelot II

(120,448 posts)

1. I've never given my indoor cats flea treatments.

Reply to TexasBushwhacker (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2022, 10:05 AM

Jul 2022

Never needed them.

Faux pas

(15,306 posts)

2. ...

Reply to TexasBushwhacker (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2022, 10:14 AM

Jul 2022

Diatomaceous Earth

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Phoenix61

(17,550 posts)

3. Great if you have carpet but I wouldn't use it on hard floor surfaces. Nt

Reply to Faux pas (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 13, 2022, 10:22 AM

Jul 2022

TexasBushwhacker

(20,646 posts)

6. I've already gotten some

Reply to Faux pas (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 13, 2022, 08:35 PM

Jul 2022

Not just for fleas, but in an apartment in Houston, you either have roaches bad, or not so bad, but you WILL have roaches.

zeusdogmom

(1,045 posts)

4. From my personal experience no

Reply to TexasBushwhacker (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2022, 10:39 AM

Jul 2022

But - does kitty sit by a screen door or in a screened lower floor window that is open? Are fleas a big problem in the yard or other area around the house? Fleas will seek out what they need in many devious ways - even coming into the house on your shoes and clothing if there are fleas in the yard. Coming into house via window screens or on the humans is the only way we could figure out how one of our cats began hosting the d*** things because she never went outside. Never. The area were we lived was heavily infested. Ugh! No longer have cats and the dog is on a monthly pill just in case. No fleas in 12 years!

Midnight Writer

(22,941 posts)

5. I keep an eye on my indoor cats and dose them if I see any fleas.

Reply to TexasBushwhacker (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2022, 11:24 AM

Jul 2022

Seems like every couple of years I see a problem, but a month or two of treatments (Advantage) clears things up.

piddyprints

(14,815 posts)

7. We don't treat for fleas.

Reply to TexasBushwhacker (Original post)

Thu Jul 14, 2022, 12:47 PM

Jul 2022

We have both indoor and outdoor cats, but no indoor/outdoor cats. None of them have ever had fleas. Our kitties range from 2 to 19 years old and are raw fed.

I'd say no, you don't need to worry about your indoor cats unless you actually see fleas on them.

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