Help for the pet lovers at flea season.

Blog Post created by jonescarp.aka.dale.Jan_2007 on May 2, 2017

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It started a month ago for me.

I shouldn't let Hoggie out but he only gets 15 minutes a day where he's really free. (with me watching for coyotes)

So here's something that costs about $10 to make that gathers all the fleas at night. I have one at each end of my room. The fleas think the heat from the 4watt bulb is your pet. They jump toward the heat and fall on the sticky paper.

Judge For Yourself. This one was made a month ago.

When one side gets bad, you peel the paper off the other side, place the peeled paper on the buggy side and, turn it upside down.

Happy Collecting

PS For kittens staple 1/4" screen around three sides and leave one end with a flap you can open to change the paper or the bulb.

MAKE GREAT GIFTS

You can buy pre made units online but they are of paper thin molded plastic and are destroyed if anything falls on them. (like an 8oz bottle of water)

Everything Jumps For The Light, Everything Jumps For The Light

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elvan May 2, 2017 12:34 PM
Brilliant! I will give this to my son and his wife too. I use Revolution but, so far, no fleas this year. I DO need to comb the feral cat and make sure he is okay too because he is outdoors all the time except at night.
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- jonescarp.aka.dale.Jan_2007 @ elvan on May 2, 2017 12:45 PM
  my vet said the fleas have become resistant to everything but revolution.
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  - elvan @ jonescarp.aka.dale.Jan_2007 on May 2, 2017 12:55 PM
    After I spent a fortune on Advantage and Frontline Plus and Comfortis which is oral and the size of a TUMs that you have to shove down the cat's throat...THEN they vomit all over and then all of the fleas start falling off their bodies and dying. What a horrible experience THAT was. I ASKED for Revolution and she gave me a bit of a hard time but I got it and I have enough to get through the summer for all three cats, the indoor ones and the outdoor one. Seems that WE can bring in fleas on our shoes, etc. NOT a comforting thought. I will pass this along to my son and daughter in law though. My oldest daughter has NINE indoor cats a couple of ferals who are outside, and a dog. She lives in Western New York state and said they had NO fleas at all last year. She did have them in the past but last year she combed and checked and said they did not find any. WOO HOO. I found them on MY cats last year after I babysat my son's kittens for the weekend and they are constantly exposed to his dog and his indoor/outdoor cat. I am SURE that is where they came from.
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Christine_Aka_Legend May 2, 2017 10:13 PM
jonescarp.aka.dale.Jan_2007 Great Idea.
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- jonescarp.aka.dale.Jan_2007 @ Christine_Aka_Legend on May 2, 2017 10:39 PM
  I've been using these for 35 years but sent all mine to my daughter so I made some more. :-)
  You could get 4 of them out of one 8 foot board
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  - elvan @ jonescarp.aka.dale.Jan_2007 on Nov 2, 2017 1:29 PM
    This is seriously an amazing idea. I have seen some for sale that do not look anywhere near as good as this. They also vary a LOT in price, some are on line that use soapy water. That's what I use when I flea comb the cats...the fleas sink to the bottom (unless they jump off onto ME). They are down to 3-5 a day...the OUTDOOR cat is down to none. The FIRST time I combed him, there were so many that I had to keep changing the soapy water, I was SCREAMING because I was SURE they were on me although I did not find any.
    
    I HAVE to do something. My son's cat is covered with patches of missing fur because he is allergic to fleas. He has three cats and a dog and he, like me, has spent a small fortune trying to treat them. We have both tried just about everything on the market, both of us have been using Revolution for the past year.
    
    You DO know that you could make and SELL these, right?
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    - jonescarp.aka.dale.Jan_2007 @ elvan on Nov 2, 2017 1:36 PM
      The first ones you could buy 35 years ago were fairly strong but they are about a fourth as thick today. They originally cost $35 now they are like $17 but not worth it. I could stand on the ones I make.
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      - elvan @ jonescarp.aka.dale.Jan_2007 on Nov 2, 2017 10:17 PM
        I just think it is the BEST idea because no more chemicals, no more pesticides being VOLUNTARILY introduced into the house. I HATE them and I am really getting tired of this combing routine but I will keep it up until I am down to zero for a few days, at least. They LOVE it. The one cat is light colored and I can SEE the fleas running for cover when I start to comb her...that freaks me out. I don't get a LOT but two or three make her CRAZY and when I comb her, there is a significant amount of blood...not sure if it is coming from scabs or if it is coming from the fleas. The vet was not at all concerned...SERIOUSLY?
        
        Thanks again for the idea...now if I can just get someone to make them. Not sure it is within my husband's ability...he has so many projects that he never finishes. He volunteers to help everyone and ends up helping no one and piling more and more stuff into places. When he tries to finish a project...he can NEVER find the "parts" he needs to make it happen. I can just see a basement filled with sticky paper.
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