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Would this be classified as orange face?

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."

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

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 😅

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Damn that sounds annoying lol

In this specific case, there's really no harm and it is probably better for the cat to accidentally consume some tumeric instead of flea shampoo. If it helps with fleas and you don't mind having a yellow cat, who cares?

This assumes that these people at least took a moment to check that tumeric isn't poisonous to cats. If they didn't, I agree with you fully.

It's not like the cat got hurt. It's just a silly color for a few weeks.

The transition from the "don’t believe everything you see on the internet“ mindset to the "if it’s on the internet it must be right" mindset was swift and frictionless. But I think it was somewhere between 2019 and 2022

That's what happens when your bathtub is made out of plastic instead of enameled cast iron.

Never forget what was stolen from us.