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Orange tabby owners just declared war on white cat owners
Would this be classified as orange face?
lol I call a stray orange in my old house kunyit (en: tumeric). never thought I’d see an actual tumeric cat.
I was opening the seal on a fresh jar of turmeric the other day. I live at a high altitude, so it’s common for sealed packages to let out a little poof of pressure here. It’s mostly annoying for things like yogurt, but usually not a big deal. Anyway, this turmeric powder poofed out what couldn’t have been more than a teaspoon’s worth directly on my shirt. It stained my shirt, my undershirt AND my skin beneath. That shit is potent!
Damn that sounds annoying lol
Yellow cat sounds fine. Some cats do not handle flea medicine well.
When did people stop thinking before they acted?
The transition from the "don’t believe everything you see on the internet“ mindset to the “if it’s on the internet it must be right” mindset was swift and frictionless. But I think it was somewhere between 2019 and 2022
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?
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
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?
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.”
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 😅
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.
Aren’t there some big-name brands of flea medications that can cause some really nasty side effects? I was researching flea meds for my cat a few months ago and I remember people saying there was one in particular that was known for that. I picked Cheristin specifically because it had a lower risk of side effects.
Edit: I think I’m thinking of Nexgard, a google search says that one can cause seizures.
Aren’t there some big-name brands of flea medications that can cause some really nasty side effects?
Yes. Seizures.
There’s a big difference between dogs and cats for nexgard. My vet recommends nexgard for dogs but not cats.
Some cats do not handle flea medicine well.
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.
marine coral matters less than my skin
until our oceans collapse
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
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.
I wouldn’t rush to defend these products. Pet medications are regulated by the FDA. However, topical flea treatments were regulated by the EPA until very recently because it was assumed they didn’t enter the bloodstream.
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.
But RFK Jr. says they might give your cat autism
Sweet, we can talk about trains
Mostly for the meme probably, but theoretically money could be a reason.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Those poisons are more likely to carcinogenic?
Is there any evidence for that?
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
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.
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
Lol. You shill.
Smelly cat, smelly cat, how are they bathing you
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’s not like the cat got hurt. It’s just a silly color for a few weeks.
I had two chickens that got mauled by the neighbors dogs. One died, but I tried everything I could in a frenzy to administer aid. I went to Tractor Supply and bought all the shit. One medication, Blue Coat, comes out in a shiny blue mist. The living chicken is still blue months later. I also later found out it had alcohol which burns on the wound. Felt bad about that, but I’m not a vet, and that fucker still lives (has a bald spot at it’s neck, but meh, still covered with feathers. Hoping she’s got enough to cover her for winter.) So yeah, blue coat may work, but I sprayed them with like 3 ointments and rubbed neosporin and gave them antibiotics, so who knows what helped more, and the animal will look like Wonka’s Violet probably forever.
It doesn’t hurt the bees
Those poor bathtubs
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.
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
Now I’m gonna have a yellow cat
You’ll have yellow shins and calves on every pair of pants you own.
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.
Bumble-cat
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
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.
Because why?
Risk of seizures - https://www.petcarerx.com/article/tick-and-flea-medicine-poisoning-in-cats/4602
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
I imagine, they wash the spices out with water afterwards. I doubt the discolored hair taste of anything.
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.
