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Jul. 11th, 2003

9:15 AM

what's the freaking DEAL here?!? we deflea the cats, and suddenly IIII'M covered in them?!? i've gotten at LEAST 10 or more bites on my ankle and up my right leg and now on my arm since i got up this morning. so not cool. i mean, i'm not THAT hairy!!!

had.. no ... sleep... 3 hours, maybe 3 1/2. silly odd dreams. i really need to lay off the eq! ^_^ got my paladin up to 13, though, and got him some purdy gifts. i can SMITE you with my SWORD, foo! *makes swashbuckling motion*

i need to go hop in the shower and SCOUR myself, and go over to

darkminstrel's... i'm running late already! d'oh! stupid internetting and wasting of the timing!!!

Current Music:Nickel Creek - Reasons Why

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Jul. 11th, 2003 09:29 am (UTC)

You're covered in Cats?

Does it hurt?

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Jul. 11th, 2003 09:35 am (UTC)

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only when they lose their footing on my lap *claws*

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talkingpotato

Jul. 11th, 2003 10:21 am (UTC)

flea circus!

You should get a flea collar, they are probably all angry that they can't feast on the cats anymore :-(

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Jul. 26th, 2003 06:16 pm (UTC)

Re: flea circus!

mom doesn't beleive in flea collars, cuz those stink and aren't 'heathy' for the cats.

which is also why we can't get a flea bomb, or vacuum often (cuz it scares them...)

*sigh*

*scratches feet ferociously*

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talkingpotato

Jul. 26th, 2003 07:09 pm (UTC)

Re: flea circus!

have you tried that advantage goo stuff? You just put it on the skin on the backs of their necks, and it keeps them flealess for a month!!

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Aug. 19th, 2003 06:20 pm (UTC)

Re: flea circus!

that's normally what we use, but haven't gotten any lately cuz we're BEYOND poor! office max is literally right next door to a pet store, so i'll definitely be going there lots to get it after i start getting paid!

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talkingpotato

Aug. 19th, 2003 07:51 pm (UTC)

Re: flea circus!

yeah we go without it a lot of the time until someone somehow gets fleas (not sure how since they are indoor cats)

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Sep. 26th, 2003 07:54 pm (UTC)

Re: flea circus!

the final kitten is getting ready to go, and after he goes, i'm HOPING that things will clear up. they keep letting the bona fide stray in, george, which i know is partly what kick starts the flea problem again.

they (mom and jess) keep telling me that the fleas will die when it gets cold, but i remember that when i was up here visiting two febs ago, by the time i left, my legs were COVERED with flea bites.

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talkingpotato

Sep. 26th, 2003 09:13 pm (UTC)

Re: flea circus!

eech yeah it's too bad you guys all can't chip in for that month long flea control, it really works.

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Dec. 9th, 2003 09:13 pm (UTC)

Re: flea circus!

things are better now that it's fuh-reezing outside. although ironically, i had a flea hitch a ride when i was leaving and it bit the hell out of my left ankle.. almost as if it knew i was leaving ;)

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talkingpotato

Dec. 10th, 2003 12:15 am (UTC)

Re: flea circus!

HAHA at least you won't have to worry about that now!

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hurricane_amy

Jul. 11th, 2003 11:13 am (UTC)

you just made me itch.

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Jul. 26th, 2003 06:23 pm (UTC)

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i'm STILL itching.

i've been having problems sleeping lately, or at least falling asleep..

.. i woke up about an hour after i had fallen asleep (early this morning) because my toes felt like they were on FIRE. they itched so badly that the painful itch incorporated itself into my dream, even...

.. i was up for about an hour, just itching my feet. i wanted to cry.

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baryon

Jul. 11th, 2003 12:05 pm (UTC)

Drink lots and lots of coffee. Fleas don't like coffee drinkers blood.

