There aren't really fleas much in Tucson that I know of. It's sort of nice. or maybe we've just been lucky, IDK.
I will say, it's getting harder and harder with some annoying stuff, like bedbugs. I consider myself lucky not to have them, because I've heard that like, pretty much all you can do is burn down your abode with all your stuff inside it, then move. Preferably somewhere on the rural side, which I do. I actually think I would take ALL the bugs I've encountered and even stung by over like, bedbugs.
I encountered them once, in a hotel in Costa Rica and I informed my teachers that I was going to sleep on the tour bus the remainder of the evening, or like, go home. (It was a class trip, they said no) so I wound up sleeping in a shower.
Also, I've heard nits are pretty much quite often a shave your head type of things these days. Although in part, my son's nits were caused by my ex doing the "halfhearted cleaning" thing, well by the third weekend, and after my kiddo's little head was BURNED and blistered and traumatized, I did two things a) shaved his head and b) informed my ex that his son would not be visiting him until he presented me with an exterminator's bill certifying his house nit free.
The poor little munchkin was so traumatized that he wouldn't let anyone cut his hair for about 10 years. He kept it kind of lengthy, and extremely uneven. I totally LET him even though every fiber of my mom being was screaming "You can't let him out of the house like that he will be judged."
LOL, the first time he agreed to a barber's
shop, the barber kept asking me what I wanted him to do to my kid's hair. My tranquil, repeated response of, "I don't know, ask him, it's HIS HAIR," seemed to confuse the barber..
But my fear of "what would the public think about X" was long gone by then. I just pretty much didn't care, unless it was obnoxious or illegal but my kid didn't really get into all that until 16 plus, and so, for the most part he could just be his Own Self, I was just happy he was letting someone ELSE cut the dang hair.
Also, I had THREE consecutive weeks of BOILING any and every soft item in the house, it got super old and I was almost HOPING my ex would not present me with the certificate, but alas he did so we got more fun stuff.
Boric acid pretty much still works on a lot of things only not things that pets or humans should encounter. Unfortunately. Although, I have not been bitten by ANYTHING since the Great Boric Acid travel of 6 months ago, it was worth the mild boric acid poisoning I gave myself.
Almost time for a repeat only I WILL wear a hazmat suit. I need my nervous system.
Anna
I'm not sure if you should use a flea collar on a nursing mum, so I'll page @Bea-FL to see if she knows what would be safe for new families. Do you have any TNR places around that will do low-cost spay and neuter services for feral cats? We have some around here that will help with fixing the adults, and might even help with finding homes for the kittens when they are ready to go out on their own. I hope there will be more peektures of these little guys.
good on you Chief for takin them lil kitty babies in
