Hey, is anypawdy out there? It’s me, RaenaBelle. I’s hope ya’ll had a good week. We had such pawsum weather, you’d’a thought it was Spring time. We’ve really enjoyed these warmer days, but mommy says it means she’s gonna need to get some Bengal outdoor foggers cuz it hasn’t been cold enuff to kill anythin’. Welllllll, mommy’s no killer, so I’s had to ask what she meant. She says we have creepy crawlers, like spiders, scorpions, fleas, ticks and all manner of pests that have multiplied 10 times over this year.
Me can tell ya’, you don’t want any fleas Raena. Me had those when me was little and almost died.
Oh sissy, they sound pawful.
They are. And at the time, me was too young fur flea purroducts and the fleas had given me those nasty tape worms too. Of course me was too young fur tape worm medicine too. Fankfully mommy knew what to do and got rid of both those nasties and saved me. And, every year she tries to treat right outside our ‘pawrtment. But this year we’re gonna be needin’ a couple of them Bengal outdoor fogger cans. Mommy swears by the stuffs and says it has a money back guarantee. By the way, we ain’t getting’ paid or nuffin’ free fur sayin’ this. We just know some of ya’ have purroblems with fleas and such, and thought we’d tell ya’ how we treat fur ‘em.
It’s good ya’ said that sissy, wouldn’t want anypawdy thinkin’ we’s gettin’ paid fur somethin’ we’re not. MOL We also included the link to their site in case any of ya’ wanna check it out. You can buy most of it at your local feed store or hardware stores.
Anyways, there’s this cool blog hop called Shoppin’ ‘Round the World that pawrently sissy used to purrticipate in. Seems they quit cuz mommy wasn’t goin’ to the grocery stores and didn’t get the ads, so they didn’t know the purrices of stuffs anymore. We really wanted to purrticipate with Sammy and Teddy, so we looked online. But none of our stores have web sites, or ifin they do, they don’t list purrices. Somepawdy mentioned Wally World, but since we don’t have any delivery services, they just say “see your local store fur current purrices”. Altho’ mommy got dumped off at Wally World last week, checkin’ purrices was the last thing on her mind. She totally furgot ‘bout the blog hop. We did get a Family Dollar ad this week, but the only groceries they had on sale was a box of crackers and a can of soup. Nopawdy here eats soup, so we’ll be skippin’ the blog hop. Altho’, we are curious to see the purrices in your areas.
Yep, the only things mommy buys on a regular are our noms, supplements and litter. We can fur sure tell ya’ what they cost. MOL Mommy says we’re her most ‘spensive bill every month.
That’s true sissy. But she also says she wouldn’t have it any other way.
You sure are all over the place today Raena.
Well sissy, I’s havin’ one of those kind’a days. I’s been in to anythin’ and everythin’ I’s could…And all befur brekky. MOL
Yeah me knows. Mommy finally told ya’ the more messes you made that she had to clean up, the longer it was gonna be befur we got brekky.
Yeah she did. Who knew? I’s settled down real quick when she said that. She already moves in slow motion. I’s sure didn’t wanna slow her down any more.
Raena…Don’t make fun of mommy.
I’s wasn’t makin’ fun sissy. I’s was just meowin’ it like it is.
Well, ya’ don’t meow everythin’ that pops in your head. Just like ya’ don’t jump on me just cuz me walks by.
But it’s so much fun sissy. Besides, more offen than not, I’s jump over you and not actually on you.
On, over, semantics. Either way, ya’ shouldn’t do it.
The creepy solar bobble Santa was our Christmas gift
from da pawrtment’s management.
I’s’ll think ‘bout it sissy. On another note, the Aerogarden’s doin’ great. Mommy’s getting’ really excited. Looks like it might be another week befur she can harvest enuff fur a salad, but she did pull a leaf off last night and give it a try. She says it was nice and crunchy and tasted delishus. She was so delighted, sissy thought she might try a bite too. Mommy wasn’t very happy ‘bout that. She told us to leave her lettuce alone. Hmmmmpht Guess it’s back to the grass fur me.
