# Ok so there are "things" crawling on my cat

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 3, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-there-are-things-crawling-on-my-cat/382664 "2006-12-03T05:16:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-there-are-things-crawling-on-my-cat/382664/41 "2006-12-15T16:12:01Z")

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_ **UPDATE** _

Here we are about 7 days since I gave my cat the frontline treatment. And Guess what? she’s down to zero flea dirt! I still see her biteing at her leg a bit, but its only when she’s bathing and is very infrequent. I didn’t reapply the frontline as **QED** and \*\*Elysium  
\*\* advised, and its working out well.

Thanks to everybody for your advice, I now have a very health flea free kitty and I’ll keep applying the front line for the next 2 months to keep her that way.

MM

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**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-there-are-things-crawling-on-my-cat/382664/42 "2006-12-16T00:29:35Z")

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My dog is never really without Frontline. I probably use it every 2-3 months in the winter, but monthly in spring & summer.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-there-are-things-crawling-on-my-cat/382664/43 "2006-12-16T16:22:59Z")

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[QUOTE=MonkeyMule]  
[Thanks to everybody for your advice, I now have a very health flea free kitty and I’ll keep applying the front line for the next 2 months to keep her that way.  
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Glad to hear it! Pepper and I are very big fans of Frontline, that’s for sure. I notice that when she had the fleas, she was considerably less playful than she used to be, but after the Frontline started working, it was like she was suddenly a kitten again. Clearly, the fleas were making her miserable; I don’t know how feral cats stand it!

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