slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) (05/01/85)
I would like some confirmation on something.
We have 5 cats and live in Denver. Our vet told us not to
worry about fleas here. He said that there are no fleas on
pets above 5000 feet.
Has anyone else heard this? We have used flea collars
on our cats since moving here from Nebraska three years
ago. There it was QUITE necessary. It will be nice to
toss them--for the cats and for us, but I don't want to
do so if we will end up with fleas in the house. I've
had fleas around before, and it is not fun.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~dys@lanl.ARPA (05/07/85)
> I would like some confirmation on something. > > We have 5 cats and live in Denver. Our vet told us not to > worry about fleas here. He said that there are no fleas on > pets above 5000 feet. > > Has anyone else heard this? We have used flea collars > on our cats since moving here from Nebraska three years > ago. There it was QUITE necessary. It will be nice to > toss them--for the cats and for us, but I don't want to > do so if we will end up with fleas in the house. I've > had fleas around before, and it is not fun. > > -- > > Sue Brezden > > Real World: Room 1B17 Net World: ihnp4!drutx!slb > AT&T Information Systems > 11900 North Pecos > Westminster, Co. 80234 > (303)538-3829 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Honk if you love Shiva! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't listen to your vet! We live at 8200 ft in the Jemez Mountains; every critter in the mountains has fleas, our cats catch (and eat) mice, shrews, chipmunks, etc, and, subsequently, catch the fleas, too. One of the more *interesting* problems that occur from fleas in this area is bubonic/pneumonic plague, which, incidentally, affects cats as well as humans! We do not put collars of any kind on our cats because both of them are klutzs and get hung up in the brush, but they get a LIBERAL dusting of flea powder at least once a week. We also dust around the doors and other openings at floor level at intervals. Flea bites are icky to begin with, and the plague is not attractive at all. (We even have problems in the winter, when the cats don't go outside-- every mouse in the world tries to winter over inside the house, and they bring their fleas with them.)