Re: Re: Ticks & cats

[Guest guest]

Could you spray the jungle patch? Rita

[ ] Re: ticks & cats

In asking the question about ticks and cats I wasn't so much

concerned for the cats getting infected as much as not wanting

them to carry the ticks on the house where I'd get bitten again.

It's not that I neglect my cats. I have read that cats do not typically

get Lyme Disease.

Both I and one of my cats are chemically sensitive, so that I' m

concerned about how often I spray them with flea and tick killer.

Even though it's a " natural " lower toxicity spray I worry about it.

There's a kind of jungle patch in the back yard of my apartment

bldg, full of tall weeds. Both cats love it in there, a natural place

for ticks to reside.

In 20 years of living in this Massachusetts town where my cats

have lived in dune grass as well as wooded and weed patch

areas, I have never seen a tick on them.

Although 3 years ago I woke up with six bites on my leg -- which

looked exactly like the marks ticks used to leave on my dog --

and thought the only way I could have gotten them would be for

the cats to bring in a tick which dropped on the bed.

But who knows? Maybe I had been wearing socks and walked

through some brush the day before.

Had no fear or consciousness about ticks then. Sigh.

Bluesky

> my vet says that cats cannot get lyme, i asked him because i

had lyme and i wanted to know what to look forif she got it, and

he said you can't

[Guest guest]

The problem with Frontline besides its possible toxicity is that it only kills

the tick once it bites the cat. So your cat could bring in ticks which could

end up on you when you handle the cat. My cat sleeps on the couch, my bed etc.

He's also been bitten 3 times by neighborhood cats, I think he may be infected

with bartonella because he periodically has a warm, dry nose,low energy and

sleeps much more than usual. Bartonella is very common in cats .A bite or

scratch could infect someone with bartonella. There was a scientific study

(linked on another Lyme site) aimed at vets who are at high risk from infection

from cat bites. My cat has never bitten or scratched anyone, he's very sweet

and friendly. Make sure kids do not try to pick up or pet stray cats. I think

it's best to keep pet cats indoors where ticks are common.

[ ] Re: Ticks

Most animals are hosts for ticks now. It's not just the deer that are

carrying them.

My cats have brought the ticks into my house. I've found them around

their mouths. They are big into catching mice/moles and birds.

I've heard that raccoons, skunks, squirrels, birds, mice, etc. can now

carry ticks. They feed on just about any animal they can hitch hike on

to.

Not all ticks carry Lyme/co-infections, but I got bit by a few and one of

them was the one I got infected by. I believe it was brought into the

house by my cats.

I use Frontline, and am thinking of using something else, my cats freak

out everytime I put it on them. I'd freak too, it's a dangerous chemical.

I wish there was something organic that I could put on them, or feed to

them.

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