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just found a flea on our cat, do we go full nuclear?

Our cat Athena is a fluffy girl and we just found a flea on her, we removed it and crushed it but now my girlfriend is freaking out and her skin is squirming thinking the whole house could be infested. I’m of the opinion that we’ve caught it early and we should just check her usual sleeping spots as well as get a flea comb but my girl is damn near ready to buy a steam cleaner for the rug.

Idk, what do you guys think? How should we handle this?

spittingimage ,
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If you’ve checked the cat’s fur thoroughly and found no other fleas, it’s not a big deal. Check sleeping spots for eggs and use preventative treatments regularly and you should be fine.

CrimeDad ,

We should be going full nuclear regardless in order to mitigate climate change.

Tedrow ,
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Get pest control there now. Give your cat a flea bath. Clean everything very well. I had to deal with this once and it was a months long ordeal. If you catch it fast, you might avoid this.

redisdead ,

Pest control right out of the gate is overkill. Get your pets some of these new medication they make. It’s like one tablet for a whole month, fleas will get obliterated.

yokonzo OP ,

Thankfully we have very little fabric in our tiny apartment, I would imagine our vinyl floors are not fleas favorite places. Were in the middle of some monumental purchases rn so I’m not sure we can afford pest control, but what we can do is hit every spot of textiles in our house, might just go for the steam cleaner after all

RedStrawberry ,

Found a few flees in the carpet last months ago, cleaned up, hoovered etc… then haven’t seen any more since. A good clean, flee comb an a few sticky catcher-thingies should do the job fine.

Vanth ,
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I would be regular vacuuming floors and furniture every day, laundering anything that I can, and putting things in the freezer that I can’t launder. Plus making sure pets flea treatments are up to date. Cat bed gets deep cleaned.

Flea #2 sighted and I’m hunting for steam cleaner deals with your gf.

yokonzo OP ,

Hmm yeah, I’m not familiar with flea treatments but it wouldn’t hurt to give our vet a call

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