u/Mysterious_Strike586

Hello! This is my first time dealing with a flea infestation, and I'm not really sure of the timeline of how long the infestation should stay before it goes away with active treatment?

To give an idea: I noticed the fleas on Sept 24th. I have two dogs, and a cat. I already had a vet appointment for my one dog on the 24th, so I figured I'd get him treated for fleas there. He was able to get NexGard, and that's working well for him. They won't be able to get the other animals in until mid/late oct (2 weeks from now) but they suggested other products instead - Seresto Collars.

That same day, I got the Seresto Collars for my cat and other dog. The collar worked *really* well for Bigby (cat) - unfortunately it seems he was having a bad reaction to it as it burned his neck. For Fable however, it just wasn't working. Where I didn't find any fleas on Bigby while he did have the collar on, I was finding *loads* of fleas on Fable.

And that's... basically continued to this day.

The Seresto Collar didn't work for Fable.

I did the Frontline topical when the collar didn't work.

He gets flea baths once every three/four days.

Even with Frontline actively in his system, and flea baths, *and* vacuuming every day *and* cleaning my linens once every two days... I am still finding fleas all over him. I don't understand how, especially with how clean I'm keeping my house. Is this normal? :( I can't get anything vet-grade until I get them in, but this is so frustrating because I feel like what I'm doing should at least be making a dent in how many fleas Fable has? (I haven't found any on Bigby and Alphonse, my other dog, in days)

I would love any kind of tips or reassurance that maybe this is just the life cycle of fleas and it will eventually die down. And before anyone tells me to get advice from my vet - they said that they will be unable to give me any kind of advice on the fleas until they're able to come in.

I turned thirty this year. My head isn't wired to religion, even having grown up in a Christian household, I could never wrap my head around it. Nor did I want to. Personal experiences as a bisexual trans person has lead to a deep and unfortunate distrust in religion. However lately, I've begun wishing that I *was* religious strictly out of fear of the unknown.

To a Christian, death is just the beginning of a greater and more blessed existence. Heaven and such. But to an atheist, it's just... nothingness. Not even sleeping nothingness or staring into a black room nothingness. Sheer, utter nothingness. The lack of existence. The lack of anything, and everything. And that has been terrifying me, lately.

I would almost rather a hell than nothingness. Ceasing to exist is so much more terrifying to me than a hell. Just being and feeling and experiencing and remembering nothing, for all of eternity. Just this one life, and then in just a blink, it's over and you're utterly and completely gone.

Most people live to 79-80. At thirty years old, my life is ten years away from being half over. And then of course, there's the car accident or the sudden illness or even just a misstep that can just bring it all crashing down.

How do other atheists handle the dread of the nothingness that's coming? Do you worry about it? Or do you find comfort in the idea of nothingness? It's been something almost obsessive to me lately.

It's the last pokemon I need for my living dex! I just got the poipole from my own personal game on sword, but I don't know if I have the energy to do *all* of those dynamax adventures again on another save to get another.

What would be a fair trade for a naganadel? A shiny pseudo? Another legendary/ultra beast? I'm not looking for eternal floette or bloodmoon as an answer haha I know that's what most people are looking for but I only have one of each for those