ICKY.

[chibi_trillian]

My morning went as follows:
9:15am: Wake up early for a change.
9:18am: Roll over, poke computer. Yes, it's right next to my bed, shut up.
9:19am: Flea jumps onto hand. Squish flea, promptly go check cat.
9:25am: Drive to Petco, obtain things of flea!death.
9:55am: Bathe cat. Learn new meaning of pain. Surprised Vivi so well behaved.
10:20am: Buckle flea collar onto damp cat, go forth to attack the apartment with flea spray.
11:30am: Finish spraying. Wash hands thoroughly.
11:50am: Finally regain some feeling in right index finger, now right wrist and forearm starting to cramp. Enthused--at least the fleas won't fair any better than my poor nerve cells. Also, spray is mad hardcore and also kills cockroaches--good, as our next-door neighbors are not very tidy and so we've had sightings of said brown creepy insects.

Now I just need to figure out how the hell Vivi got fleas in the first place (she's an indoor cat) and we'll be good.

Comments

[yuki-kokoro.livejournal.com]

I feel for you. My two cats recently got fleas as well, even though they're also indoor-only. @_@ We sometimes leave the back door open and figure they somehow picked them up there (even with the screen closed); it's apparently been a bad year for fleas since this winter wasn't very cold for very long.

Unfortunately we didn't catch it very quickly so there were multiple bombings and flea powderings and locking of cats in the garage so they didn't breath/eat flea-killing powders or sprays. It was a mess. I hope your quick action saves you from any further flea-troubles. ♥

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

The lady at the pet store said that was a possibility. Vivi also might have picked them up while I was walking her carrier up to the new place or when someone tracked some fleas in while moving things in through the sliding glass door. Whatever it was, we know we caught the infestation a maximum of two weeks after it happened so we're optimistic that we got most of the fleas. ^_^

[creamy-twilight.livejournal.com]

Maybe she got the fleas from one of you since you and Tiff do go in and out of the apartment. Why did your forearm and wrist start to cramp? You sound like a queen who gets to stay in her comfy bed with a kitty and just has to slightly reach out for the computer. Oh yes, giving a cat is so much fun, especially when they start clinging to your arm while also trying to get out of the bath-tub.

Man, I can handle seeing roaches in a house, but a few days ago, horseflies took over my dining room AND my kitchen. My sister ended up just going old school and started hitting them with a rolled up newspaper. One day she killed 15 and then the next day she killed 17.

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

It's a possibility, esecially if one of us went walking through tall grass. And my forearm and wrist started to cramp in reaction to the poision in the flea spray--I got it on my skin and by the time I washed it off, some of it had already been absorbed.

[denimjo.livejournal.com]

9:18am: Roll over, poke computer. Yes, it's right next to my bed, shut up.

So's mine. DOn't feel bad. :)

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

I wasn't joking about the "roll over." I dont even have to sit up all the way to use mine. XD