Hey all, I found a way to cut down cat litter waste/expenditure.


1. Use cat litter crystals. Half pack enough for a tray, or buy 2 packs of crystals.

2. After a week, wash and rinse with detergent, while the other half pack of crystals are used.

3. Dry/jemur in the sunlight for a few days, the longer the better, as long as it takes the other new batch of crystals to be used (a week?)

4. Then repeat step 1 with the other batch of cat litter crystals.


You can basically cut cat litter expenses down by over 50 percent if you're willing to wash, rinse and dry them.


I am done with clumping litter, too wasteful, cumbersome to scoop daily especially if cat pees more than poo, like my growing cat.

I rescued 2 cats and recently found they have fleas. Was clean last time I checked.


Now with flea comb can whack about 5 to 10 initially but now because of regular combing and bath already down to 2 to 3 per day and today is zero.

But I believe they will come back so I started buying a bagged vacuum to clean the floor and sofa/chair they sleep on.


I bath my cats in dish washing soap for now.


I have not used any active spot-on products yet, should I ?

I am considering advantage for cats but I heard from pet store salesperson that it is not allowed to be sold in retail, and it's vet prescription only.


Should I use a spot-on product to turn my cats into a walking flea bomb?

I doubt my vacuuming/cleaning can get all the eggs/larvae immediately, as I am trying to permanently break the flea life cycle and I wonder if spot on products would help in addition to baths, vacuum, flea combing.

Pet shops says the best is to use revolution, selamectin ingredient. Treats heartworms and etc too. The safest of all the spot ons but it's also the most expensive.

Rm 100++ for 3 pipets. But because I have 2 cats, oh boy the cost is going to skyrocket.

Well boys and girls. I am happy to announce that both my cats I treated with revolution yesterday now have dead fleas when I combed them.

None of the fleas removed from the comb are alive, mostly dried up or flattened dead.

I also discovered the source of the fleas could've come from my old 14 year dog who's not been groomed or bathed for some time. Belongs to my brother.

So now I started grooming and treating the dog as well (not with spot-on) but kiltix flea/tick collar instead.

Going to have a hard time cleaning around the kennel though, too many junk.

I will spread sulfur powder around instead.

Update.

I spayed my cat. She was fine when back from the vet.

Then 2 days took a turn for the worse, lethargic, puked, diarrhoea, fever and not eating.

Took to vet again and she suspected Parvo /Panleuko something.

Gave me some anti-fever /vomit meds and some prebiotics.

I found it weird for the cat to instantly got sick after spaying.

Googled and suspected the clavamox antibiotic to be the culprit (all symptoms matched). Since I have to feed the cat prebiotics, I stopped the antibiotics (after taken for 3 days). Since it's a precaution and not actively for an infection, I think the antibiotics were overkill and the cat is probably allergic to it. Generally if wound is not infected within 24 hours of surgery, no antibiotics is necessary.

Within 2 days going off the pills, and after diligently feeding with tura cat's milk (and mixing with some thehills food for recovering cats) and also mixing with L-lysine and other immune boosters, my cat is now active again but still can't eat solids. Diarrhoea is slowly going away.


Just a warning to you guys Clavamox can cause allergy in cats. Vomitting, diarrhoea, fever are the symptoms.

The vet didn't know/expect the antibiotics was the cause. I had to google online and voluntarily stop it and the vet also agreed later since my cat stopped vomitting after I stopped the antibiotics and vomit medication.

Whatever the hell in the first place gave you the idea to allow your cats into your bedroom and bed?

Even my indoor cats are not allowed to do that. They're trained to stay outdoor and my bed is off limits.

Last thing I want are flea eggs and larvae on my bed, or her paws that has touched her poop while burying with the cat litter tracking around on my bed/pillow.

The fur is the least of my worries. The germs and potential fleas (though they're de-fleaed you never know if they regained them) are more of a problem.