You must log in or register to comment.
You know what else gets rid of fleas? All of those products you can get from the vet and pet stores. You know? The ones that have been scientifically proven to safely get rid of and prevent fleas. Why would you do this to your own cat?
B…but if tiktok says something is true then it must be scientifically proven, right? No one would lie on the internet, right?
It’s better than scientifically proven! They made cute videos out of it! Isn’t that obviously more trustworthy?
you know what else was scientifically proven to work?
sunscreen and yet corporations still managed to find a ways to fuck consumers on that
I’m not saying you shouldn’t listen to actual experts, but lets not pretend even that is for sure safe
and now how do you even check if something has side effects, AI slop will probably tell you to heat kitty in the microwave to remove fleas
What’s wrong with sunscreen?
There’s nothing wrong with sunscreen in general, but they are probably referring to what happened recently in Australia:
Independent analysis by a trusted consumer advocacy group has found that several of Australia’s most popular, and expensive, sunscreens are not providing the protection they claim to, kicking off a national scandal.
And the lab issuing the fake results is based in the US :(
…a single US-based laboratory had certified at least half of the products that had failed Choice’s testing, and that this facility routinely recorded high test results. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-04/questions-over-lab-that-tested-sunscreen-spf-claims/105458458
And the lab issuing the fake results is based in the US :(
Of course it is. :(
The metal oxide kind was fine but had some non effectiveness issues about damaging marine coral. The other kinds are less reliable.
When you don’t define scientifically proven then yes it is.
“Scientifically tested” means a dude (or dudette) did something, wrote about it and published it.
Most of it’s bogus anyway.
Which is expected. About 80% of research is low-quality: masters’ theses rephrasing known stuff, articles made to fill a quota, etc.
What “scientifically proven” means someone, including these 80% did something time and time again. And it stands. Change all the variables and it still stands: Sunscreen good, smoking bad. For kids, teenagers, adults - even animals. In summer and in winter. In small short tests of 50 and large longitudinal ones of 50.000.
It’s hard to know where to draw the line and give something the mark of “tested”. But in any case, it needs to stand strongly.
Because it’s ✨natural✨ which automatically makes it better of course.
Uranium is natural. There are even natural fission reactors.
Bask in the atom’s glow
Wouldn’t mind a glowing cat. Stops me from tripping over her when I have to run to the toilet in the dead of night…
Where are these natural fission reactors
In the past. Earth no longer has enough of the applicable isotope for them to happen. But it’s cool we found evidence at least one existed! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_nuclear_fission_reactor
That is so very cool, sad they can’t exist anymore
There’s a guy on Reddit in the space subreddits that is sure there is a natural reactor on Mars now, based on a paper by a kooky scientist.
What data is this based on
Worth noting that Tumeric won’t get rid of flees. Sites claming this works also recommend basil, thyme, rosemary, garlic and the rest of the spice cabinet. Might as well chuck your cat in the oven as a roast if you’re this sort of irresponsible pet owner.
LMAO this comment needs to be higher up
Mostly for the meme probably, but theoretically money could be a reason.
if money is preventing you from buying simple flea medication for your cat, you absolutely should not own a cat.
Yeah I really do not understand people that use that argument. If you cannot afford to pay to rescue your cat as if it was a child then you shouldn’t have a cat. Same for dogs. Stop getting pets like they’re just magically going to live without care.
This isn’t how it works outside first world countries. People who can’t afford cats and dogs aren’t buying them. They’re adopting the stays, stuff like that. Things work differently than in rich countries.
My aunts who live on village have a bunch of cats. Where did they come from? Who knows, they just showed up, and stayed after getting fed a few times.
A stray voluntarily coming to you is completely different than you going to a shelter or breeder and picking an animal. You’re clearly choosing an attack that makes my argument look ridiculous, when if you look at the majority of adoptions, it’s not stray animals. Even those in other countries I’ve seen (like Peru) you’re not taking those animals in as your own. They’re still a stray. You just help them out sometimes with what you can.
Yes! Where I live this is quite expensive. I thought this was a great alternative if only for a temporary side effect. I’d research it a lot more if i were to do it, though. Wouldn’t want to harm my kittds. Hehe
Actually one of the best things for fleas (outside of oral medications) is Dawn, no jokes. We had a bad outbreak after the dog brought them in and they got on our 3 cats so it was a battle of attrition as wed wipe out the infestation in one animals and it get reestablished on the others but bathing and flea combing them every day (and dusting the carpets and furniture with diatomaceous earth) eventually we wore them down, broke their lines, crushed their flea men and heard the lamentations of their flea women, who were then also crushed.
I still have PTSD flashbacks like 3yrs later when I feel a tingle on my leg and think it’s a flea 😅
Still be careful around that stuff. A lot of flea medication can cause siezures. Oral flea meds are carcinogenic, so handle with care (dogs and cats usually die of old age first though). “Safe” for animals usually means “safe enough not to cause short term harm with assumptions that the animal has 10 years of life left.”
some people like coloring their cats. there was a girl who was interested in me. we went on a date, i dropped her off and her cat was some funky colors. I asked, she said she had been making her cat purple. i asked what with and i don’t remember anymore but anyways I don’t like turning my cats colors so that was the end of that relationship.
deleted by creator
topical flea treatments were regulated by the EPA until very recently because it was assumed they didn’t enter the bloodstream.
Yes. Then I guess someone noticed that most cats lick their whole bodies every day.
