My cat licks her flea collar while grooming. Is this safe for her?

Cats are very sensitive to flea medication, so Mocha may get sick from grooming. If you see muscle twitches, excessive drooling, staggering, vomiting, diarrhea, or difficulty breathing, take her into a vet immediately. You will still be able to pet her, avoid the collar area.

Hi there. No, this shouldn't be a problem. The Seresto collar is designed to slowly release medication over the entire 8-week period, and should not cause toxicity issues if it is accidentally licked.

I would recommend staying away from collars if they are playing a lot and they play rough. My concern is that the collars get caught while they are playing. There are great topical and oral medications that can be given and these can be given monthly or certain ones can be given once every 3 months. Thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.

Every medication that has an effect also can have a side effect. Considering many millions of pets are being treated with this preventative, but only few have serious side effects, you should not worry. Here is reliable information: https://www.drugs.com/vet/sentry-purrscriptions-plus-squeeze-on-for-cats-and-kittens-over-5-lbs.html According to this there are sometimes local reactions (skin reactions) If your kitty's skin in the application area looks normal or at worst slightly pinker than the surrounding skin, then she does not have an untowards reaction. She is going to be alright.

In general, we do not want dogs to lick the ingredients in the topical flea products. Therefore, most products will contain a "bittering agent" which makes the liquid taste bad, so the dogs will not lick it. If they lick a small amount, they may drool a little due to the bad taste, but they will not lick enough to cause a problem. If you have any concerns about a particular product, I always recommend speaking to the company. I hope that was helpful and answered your question. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.

Not a good idea. Try putting a t-shirt on her for an hour or so until the skin absorbed most. Or you can put an e-collar on her for a little while, if you have one. I cannot tell you if it still will work when it is ingested, but since it is an avermectin it may. Watch for fleas. If fleas show up much earlier than the time it is supposed to last then it is not working. You can repeat the application about 2 weeks from now, if needed. She should be ok even if she ingests it.

Just keep an eye on her. She would need to eat a lot of the product to get sick. You may want to give some wet food with added water to get the product to pass through more quickly. I would expect some drooling as the only side effect. Do monitor her though and should you see any medical problems such as tremors or vomiting and diarrhea then I would take her in. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach to help you care for Pippa.