Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-27904998-20160901163247/@comment-28621707-20160920230745

Hi 5sides, I have to say I divert from all official vet advice when it comes to flea treatment and only apply the frontline type stuff if and when I notice a problem. My Bel goes outside but really mostly just into my back yard and not much further and runs away from other cats on the occasion one comes near so I consider risk of flea infestation is not great. My current approach is partly because my sadly departed Basil seemed to react badly to flea treatment, particularly over grooming. And I got some unofficial off the record advice from one of the vets that this was quite frequent and that he thought it was only necessary for roaming cats to be treated every month. However no vet will say that on the record! Not speculating on the reasons why... Bel gets a health check regularly as have all my cats and no vet has ever pointed out a flea problem...

However - I am in lovely cool north of England so guess the risks are lower here than may be the case elsewhere? I would not like to say this would work for all cats anywhere by any means.