It appears Chuck has gotten some fleas. I haven't spotted one yet but he's scratching a lot and his rump has a lot of the little black spots. Perhaps most obvious are the bites on my ankles. The challenges just keep coming, just after his eye infection cleared up

I'm making a new thread because he's a puppy AND there are cats in the house - I understand that the standard meds aren't okay for puppies, and that the essential oils to repel are poisonous to cats. I have cats in the household so that worries me.

What should I do about this?

I keep meaning to post a scrapbook thread but I can't get to it with all the research and issues and trying to actually be a person too! Ya'll are saving me though thank you so much! I'm excited to be a net contributor to this site rather than just posting all my issues!

As long as you aren't putting the oils on the cats and they're not coming in direct contact with the areas you put the oils (like the collar for example, if you choose to put it there) then you should be fine using oils in a household with cats. I used oils on my 3 dogs when we lived with 4 cats and never had a problem.

Food grade diatomaceous earth in the coat and sprinkled in the house and yard is also safe and effective with puppies and cats.

Is the diatomaceous effective for killing and preventing or just the later? I do also need to make sure the existing stuff is eradicated.

I'd get some comfortis and dose him.

DE will kill what's present, it's not really a preventative.

Thanks folks!