I took my cat to the pet vet. They claimed whatever they put on her would kill everything in 20 minutes. I went home and I combed her and I found live stuff.

I look around at my carpet and couches. I have already soaked these things with pyrythamine-based flea killer and any flea that hops on here should die.

Everyday I comb her. Everyday I find live fleas. But sometimes these fleas are obviously on their way out. Today I found a flea on my leg. It was dead. Okay. Seems the various toxic substances are working But I'm not sure.

So do I do another pass and poison the world or do I accept that whatever I've already done will kill these things?

The vet said whatever they gave her should kill everything in 20 minutes. That was b*******. I had hopping fleas for another couple of weeks. In that time frame I re-poisoned the carpet and couches and everyday I've been combing her. Deeply. Pissing her off.

So today was the first day I combed her and could find absolutely nothing alive on her. I'll give her another week of daily combs to be sure and then I'll let her back in the bedroom. And I will continue to poison just in case.