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Worth noting that Tumeric won't get rid of flees. Sites claming this works also recommend basil, thyme, rosemary, garlic and the rest of the spice cabinet. Might as well chuck your cat in the oven as a roast if you're this sort of irresponsible pet owner.

Yeah these people are dumb but let’s not pretend like the pet pharma industry is vetted and regulated like the pharmaceutical industry that makes medicines for humans.

These anti flea solutions are literally pesticides. And pesticide regulation is decades behind the science.

Can’t spray fipronil in an egg farm against lice but it’s a-okay to put it on my cat who will lick their fur?

Still be careful around that stuff. A lot of flea medication can cause siezures. Oral flea meds are carcinogenic, so handle with care (dogs and cats usually die of old age first though). "Safe" for animals usually means "safe enough not to cause short term harm with assumptions that the animal has 10 years of life left."

Actually one of the best things for fleas (outside of oral medications) is Dawn, no jokes. We had a bad outbreak after the dog brought them in and they got on our 3 cats so it was a battle of attrition as wed wipe out the infestation in one animals and it get reestablished on the others but bathing and flea combing them every day (and dusting the carpets and furniture with diatomaceous earth) eventually we wore them down, broke their lines, crushed their flea men and heard the lamentations of their flea women, who were then also crushed.

I still have PTSD flashbacks like 3yrs later when I feel a tingle on my leg and think it's a flea 😅

B…but if tiktok says something is true then it must be scientifically proven, right? No one would lie on the internet, right?

Because it's ✨natural✨ which automatically makes it better of course.

Aren't there some big-name brands of flea medications that can cause some really nasty side effects? I was researching flea meds for my cat a few months ago and I remember people saying there was one in particular that was known for that. I picked Cheristin specifically because it had a lower risk of side effects.

Edit: I think I'm thinking of Nexgard, a google search says that one can cause seizures.

That’s turmeric, one of the healthiest human foods. If you don’t care about the looks, and it actually works, then why not? I’d be surprised if the actual “approved” chemicals are safer than literally just turmeric.

I wouldn't rush to defend these products. Pet medications are regulated by the FDA. However, topical flea treatments were regulated by the EPA until very recently because it was assumed they didn't enter the bloodstream.

To be fair, there's actually tons of those that just don't work. Especially when you buy them from the store. The vet usually has the good shit though.

Some cats do not handle flea medicine well.

Tick and Flea Medicine Poisoining in Cats

Mostly for the meme probably, but theoretically money could be a reason.

some people like coloring their cats. there was a girl who was interested in me. we went on a date, i dropped her off and her cat was some funky colors. I asked, she said she had been making her cat purple. i asked what with and i don't remember anymore but anyways I don't like turning my cats colors so that was the end of that relationship.

But RFK Jr. says they might give your cat autism