Said cat will then stay away from you when ever you have a bag in your hand LOL
I know rubbing my cats and dog with diluted essential oils such as eucalyptus, clove or peppermint keeps things from jumping on-board in the first place, and stops their scratching. I especially rub around their ears and have had no more mite problems. I also focus on the other end - if you know what I mean
I add a few drops of the oils to powders I put on the floor before vacuuming, and in the lather on the dog during his baths. Working this oil + homemade cinnamon castile
soap deep to the scalp.
This is all I use, no combing, no poisons and no fleas or ticks. The animals are used to it, but do not like the smell either - however, we do
Another, yet different, form of animal torture in the name of parasite control.....