CAT'S SURPRISE DINNER GUEST

NY Post ^ | June 6, 2009 | TOM LIDDY

[GQuagmire]

Talk about a scaredy cat.

A rascally rat showed a leopard who was boss at an English zoo, chomping down on the big cat's dinner literally right under her nose.

[Jeffrey_D.]

I rather suspect that the fleas laid eggs in the carpet. With an indoor cat, treatment has to out last the next hatch. Treating the carpeting helps.
If you have out door kitties as well, as we do, pet them but don’t pick them up! They are typically loaded with fleas.

[Dianna]

Oh heck, look at this:

In about five to fourteen days, adult fleas can emerge or may remain resting in the cocoon until the detection of vibration (pet and people movement), pressure (host animal lying down on them), heat, noise, or carbon dioxide (meaning a potential blood source is near).

Adult fleas cannot survive or lay eggs without a blood meal, but may hibernate from two months to one year without feeding. (http://www.fleasmart.com/life.htm)

Apparently, they can hang around forever! LOL!

I'm still in the process of dealing with flipping bed bugs... Bring me some DDT!

[Doogle]

..and then there's ...

[kalee]

I am so afraid of bedbugs I don’t want to travel anywhere that I can’t returm home by niughtfall to sleeep in my own bed.

[Lady Jag]

Cat lovers have long observed that when a cat puffs its cheeks it is happily curious.

It appears these two might be friends as the cheeks appear puffed and he hasn't eaten the mouse.

The one on the left is catatonic and the cat on the right is Happy.

[Slings and Arrows]

I would suggest getting Revolution or another vet-prescribed antiflea medicine and treating your cat monthly whether you see fleas or not. You may also have to bugbomb your house to get the eggs.

[Kimmers]

This could be a good analogy.....the cat has forgotten how to hunt for food, he just hangs around all day waiting for food.....and when food wandering in to the enclosure he does not recognize it as food so therefore he does not know what to do with fresh food on four legs....

Then we have liberals that have forgotten how to work and are hanging around waiting for the monthly check.....if the opportunity to work is available to hem they do not recognize the opportunity to improve their lives and they do not know what to do with this thing called work

[Slings and Arrows]

Eh, stranger things have happened. And cats do delight in confounding expectations.

[Slings and Arrows]

As someone posted on another board, “A FUD IZ EATIN MAI FUD.”

[Mercat]

We front line our cat who is indoor outdoor and follow the directions to do it once per month. No problems. We recently acquired a five year old dachshund. When we took him to the vet for a check up, she found a flea so did front line plus the other thingie that immediately kills all fleas on him. Frontline works by making the animal untastey to the flea I think. So we should be done but will keep an eye out for the nasty critters.

[Dianna]

I am so afraid of bedbugs I don’t want to travel anywhere that I can’t returm home by niughtfall to sleeep in my own bed.

They are a hugely annoying hassle!

[Lady Jag]

You got that right, "cats do delight in confounding expectations." And if I may add, they confound hindsight as well.

[Dianna]

So we should be done but will keep an eye out for the nasty critters.

It sounds like the fleas will just hang out in your carpet waiting out the Frontline. I'd guess you'd need to treat both animals monthly for a year or so, OR treat your carpet.

[Dianna]

And if I may add, they confound hindsight as well.

My kitty does love to play with the touch lamps! I think he's fascinated.

[Lady Jag]

There’s a touch lamp near one of my cat bowls and it often gets a rub when a cat comes to snack. They haven’t figured it out, I’m sure. My cats are otherwise talented.

[Battle Axe]

Are there out door cats that come to a window or door where fleas could get under he door? Do you have a dog that goes in and out.

Other suggestion is that you are having waves of egg hatching or you are not getting all the fleas that are there and saving some for seed for later.

BA

[Twotone]

We have three cats who go in & out at their leisure. We treat them regularly with Frontline. No flea problem.

[TheOldLady]

We were living in a townhome in Torrance, CA, with our two cats, and the grounds had a terrible flea problem. One day, Hubby was watching the cats at the sliding glass door, and he literally saw fleas trooping onto Muffin’s nose through the screen. The HOA sprayed the grounds, and we had to evacuate the house, deflea the kitties, and set off bug bombs inside and in the basement/garage to get rid of the horrible, disease-carrying little bloodsuckers. After that, we never had fleas again.

You can beat this!

[Dianna]

You can beat this!

We're going on vacation in a couple of weeks and the cat will be boarded, so this was probably a perfect time to treat him with Frontline. I think we'll bomb the house while we're gone.

[Cementjungle]