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[icarus]

Help.

Kitty has fleas. Bad. We got him this stuff called Frontline. Followed the directions and put it on his shoulders today like you're supposed to.

For a bit he seemed to relax, and for about two hours his scratching went way down.

Now he's acting like the biting is worse than ever. He's scratching the top of his head and his chin and mouth, and he's been panicky, racing around.

Now he's panting and very unhappy, licking and scratching his extremities: face, legs, tail. It's really driving him nuts.

Is there anything we can do?


ETA: wildernessguru is going to give him a bath with a mild soap, in hopes that will get the immediate fleas off. I've told him to protect his eyes, mouth, ears, nose with petroleum jelly first.

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[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

wildernessguru says "Thank you." Just hearing a concerned voice helps, and he says it makes sense that it would take 72 hours to take effect.

We've definitely got the Frontline for cats. *calms racing heart*

My theory is the fleas are "making a break for it" by going to the extremities - the sensitive head, mouth, nose, legs. And biting there. I put the petroleum jelly around his nose and mouth et al for his bath, but I think that's what's helping him most at the moment. I seriously doubt the bath did any good at all.

It's 2:30am here, but he looks a little better.

Boy. Watching him pant and race around was really rough.

Icarus