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]