Befur you confuse everypawdy even more and run off on another subject Raena, let’s wrap this up. We’re linkin’ up with Rascal, Rocco and their pawsum co-hosts fur the weekly Pet Parade Bloghop.
Guess I’s’ll just have a little nap.
Fanky Fanks sissy. We hope you all have a furtastic weekend.
Do you have any plans for the weekend?
Have you had unseasonably warm weather this winter?
Do/Have you have/had a flea or tick problem? If so, how do you treat it?
Till the next time……………………………………..Be Blest!!!
Raena: Navy Blue
Dezi: Vibrant Blue
Luvs and Hugs and Kitty Kisses
Service Cats U.S. 
We’ve never heard of the Bengal stuff. Mom says she is going to check it out. She and dad are both sick, but it was gorgeous here today. Mom said it was more like March in California than February in Virginia. Crazy pants. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo and Cooper Murphy
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Since it doesn’t freeze here, we have way more bugs and creepy-crawlies than I like, so I will certainly check out Bengal outdoor fogger.
Twice a year, we spray a 3′ perimeter around our house (+ 3′ up the exterior walls) with telstar pro – it does an excellent job keeping the bugs outside. Supposedly, it can be used inside for fleas, bedbugs, etc., too, but we haven’t tried that because they haven’t made it in – yet…. The main problem with telstar (and the reason I suspect you couldn’t use it) is that it comes in a concentrate that must be mixed in a sprayer, so it can be quite cumbersome.
HOWEVER, we’ve used this twice a year for 5 years and not had indoor problems, which the pets didn’t actually bring in.
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Sounds innerestin’. Mommy started usin’ Bengal years ago, cuz it was da only thing on da market dat killed scorpions besides steel toes. MOL It worked so she stuck with it.
Luvs ya’
Raena and Dezi
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My brother-in-law, who owns a lawn service, turned us on to telstar and we’ve been very pleased. BUT, as I said, it isn’t exactly convenient for the average person & if one has back issues, etc., using a 2 gallon sprayer (what we have) is difficult.
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Yeah, and da storin’ of poisons in a small ‘pawrtment might be an issue. We use da Bengal sprays too, and again, we don’t really have much of a purroblem. Usually our purroblems come inside in boxes dat we miss or da occasional spider through da holes dat mommy’s stuffed with steel wool pads to keep out critters. Somehow those spiders can scoonch past ’em. MOL Mommy just squirts ’em with Bengal ifin she gets to ’em furst, or da trusty steel toe and away they go. MOL
Luvs ya’
Raena and Dezi
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dezi & raena….we understood yur post compleet lee…noe trubull followin heer at all !! ..pleez tell yur mom any time her wantz ta use sum thin INN side for bugz N stuff, ta look in two diatomaceous earth; food grade, az it doez de trix with out harm two peepulz, petz or yur foodz….hope yur frydayz a grate one; hope yur weatherz stayz nice ~~~ heerz two a european perch kinda week oh end ~~~~~ ♥♥♥
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The bugs are out earlier this year with the recent warm streak. We get spooky spiders and centipedes and ants. Most of our unit is underground … so we get the basement dwellers. The fleas do not sound fun. I’ve been lucky (knock on wood) that I’ve never had to deal with them. We love the back of forth of your conversation and we love you both as well as your Mommy!
