We’ve got fleas.

Apparently, they’ve been pretty bad in the region as I had to go to two different pet stores for supplies! And we used the Bio-spot on all the critters, but well, it’s been a rough season for them.

We’ve done the flea-bomb and the house seems fine…. and Gypsy has been getting baths just about every couple days as well as dusting. We’ve been very aggressively treating the situation.

Problem is… Luna is SO hard to dust or spray or ANYTHING… She fights you, she runs, she claws, she is nasty. Everyone else in the house is clean of the critters but her.

So I told the girls, it’s time. She goes down.

I knew if I would steel my blood and get into a strong and forceful mind set I could conquer this little kitty. Yes, she’s tough. She’s mean and crafty… but I’m craftier.

I filled up the sinks with good warm water. I had Maggie lure the little critter in and then I just said, it’s time. And into the dip she went.

And for whatever reason, she was pretty good.

I haven’t the faintest idea why.

Perhaps she knew that it was a futile to resist. That everyone else had consented to treatment and that she was the sole survivor. She had resisted too long. It was time.

Perhaps it was the nice warm water and my calm soothing words… yeah… or perhaps the little wort just kind of figured out that it was time to get rid of her little vampire friends. She really had quite a few, and they all met their demise in the soapy warm waters.

She even let us drip dry a little before I passed her off to Maggie for a final fluff dry. She was quite relieved that it was all over. Of course Gypsy was very excited to give her a big dog nose of laughter and snuffling that ended with a pretty angry kitty swipe that sent Gypsy off to recover from the blow.

And I’m very happy at the moment to see NONE of our livestock with the little nasty critters… no fleas, no flea dirt and no itching. I believe we have solved the light infestation. Last time I saw fleas this bad was like 18 years ago when we lived in San Diego! It’s been a weird weird year… dry and hot… I’m just glad that the cool nights mean that we’re getting into the Non-Flea season around here!

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