Back and need some help.
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Back and need some help.
Well I'm back again, and trying to stay sober. Day one here. So much is going on and I feel overwhelmed and like I can't cope. We just got a pair of kittens who have fleas and everyone is being bitten in the house has to be clean from top to bottom. self and my kids are covered in bites. I broke a tooth and am in excruciating pain. I don't have the money to get it fixed right now. And I hurt my shoulder today somehow I have this horrible pain starting in my shoulders/bicep area and goes down into my arm. I don't I think I'm having a heart attack, is this cleaning thing is killing me. Oh and no one in my family speaking to me right now. I don't know what to do.
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Welcome back!
I'm sure the cleaning is hard work but it's the only way to get rid of the fleas. I hope that you can get rid of the fleas on the kittens (and in your home) and enjoy your new pets.
I'm sorry about your tooth and your shoulder. Could you come up with a payment plan with your dentist to get the work done on your tooth?
I'm sure the cleaning is hard work but it's the only way to get rid of the fleas. I hope that you can get rid of the fleas on the kittens (and in your home) and enjoy your new pets.
I'm sorry about your tooth and your shoulder. Could you come up with a payment plan with your dentist to get the work done on your tooth?
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Originally Posted by Anna 
Welcome back!
I'm sure the cleaning is hard work but it's the only way to get rid of the fleas. I hope that you can get rid of the fleas on the kittens (and in your home) and enjoy your new pets.
I'm sorry about your tooth and your shoulder. Could you come up with a payment plan with your dentist to get the work done on your tooth?
I'm sure the cleaning is hard work but it's the only way to get rid of the fleas. I hope that you can get rid of the fleas on the kittens (and in your home) and enjoy your new pets.
I'm sorry about your tooth and your shoulder. Could you come up with a payment plan with your dentist to get the work done on your tooth?
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Fleas can be a rough one to get rid of. If your cats are allowed to wander the streets by themselves, don't let them for a good while. They're probably picking up the fleas from neighbors, and bringing them back into the house.
Then just clean everything best you can, use from Frontline on them, and bath them every few days with flea & tick shampoo. Fleas can only live without a host for a day or two, so keep them off your cats, and they should disappear quite quickly. Not sure about you, but my dogs are 30kg each, and I just use the Frontline for 40 - 60kg dogs on them. I know I'm not supposed to, but they're big boys, they can handle it, and it keeps the fleas away.
All the best with the other stuff!
Then just clean everything best you can, use from Frontline on them, and bath them every few days with flea & tick shampoo. Fleas can only live without a host for a day or two, so keep them off your cats, and they should disappear quite quickly. Not sure about you, but my dogs are 30kg each, and I just use the Frontline for 40 - 60kg dogs on them. I know I'm not supposed to, but they're big boys, they can handle it, and it keeps the fleas away.
All the best with the other stuff!
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Lscotty - it's good to see you again. Drinking just makes everything more difficult to manage. I'm sorry you're having all those challenges right now - glad you decided to post about what's going on.
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Thanks guys
I reread my post and it is very poor me. I don't know why but I'm just finding the situation very overwhelming. I caught myself thinking that right now might not be the best time to quit but then I remembered if I don't I won't actually be able to do anything about it. Cleaning house is hard when you're passed out. I got the cats from the neighbor when I was drunk. I wanted to get cats for a while, but I didn't even bother to take them into the vet for two and half weeks. Now me and my family are paying the price. Me and my son are both allergic to fleas .It is making me look at some of the wreckage of my past. It's a problem that I actually have to get up and deal with, i'm not used to dealing with things. Maybe it's a good lesson. Not fun, but still.
I reread my post and it is very poor me. I don't know why but I'm just finding the situation very overwhelming. I caught myself thinking that right now might not be the best time to quit but then I remembered if I don't I won't actually be able to do anything about it. Cleaning house is hard when you're passed out. I got the cats from the neighbor when I was drunk. I wanted to get cats for a while, but I didn't even bother to take them into the vet for two and half weeks. Now me and my family are paying the price. Me and my son are both allergic to fleas .It is making me look at some of the wreckage of my past. It's a problem that I actually have to get up and deal with, i'm not used to dealing with things. Maybe it's a good lesson. Not fun, but still.
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Originally Posted by Lscotty1
It's a problem that I actually have to get up and deal with, i'm not used to dealing with things.
Good luck.
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