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Hi everyone! I searched under this topic and didn't come up with much - does anyone have any ideas for my dilemma? I just had to move back in with my parents (at age 30 - go me) with my cat. My mom is very allergic to cats, and has asthma. The last time we had a cat (before she knew she was allergic...

Hi everyone, I usually post in the cat forum, because I have a cat! But my parents have a dog, and here is what has been happening: Every 8-10 days, he throws up. He doesn't eat grass and throw up, or eat then throw up, he just throws up yellowish bile looking stuff. Today we came home and there wer...

You are my new superhero, I can't tell you how worried I was about this! Thank you!!!
It is possible that the little guy on my arm was something else - I've never actually seen a flea, so I can't say for sure either way!
Whew. I feel much better.
Thanks again.

Thank you *so* much. Ok, so the white stuff is probably just dry kitty skin, then? I did run water over every clump of fur I brushed off of her, and nothing turned red. Do you think one or two fleas coming home on me is enough to infest the house? Should I do preventative maintenance and call an ext...

So I went to a friend's house and after about 10 minutes of me hugging and petting her cats, she says "Oh yeah, the fleas are almost gone now". I have little itchy red bumps that could possibly be mosquito bites on my upper arms and shoulders. I saw a little tiny black thing running on my ...