How to stop cat shedding and treat fleas? How often to bathe?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
My cat sheds a lot of fur and has fleas... what should i do? And how often should i give him a bath...the weather is around 17° celsius as its winter.
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Published on November 18th, 2016
Frequent brushing may decrease the amount of shedding. Fleas can be treated with a topical preventative such as Frontline or Revolution. You can purchase these from your veterinarian. Use a topical or oral flea preventative for at least 3 consecutive months, preferably year round. An oral medication such as Capstar can quickly kill any adult fleas on your cat. Again, purchase this from your vet. You will also need to treat the environment. This includes vacuuming everywhere your cat goes and washing all bedding. Follow up with an area treatment (flea bomb) to prevent reinfestation. Cays usually keep themselves very clean and don't require bathing more than once every 6-8 weeks if not longer. If your cat is not grooming regularly, have him examined by your vet to diagnose illness or injury as either can commonly cause a change in behavior or grooming habits.
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You should never give your cat a bath! here is the list of the best flea products on the market. Spot ons: Revoulution (stronghold in the UK) Advantage Advantage Multi (Advocate in the UK) Frontline (ticks as well) Bravecto (ticks as well) Tablets: comfortis Collar: Seresto ( (ticks as well) House spary: Indoorex
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Published on January 14th, 2018
To break the flea lifecycle, you need to treat with topical or oral preventatives for at least three consecutive months. Year round treatment is recommended. Use caution when combining flea treatments to prevent toxicities. Any topical medication should be applied 2-3 days before or after a bath for maximum effect. The environment should also be treated. This includes vacuuming everywhere then disposing of the bag or emptying the canister outdoors afterwards. Wash all bedding in the hottest water allowable by fabric. Use a cat safe area treatment to prevent reinfestation. An essential fatty acid supplement can added to the diet to promote healthy skin and coat. This is usually in the form of a fish oil product such as DermCaps, EicosaCaps or Welactin. Find them at your local veterinary clinic or in the local Petco.
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Published on April 24th, 2018
Unfortunately fleas only hop on the body of your cat when they want to feed, then they hop off again and stay in your pet's environment. So you need to treat all pets in the household as well as the environment (which contains the fleas, their eggs and larvae). Flea treatment: 1) Get some flea medication such as a Flea spray or a spot on from a pet shop or your veterinarian and apply monthly 2) get flea powder, put some in your vacuum cleaner bag and vacuum your house and furniture and also non-carpeted areas frequently to remove flea larvae and eggs which live off house dust., Dispose of the bag in the trash outside. Hot-wash all the pet's bedding, If you do this diligently for a few months you will get rid of the fleas. Flea products: Spot-ons: Advantage, Advantage Multi Frontline (ticks as well) Bravecto spot on (ticks as well) - for cats Revolution Tablets: comfortis (will only kill fleas once) Collar: Seresto (ticks as well) They all work well. Just make sure that you get the package that specifies "for cats"
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