The Trouble With Rescuing Animals in 2014

Is that they bring fleas with them.

Rescues pick them up off the street and take them in to their homes with more rescued animals. Then they take them to shelters or adoption events with even more rescued animals.

All of that is good and well. Fantastic even. I will only ever adopt rescued animals ever.

But before they're rescued, they get fleas. They bring those fleas to the homes of the rescuers. They share fleas in the shelters and at the adoption events. They, then, bring these fleas to their forever homes or their foster homes and completely infest them.

I've tried flea treatment after flea treatment after flea treatment. I've bathed and vacuumed and bathed and vacuumed some more. No matter what the commercials and vets tell you, things like Frontline, Advantix, and flea collars DO NOT WORK.

I repeat, they DO NOT WORK.

I've ordered two 3 gallon jugs of diatomaceous earth from Amazon and it really is my last hope.

I'm tired of my legs being covered in bites and scabs. I'm tired of itching. I'm tired of my poor cats being miserable. Absolutely miserable. I feel so bad for them. I'm trying everything I can and when I think I've finally helped some, they seem to itch even more than before.

Jack too. Poor Jack. He's allergic to the bites and is chewing on himself and getting hotspots. I'm running out of meds for him and can't afford the $75 vet visit just to get the $50 bottle of meds.

I'm at my wits end.

But really... What else am I going to do?