Greetings all from the most ancient lurker,
        The reason for me being a lurker for so long is my name.
Please ignore it!!!  It is not a joke and I really need to be taken
seriously.  Usually questions I have some one else brings up and I
have not needed to raise my head (my thanks to the person who brought
up the hairless tail/black spots topic).  But I haven't seen this
covered, or I have been remiss somewhere along the line.
        My abode has recantly been infested with fleas.  No the little
ones are not to blame.  A certain feline, who will remain nameless, was
the rotter.  My roommate & I have been doing everything we can to get
rid of these things.  The kids get baths regularly, everything in the
apt. is regularly washed, vacuumed, etc.  I figure that the problem is
with the little ones themselves.  No matter how well they are bathed
they still end up with a few hangers on.  The cat is fine, has her own
flea collar now.  But I'm frightened to put a collar on the kids as
I think they are poisonous.
        Enter a friend stage right.  She shows me an advert for a collar that
is not poisonous.  Apparently it inhibits the fleas from reproducing.
It does this with some marvels called PRECOR IGR (Insect Growth
Regulator) & "natural pyrethrins".  The company promoting this is
called "VET-KEM."  I was hoping to attach a collar to a harness.  The
Kids will not be impressed but...  Any ideas?  I really do not want to
do this until I know for sure that this stuff will not hurt the
little ones.  Any info would be appreciated!
 
                        Cheers,
                          Ferret
 
[Posted in FML issue 1114]