Cat Flea Control

"Cats sleep usually 2/3 of their lifetime. That's totally normal behavior."

Cat flea control is important whether you want to do it as a preventative measures or to deal with a current infestation.

Keeping your house clean is a great thing, but it will not necessarily prevent a cat flea infestation. But in any case, anyone with indoor cats should still be meticulous about cleaning their house unless they want to end up feeling like they are living in the center of a fur ball. Cat hair and dander builds up quickly and can cause all sorts of health problems.

I have heard owners of indoor cats say that their cleaning routine includes daily vacuuming, possibly steam cleaning the carpets weekly, vacuuming mattresses and frequently washing bedding and other fabric the cats touch. Don't forget to thoroughly clean furniture, cat pillows and scratching posts.

Some people say putting a mothball or flea collar into the vacuum cleaner can prevent you from getting a flea infestation inside your vacuum cleaner. The problem with that is that it might create toxic fumes. After all, those products contain insecticides.

Others recommend that you put your clothes in the freezer before washing them, because fleas cannot survive cold temperatures. Odd advice but who knows?

Here are the things that were recommended by our vet (we don't use anything other than those external cat flea medicine products, because we decided to leave our cats outside).

A professional cleaning company if you have an infestation of fleas.
Cat grooming, which means combing and bathing the cats will also help to prevent major outbreaks and deal with existing flea infestations. There is no need for special "flea-shampoos", water and mild soap will just do the job. The fleas you catch with the flea comb can be put in a diluted bleach solution.
A proper cat flea control product, which works both on adult fleas and immature fleas and at the same time doesn't harm the cat. See more in the cat flea medicine section.
Some people like to use flea cat collars. We didn't like the idea, because the cats can lick the collars (especially when you have more than one cat) and there might be a chance that the cats get poisoned.