Over recent weeks I've been visited by a black and white stray cat. I can't take him in - lack of room. He seems to have brought an infestation of fleas into the the house; me and the six mogs are being bitten, and it's getting worse.
Normally, I'd just Frontline the cats and spray the house with Acclaim or something similar, but, unlike other cats I've had, my present occupants are unhandleable. The degree to which they'll accept handling varies: two of them can be handled, one is just coming around to it, but the other three jump like kangaroos and run away if I touch them.
How am I going to treat them? Taking them to the vet every month to see the nurse to have them Frontlined will be murder. The cat-person friend who might help is far too busy with work (teacher) and looking after her elderly mother. I've considered the six-monthly injection thingy, but don't like the way the cat has to be bitten for the flea to die, nor injecting toxins into my cats.
Has anyone got any ideas for a sneaky way to Frontline them? I have a feral trap, but it's not a crush cage. When they go to the vet, it's a two woman job: one to chase the cat into a corner where the other person has a carrying cage open on its side. As soon as the cat is in, the door is shut. I'm usually the person doing the chasing!
Any input would be gratefully received, the fleas are increasing by the day.
Then I'll have to do something about the interloper! He wears a collar but attacks me if I try to read the barrel. Seems determined to be my cat. If I was daft enough to have a seventh cat he/she would be tame, affectionate and trusting: a cat I can cuddle.