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From: rjw@ptsfc.UUCP (Rod Williams)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: flea comb
Message-ID: <457@ptsfc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 19:13:09 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  1 19:13:09 1985
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Reply-To: rjw@ptsfc.UUCP (Rod Williams-2e700)
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>         ...  Someone told me about flea combs.  It's a stainless steel comb
>with teeth that are very close together.  You comb their fur, and it catches
>the little buggers in the teeth.  Knock the fleas off into a bowl of water
>with detergent in it to kill the fleas.

  Another vote for flea combs! My two Burmese, although kept indoors,
  still manage to get infested with fleas every summer. I tried
  flea powder, non-toxic shampoo, toxic shampoo, nuking the house,
  even Avon's Skin-So-Soft (a net hint from last year!) to no avail.
  Then I got a flea comb and bowl of water - it's great! And the
  cats love it - they get to stay dry, they *love* being combed
  (they go into a blissful trance, purring like crazy) and end up
  flea-free and silky smooth.

  Of course, Burmese are short-haired - I'm not sure I'd want to try
  this technique on a long-haired Persian...
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