Revolution for Cats

momofthreeboys
Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:52:26 +0000

I have an outdoor car and only give him flea/critter meds for 4 months and only because the animals do pick up fleas late in the summer. This one is the offspring of another “barn” cat that lived to be twenty and this one is 10 now. Never had any health issues at all. My old vet who retired told me that cats that are born and bred outside the homes and continue to live predominantly outside the home generally have alot of resistance to critters. Mine does come inside during the winter as did his mom and both the mom was neutered and this one when we got them BTW lest anyone thing we’re proliferating kittens. Neither used a litter box unless deep snow conditions… prefer to go outside for that, also. He only shows up to come inside on the very coldest/snowiest nights and of course to eat on a regular basis and hang out. My new vet told me that they regularly recommend year round use of these things (the heartworm for dogs and the cat things) but really aren’t essential during winter months and it was totally up to me. He says it’s “easier” for people to remember if they have to do it every month instead of stopping and starting…I don’t “forget” and I don’t give those drugs to the dog or the cat except during summer months until the first hard frost.