It is tragic how many pets have suffered for that mistake, if it was a mistake.
To be fair, there’s actually tons of those that just don’t work. Especially when you buy them from the store. The vet usually has the good shit though.
Yeah these people are dumb but let’s not pretend like the pet pharma industry is vetted and regulated like the pharmaceutical industry that makes medicines for humans.
These anti flea solutions are literally pesticides. And pesticide regulation is decades behind the science.
Can’t spray fipronil in an egg farm against lice but it’s a-okay to put it on my cat who will lick their fur?
But RFK Jr. says they might give your cat autism
That’s turmeric, one of the healthiest human foods. If you don’t care about the looks, and it actually works, then why not? I’d be surprised if the actual “approved” chemicals are safer than literally just turmeric.
Some cats do not handle flea medicine well.
Those poisons are more likely to carcinogenic?
Is there any evidence for that?
No hard proof that I am aware of. A chemical capable of destroying small life sometimes damages of large lifeforms it touches. Sometimes poison works that way (e.g. DEET)
Also, does tumeric really kill fleas? Are we just gonna take their word for that? I seriously doubt it.
A lot of insecticides are poisonous to animals including mammals it’s just that we have a mechanism that deactivates or neutralizes it immediately. They often target a basic metabolic process that is common across all life.
Spices do typically kill bugs. It’s their entire purpose. Because they work by dehydration and larger animals with access to water can just drink more, it’s also very safe
Is there any evidence for that?
Yes. Cats can go into seizures from popular flea medicines.
https://www.petcarerx.com/article/tick-and-flea-medicine-poisoning-in-cats/4602
Lol. You shill.
In my honest opinion, these people should not have pets. If they brainlessly follow random TikTok person instead of actual proven products specially made for pets, what else will they do when a random person says something?
In this specific case, there’s really no harm and it is probably better for the cat to accidentally consume some tumeric instead of flea shampoo. If it helps with fleas and you don’t mind having a yellow cat, who cares?
This assumes that these people at least took a moment to check that tumeric isn’t poisonous to cats. If they didn’t, I agree with you fully.
“idk man tiktok told me cyanide is latin for cat-food!”
It’s also good for destroying blue colors
It doesn’t hurt the bees
Those poor bathtubs
Like a Tupperware container but bigger
My bathtub still hasn’t recovered from the time I used it to store leftover bolognese
Recover? Make bolognese storage its main purpose
That’s what happens when your bathtub is made out of plastic instead of enameled cast iron.
Never forget what was stolen from us.
I have not forgotten and do have an enameled cast iron bathtub. It is fantastic.
When did people stop thinking before they acted?
lol I call a stray orange in my old house kunyit (en: tumeric). never thought I’d see an actual tumeric cat.
Orange tabby owners just declared war on white cat owners
Would this be classified as orange face?
The TikToker knew what they were doing.
Edit: this could read like I support the idea of trying some random shit on the internet to solve a problem. On the contrary, I think the TikToker knew that turmeric stains and wanted to cause some chaos.
Smelly cat, smelly cat, how are they bathing you
Now I’m gonna have a yellow cat
You’ll have yellow shins and calves on every pair of pants you own.
Yellow cat sounds fine. Some cats do not handle flea medicine well.
Are flea killing shampoo and flea collars really that expensive?
Does this actually work to repel fleas?
Diatomaceous earth is a lot easier
I wouldn’t use that on pets. Inhaling that stuff is similar to inhaling asbestos.
Never heard of that. Mind linking credible sources for this?
Not sure about the “like asbestos” for sure, but our bag has warnings about keeping away from pets, avoid inhalation, keep out of eyes, wash hands, etc. etc.
I put a link in another reply, dunno if you’d consider it credible or not, but I got it from a websearch for “inhaling diatomaceous earth” if you want to look at the many other links.
Food grade isn’t as bad as non-food grade, but still not great. And the “aabestos-like” bit was in the context that it causes harm through a similar mechanism (small sharp, jagged particles). Severity and outcome might vary.
I thought it’s only harmful to creatures with exoskeletons
It’s particularly bad for them but that doesn’t mean it’s perfectly safe otherwise. I wouldn’t use it at all with cats or especially dogs, since they explore their world with their noses. A lot of the claims that it’s safe for pets say something about if it’s food grade, it’s safe for pets to ingest the small amounts needed for pest control and then ignore how dogs get right up to things with their nose when they say “but don’t inhale it!”
https://www.earthworkshealth.com/post/myths-and-misconceptions-about-diatomaceous-earth
I saw a tumeric flavored probiotic drink the other day and it just made me realize that even though I have definitely had things with tumeric in it, I don’t know what it tastes like. I would only be able to notice its absence because the food just wouldn’t be as yellow. 🤣
No love for home remedies? If it works, why not?
Because why? Flea meds/treatments are not prohibitively expensive. Besides it seems questionable at best (cruel at worst) to bathe a creature which licks itself to stay clean in fucking SPICES.
It’s turmeric, not chili powder.
But yeah, it’s still dumb unless the turmeric is a lot cheaper than proper flea medicine.
I will say the good flea medicine is actually fairly expensive
Because why?
Risk of seizures - https://www.petcarerx.com/article/tick-and-flea-medicine-poisoning-in-cats/4602
These people don’t understand that most of our products are derivatives of natural products or draws influence from a natural mechanic.
That has nothing to do with it.