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaw Fank fanks. We luvs ya’ll too. We’ve never had a basement, but we get those million legged creepers too, and we don’t like ’em. Actually, we don’t like any creepies. MOL And fankfully other than da fleas sis Dezi came here with, we’ve not had any since then. Glad ya’ll never have. They can be a real purroblem. Big huggies
Luvs ya’
Raena and Dezi
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We’ve had fleas in the house once or twice because of our woofie, Eddie – probably picking them up from the grass on our walks. But (knock on wood) it’s always been really easy to clear up. Eddie is on monthly flea meds. Sophie had fleas when we first found her. We gave her a small dose of flea med and they were gone the next day. But here in Southern California, we don’t really get the winters off for fleas. As far as the weather, we’ve been having a wetter than usual winter, which is great for our drought! No big plans this weekend. Just a photo shoot or two fo the blog. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
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Yeah, fleas are a year round purroblem fur us too. But it usually gets cold enuff to kill off a few each year. This year we didn’t really have dat kinda weather, so we’re guessin’ nuffin’ died this year. MOL Big hugs
Luvs ya’
Raena and Dezi
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We had warm temps here in Michigan, but now a big and nasty thunderstorm has moved in. Raining like the dickens! Hopefully this weekend will be quiet and fun; hope yours is too!
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Oh No Storms!!! Stay safe and dry. We hope this warmer weather holds out fur all of us. Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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Hi, here we are reading your lovely conversations, you really sound like sisters, arguing all the time. We have very strange weather, warm days and raining, and suddenly snowstorms. February is normally the coldest month here, even 40°F, but not now, much warmer. We have not very much bugs or fleas, we have enough cold to kill them. Mosquitos we have at summertime, but not much.
Wishing you weekend full of lovely surprises!
Kosmo and his mom.
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Fanky Fank ya’ Kosmo. Guess we do sound like crazy sisfurs always bickerin’ a bit. Altho’ we don’t always bicker, just at posty time. MOL February is usually very cold here too. But we’ve had several days in da 80’s and a purretty steady month of da low 70’s. It’s been kinda strange, but we are enjoyin’ da warmer weather. Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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Hi furr-iends! You’re looking great! We get lots of those pesty tiny flying zoms here in PNW. I got bit last spring & tape worms from eating infected flea when grooming! Made me itch like crazy & lose hair in spots. Vet says we need to do monthly filea control. I’m on chewable tablet that my grinds into moist food, but because I don’t care to eat all of it, it is only partly effective. I will have Mom look into fogger option you mention. How often does your Mom use it? Thanks for suggesting! Luvs to you!
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Y, Fanky fank ya’ Valentine. Sorry ya’ got bit and had those nasty worms. Not fun at all. Mommy uses da outdoor fogger once a year in da late spring or early summer, and dat usually is purrlenty. This year she says she’ll purrobably have to do it twice a couple months apart. (most of our winter has been in da 70’s and 80’s). She does keep either da flea or roach spray on hand (truth be told she keeps both cuz she hates bugs-mol) and once a month sprays outside around da windows and doors. Both sprays kill multiple types of pests. And even tho we go outside occasionally on da leash and offen in our stroller, we’ve not been on any flea meds in over 3 years and have been flea free. We live in an area dat has to treat year round. Hope this helps ya’. big huggies
Luvs ya’
Raena and Dezi
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Hi there ladies,
What a busy couple of chatter boxes you two kitties are. Everything seems a ok at your place. Most of our bugs don’t survive the winter. Ants always come back though. We have a few spiders too but that’s about it…mosquitos are not a big problem here…we may see the odd one but not many.
Luvs,
Shoko and Kali
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Yeah Shoko and Kali, we’re dat. MOL In some respects ya’ll are lucky dat you don’t have da bugs. But, we couldn’t handle all dat cold and snow. OMC Every year we be amazed at ya’ll. Big huggies
Luvs ya’
Raena and Dezi
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We have been unseasonably warm and wet, but at least it’s dry today so dad and mom are working outside. Mom is transplanting the salvia and petunias into the flower beds and dad is planting the litle veggie gardens with lettuce, beets, turnip greens and squashes
Tonight we will have the kids and grand kids over for dinner.
Purrs and hugs dear friends.
Pete, The Girls and the Formerly Feral Kitties
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