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malaise

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Reply to MLAA (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 17, 2021, 05:46 PM

Jul 2021

I asked because one of the feral kittens got inside the house and I had a blast helping her get out but she has neither fleas nor ticks. Now I know cats can have fleas but we put flear powder on the patio. In all these years I've never seen a tick on one of them.

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Serious question - how come I've never seen a tick on a cat? [View all] malaise Jul 2021 OP

Uh, you don't get out much? Sorry, I know you said seriously...but I couldn't resist 🙂 MLAA Jul 2021 #1

LOL malaise Jul 2021 #4

The powder you put out... Ohio Joe Jul 2021 #19

Well Ohio Joe it's called flea powder malaise Jul 2021 #20

One of mine had a tick once Deminpenn Jul 2021 #2

None of these is an indoor cat. They are feral cats malaise Jul 2021 #5

Mine are DSH and mostly indoor, but they go out for Deminpenn Jul 2021 #7

My indoor cat has had ticks. NNadir Jul 2021 #16

Were you able to get feral cats down and look closely. The patricia92243 Jul 2021 #25

I work hard at taming the kittens so that I can malaise Jul 2021 #26

They taste like Friskies cat chow? marble falls Jul 2021 #3

LOL malaise Jul 2021 #6

They do. And tick-borne disease, including Lyme Disease, Tularemia, hemobartonellosis are on hlthe2b Jul 2021 #8

Thanks malaise Jul 2021 #11

I see some on our cats now and then. Dale in Laurel MD Jul 2021 #9

Maybe it's high time you got a flea and tick collar? Haha MLAA Jul 2021 #12

LOL malaise Jul 2021 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Dale in Laurel MD Jul 2021 #10

I've removed ticks from cats. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2021 #14

I've definitely seen them and pulled them off. NNadir Jul 2021 #15

Thanks malaise Jul 2021 #17

They get them but they probably pull them off pretty fast when grooming themselves. Ocelot II Jul 2021 #18

Yes they do groom themselves quite a bit malaise Jul 2021 #21

They have ticks. And in 2019 I had a beautiful, white Ragdoll die sinkingfeeling Jul 2021 #22

Because you never saw my cat. lastlib Jul 2021 #23

Because ticks like hosts who bathe?!1 UTUSN Jul 2021 #24

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! malaise Jul 2021 #27