We have atomic fleas here in Texas!

We have atomic fleas here in Texas! 03/08/2010

Hi, Lucky here!
I knew it! Remember when meowmy had the brilliant (not) idea to let us experience the great newness of our first snow? Well... we had been inside only for a long time, so not treated for fleas or anything... Fast forward a few weeks and ta-da! What do we have? FLEAS! Meowmy caught one flea on me! It took me a whole five minutes in a frigid frozen outside experiencing the great wet snow.... and what am I left with? Fleas and a run of stinky Revolution! What's worst, I am sure that flea has been on me for quite a few days... Oh boy!
Has anybody ever told you we have atomic bugs in Texas? Oh yeah, psss they could care less about a feet and half of snow!
By the way, Here is what my friend Simon the cat has to say about Snow - I tend to agree with him now - completely senseless!

Comments

Goldie link

03/08/2010 5:48am

Sorry about those pesky fellas!!!

Strange that you got them from the snow. There must have been a dog or cat that had recently been right there with fleas jumping off of them. I used to be out all the time and I have never had fleas. We also live out in the woods.

Good luck getting rid of them!!

Fuzzy Tales

03/08/2010 6:54am

Our human uses Advantage in the spring and summer, but here in Ontario it's plenty cold enough that no fleas will be around during the winter. Hmm, come to think of it, in another month or two she'll have to start again.

Good luck, hope that gets rid of them!

angel and kirby link

03/08/2010 9:10am

Unfortunately, in Texas, you have to treat for fleas all year long! Winter is the best (worst) time to get them!

Cheysuli link

03/08/2010 10:24am

Yes, a good freeze is always good to get rid of the fleas but the ground really needs to freeze hard (it doesn't always when you have snow). We know that around here where we sometimes we get a bit of snow but the ground doesn't freeze deeply enough to kill off those fleas..

Zippy, Sadie and Speedy link

03/08/2010 12:55pm

Ugh, we hate fleas. Daddy does something in our yard right after da snow starts to melt dat keeps fleas outta der, but we can't go on da grass for two days (his rules) after he does it. We'z neffur hadded fleas here but da one dat came before came wif dem!

Abby link

03/08/2010 5:15pm

We love Simon!

We're pretty lucky, since we are indoor only kitties, we tend never to have fleas...and we only get 'treated' if someone starts scratching (cuz we all HATE that stuff!)

purr on
Abby

Amy & The House of Cats link

03/08/2010 6:45pm

Our dad spent his summers in Texas as a kid and we have heard about the bug there - we aren't surprised they could survive the snow! We had fleas in the house when Virgil first came home (he was a feral baby cat (4 wks old) when he came here) so we went on Frontline for a while til they were gone (well, Virgil couldn't have it of course, he was too little). Mom would use the flea comb to get rid of them.

KC link

03/17/2010 7:26pm

We's purring and purraying for Bugsy and Lucky.
I's put a post on tha Cat Blogosphere so you can get some support. That helps a lot.
And a whole bunch of purring kitties doesn't hurt, either. Plus woofies and mousies and buns and any other critter. Oh, and hoomans, too.
Love & Purrs,
KC

meowers from missouri link

03/17/2010 8:25pm

we wishes you a happy saint paddy's day (top o' the EVENIN' to ya), an' hopes that yer upcoming vet dates go easily for all. we will purr an' purray fur you all!!

love & headbonks,
ed, nitro, xing lu, an' igmu sapa

peeyes: we hasta treat fur fleezers here in missouri all year, too. dang things.