I have an 8 week old kitten and she has a massive amount of fleas (we live in the country). She had them right from the day we got her! She is too young for any of the flea remedies that I have seen. We are calling the vey on Monday, but what can we do until then?
2006-07-13 22:28:13 · 20 answers · asked by ? 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
I heard from some pet store people that garlic repels fleas and ticks. You can buy garlic supplements for cats and dogs....most animals actually enjoy eating them.
2006-07-13 22:42:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Your vet can tell you how old Kitty should be for you to use one of the high-potency flea products. I hope 8 weeks is old enough!
The good ones are Advantage, Frontline and Revolution. Tests show that they all work about equally well, but Advantage works slightly faster. That's worth considering when there's a major infestation already.
Whichever product you use, buy it from your vet! Counterfeits of all three products have flooded the market and they are dangerous - many cats and dogs have died from them. Even legitimate retailers have been fooled, so buy only from a vet. They buy directly from a manufacturer's representative, so they'll have the real thing.
Beware grocery store look-alike products. They are also dangerous. Last year Hartz Mountain flea drops were taken off the market by the EPA, but wholesalers and retailers were allowed to sell existing stocks, so they're still available.
Meanwhile, why wait 'til Monday to call the vet? Call today! If they say Kitty is old enough, you could stop by the vet clinic today and pick up some of whichever product they recommend.
The longer you wait the more fleas poor Kitty will have, and the greater the chance that you'll have to fumigate your whole house!
2006-07-14 00:23:10 · answer #2 · answered by Mick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 3 weeks ago, i had the same problem. my kitten was 7 weeks. I was on vacation in California, and stopped by a vet and asked what I could do. I said I had bought some kitten shampoo, and was giving my kitten a bath once a week and she said, "well since your cat is over 7 weeks, you can buy advantage" so there you go. your vet may tell you the same thing but, if you just want to wait to buy anything till you talk to the vet that's fine. Just put a dab of garlic powder in your kittens food. I also do that, and guess what...no fleas!!!
2006-07-13 23:25:04 · answer #3 · answered by Nicole 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why wait until Monday? The poor little thing has to suffer until then? The vet can do a flea dip...simple as that. Even on very young kittens....they know what's safe....Imagine hundreds of biting fleas all over your body...you'd want treatment yesterday! Go NOW!
2006-07-14 02:44:05 · answer #4 · answered by Renee' 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may continuously take a clean puppy to the vet interior 40 8 hrs. just to have them wellbeing checked. A elementary examination cost will hide them checking her from nostril to tail. The vet will pay attention to the middle, examine the ears, eyes, nostril, tooth, gums, fur, epidermis, joints, each thing. and that they're going to inform you what to apply on the fleas. Frontline is an incredible product and could be used on kittens. yet be careful. Kittens are small an person dose ought to reason severe wellbeing problems.
2016-10-07 21:59:51 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can use a LITTLE bit of flea powder on her. Don't over do it. Put some on the areas most affected.. If when you go through her fur, and find little bits of little bits of black stuff, these are the flea eggs. do the best you can to stop them hatching, and re-infesting.
2006-07-14 00:37:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i just got some stuff from my vet , its called ovitrol spray, dont spray directly on the kitten, spray your hands and rub and then spray a cotton ball and rub down the nose area. my kitten was the same way, i kept giving him baths until i got this stuff, and it also kills ticks and repels lice , flies, ,mosquitos, and gnats. what ever you do , do not buy collars or bath shampoo by hartz or sergents. it has been know to seriously hurt or even kill the pet.
2006-07-14 02:40:13 · answer #7 · answered by gapeaches45 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try using lemon dish soap for now until she's old enough for flea shampoo, but don't get it in her eyes.
2006-07-13 23:24:28 · answer #8 · answered by nosycap9 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take your kitten to the vet. he can figure the correct dosage for her age and weight to put on advantage and give a pill called cap star. but he needs to do this for you not anyone else who is not a vet because they could give to much.
2006-07-14 00:59:54 · answer #9 · answered by Tinkerbelll204 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
buy a special anti-flea spray at vets
2006-07-13 22:34:05 · answer #10 · answered by Mazlinna Malique 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