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Jul. 11th, 2003 02:12 pm (UTC)

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you kidding me?!? i'm the only person in the house that DOES drink coffee, and i'm the only one getting eaten alive!

course, they were doing that, too, even when i wasn't drinking coffee...

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baryon

Jul. 11th, 2003 02:18 pm (UTC)

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Hmm... it must just be a coincidence then. I drink lots of coffee and fleas have never bothered me. When I was living with my folks and the cats had flea problems, the fleas would always bite them but they never touched me. I always assumed it was the coffee I drank, but maybe it was something else.

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Jul. 26th, 2003 07:29 pm (UTC)

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i've tried a million zillion home remedies. to date:

jessie: zero
mom: three
aubrey: five million, fifty-three thousand, five hundred and forty-two.

the only thing they can think of, was that last summer, they were completely swarmed and overwhelmed by them, so maybe they built up 'flea antibodies'?

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jamessqueaky

Jul. 11th, 2003 12:21 pm (UTC)

that's very common. Fleas need a host and they prefer cats and dogs, but if they are defeated from their bodies, they will turn to human blood. They'll probably die soon enough. Wash all your sheets and towels and clothes and vacuum (and maybe even shampoo your rug) and it should get better.

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Jul. 26th, 2003 06:37 pm (UTC)

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i always have to sweet talk the hell out of mom to let me vacuum, because 'it scares the cats and thusly, it must be cruel'. *rolls eyes* i do as much as i can, though. we also have this citrusy natural repellant/killer spray, too, that i've been dousing the carpet and my chair with.

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the_dibbler

Jul. 11th, 2003 12:56 pm (UTC)

ugh, we are defleaing our house this weekend.

took the ranma tot he vet last week and he came home scratching and flea covered. just what i want with a new baby coming soon.

bleck.

time to shampoo the cats and the carpet. threatened to flea dip the vet too.

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Jul. 26th, 2003 07:27 pm (UTC)

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egads.

i truly, truly, do not see the POINT in fleas ever being invented. i mean, do any animals really FEED on them?!? and if they DO, there's an abundance of much larger insects to gourge themselves on...

*sigh*

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Jul. 11th, 2003 03:16 pm (UTC)

foggers worked for our house when we had a flea issue

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Jul. 26th, 2003 07:33 pm (UTC)

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*nod, nod*

unfortunately, mom is convinced that anything that inconveniences the cats (i.e. vacuuming, etc.) is therefore not worth doing, other than very rarely, which SUCKS. (or, i could make a pun and say it BITES.)

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Jul. 11th, 2003 08:47 pm (UTC)

I used to have a gerbil and cats, so there were fleas and mites everywhere, and I was the only one with itchies all over me, I'd been to several doctors, and no one could give me anything that could help me. It wasn't until I removed the carpet in my room, took my gerbie (I didn't know he had mites) to get some mites/flea spray and sprayed every damn thing I could. I also gave the cats flea power baths and collars. Finally...I am bug free... ;)

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Jul. 27th, 2003 06:52 pm (UTC)

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egads, that's a lot of work!

but i imagine worth it!

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Jul. 28th, 2003 06:28 am (UTC)

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I just recently found out from a vet that flea collars don't really work. Ha, it makes sense though when I think of all of the times I've seen my cat scratch his neck just by his collar. I think I even have a pic of that somewhere. heh

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Aug. 7th, 2003 04:13 pm (UTC)

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lol - yeah, i had noticed, too, that back when i bought flea collars for my cats, they wouldn't work, they would just smell real bad!

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Aug. 7th, 2003 07:23 pm (UTC)

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If you're really itching still you can buy a whole line of Aveno products that are great for that. They helped me when I was flea attacked. If you want I can send you some of the left over (unopened) packages I have left...

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Aug. 21st, 2003 10:22 pm (UTC)

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ooh, thanks so much for the offer! *knocks on wood* i haven't had that problem for a bit yet, and after i start getting paid, i work right next door to a petsmart, so i'll be def. picking up some Advantage and some mite medicine!!

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