age for a kitten??????

Question

what age is safe for a kitten, to were a flea collar????????????

Answer 1

Skip the flea collar, they're useless. Go with something like Advantage or Frontline (not the Hartz type things you get from the supermarket, though, those are just dangerous).

I believe Advantage you can use from 8 weeks, I think Frontline is similar--check with your vet.

You can get this stuff at Petco now, but it's best to get it from the vet at least the first time, so they can check your pet out. It's a bit expensive up front, but not when you consider you're getting six months' worth. And VERY effective.

Answer 2

Flea collars are completely useless. My vet told me this and I didn't believe him at first. Then I got a flea comb and combed through the hair of one of my boy cats. I found the most fleas right around the collar around his neck so then I knew the vet was telling the truth. I have also had to remove collars before cause they caused allergies in my cats. If you still want to get a collar for the kitten I think you have to wait until they are over 12 weeks of age.

Answer 3

DO NOT USE FLEA COLLARS!!! Cats hate to wear collars and will try to take them off. They can get their legs caught in the collar, or they can get the collar stuck on something else and hang themselves. Never put a collar of any kind on a cat unless it is one specially designed for a cat with some kind of release clip so that the cat can escape if it gets caught on something.

Also, cheap flea products can cause allergic reactions in cats. This includes collars, powders, soaps and those flea treatment drops. I once used that hartz stuff on my tabby. You have to apply it down the length of their back. When I came home from work that day he was walking funny and he kept falling down and biting his rear end. I took him to the emergency vet and, thankfully, it just caused serious skin irritation, not something worse. The treatment for this was a shot of steroids and a very expensive bath given by a vet tech. The vet told me to only use high quality flea treatments purchased from a vet's office. True that they cost a good deal more, they are cheap in comparison to a $300 bath in at an ER vet.

Answer 4

As far as I can tell it's better for a cat not to wear a flea collar at all. Just phone the vets office, tell him the kitty's age, and ask what kind of flea treatment he recommends. Some of those collars are so filled with poison that they could kill a kitten.

Answer 5

Not until they are 8 weeks!!! I have recently had to raise newborn kittens, I mean bottles and all. I asked at the vet about a flea shampoo for them, she said nothing flea related is safe for them until 8 weeks of age, all i could do about the fleas is bathe them with baby shampoo, get one that has oatmeal in it so it doesnt dry out there skin, I got "grins n giggles" with oatmeal. Good Luck!

Answer 6

Flea collars have a warning on the box. They vary from type to type.

Answer 7

It varies between product, but to be safe I'd say no younger than twelve weeks if you decide on a collar. If you use an oral flea control, you can manage four weeks with some products.

Answer 8

I never used one. Only had fleas once and my oldest cat is 16. I think I got fleas either from someone at the vet's or from my exboyfriend's dog. We just used some topical stuff and sprayed everything down real good. haven't seen them or their relatives since.

Answer 9

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