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Old 09-01-2012, 10:05 PM
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Re: My cats have fleas/worms and I can't afford to take them to the vets

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Re: My cats have fleas/worms and I can't afford to take them to the vets

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You can get Effipro from the vets now, it's a spot-on for fleas, doesn't smell too strong, lasts a whole month and is only 4 pounds per tube!!!!
Effipro uses the same active ingredient as Frontline, so useless on cat's/fleas that have already shown a resistance to that.
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Re: My cats have fleas/worms and I can't afford to take them to the vets

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Another one fled the forum - posted the message last night and not been on since! Another troll methinks. I'm going to stop answering first posts I think.
When I joined this forum a little while ago and posted a question I thought that I would get notifications by email if someone replied to my question... but didn't. And I also posted on some other forums, so forgot about posting on this forum and only came across it again "accidentally" about 2 months later... So I didn't not come back on purpose, would have helped if I received email notifications.
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Re: My cats have fleas/worms and I can't afford to take them to the vets

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I have three cats, one at four years old, one at three years old and another at one year old.

We discovered in October that they had fleas, pretty bad. We really do not have a lot of money to spare. We have spent a lot of money (well a lot of money for us) already and I just cannot afford to spend any more.

I bought all sorts of flea treatments for the cats and the home - Flea collars, spot on, flea foggers etc etc, I must've spent about £100 over a course of a few weeks. We tried everything to get rid of the fleas but we just can't shift them. We have been quoted anything from £100 - £300 for professional exterminators to come in.

We have not took them to the vets because we just do not have the money. They still have the fleas and now they have developed worms (I am pretty sure) because they have not been eating properly for the last few weeks.

I'm at my witzend, I know the advise is going to be you need to take them to the vets, but how can we if we have no money to pay for it? I even tried claiming on my pet insurance but they wouldn't pay out.

Any advise would be appreciated, I'm desperate.
If you cant afford basics like flea treatment, what are you gonna do if one of them needs an emergency trip to the vet ? Not been a smart ass but maybe rehome them to someone that actually planned for them. If this isnt a take the piss thread that is.
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Re: My cats have fleas/worms and I can't afford to take them to the vets

hi i have hardly any money im on hardly nething a week and i have a kitten if she had fleas or anything like that i would go without what ever i could to get her treated my animals always come first. Im not trying to sound horrible but if you cant afford to treat your animals you may want to rethink having them and think whats best for them. You could start and put money aside each week as i do and build it up even if it isnt much it soon amounts to something when its left and at least then if you animals need anything you have some money for them. I have a special money box that i keep all the money in for my animals for their food and anything else they need and it helps me alot when i havent any money left to get them something. Also when you have the money i would sugest to stock up on things, think ahead think when they need fleaing ect and get some stuff put away for next time they need doing that way you dont have to panic when they have somethin and you have nothing for them or no money. If you keep organised like this when you have money its makes life alot easier when you have none as it works for me and my cat never goes without. I would sugest you maybe try something like this for your animals cause im guessing you love them to pieces and could bare parting with them but at the same time you cant leave them suffering if they have something and you cant afford to pay for them to get better. Good luck with it
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Re: My cats have fleas/worms and I can't afford to take them to the vets

Thanks guys for the great advise so far, I will reply properly later when on a pc. Don't like typing a lot on a phone browser.
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Re: My cats have fleas/worms and I can't afford to take them to the vets

Just because the OP appears to be a troll, doesn't mean the information contained within the first few posts isn't helpful to other users remember!


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hi i have hardly any money im on hardly nething a week and i have a kitten if she had fleas or anything like that i would go without what ever i could to get her treated my animals always come first.
I don't mean to be horrible, but animals coming before humans?
That's right, I will put the life of a cat before my baby. . . I don't think so.
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I don't mean to be horrible, but animals coming before humans?
That's right, I will put the life of a cat before my baby. . . I don't think so.
That's a little harsh. I dont think littleblackcat meant a baby. I think she was saying her cats come before her.
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