Two cats, male and a female; one 1 1/2 - other 10 weeks. and black bits in the fur?

Question

Okay, people may not agree with this, but becuase i bought (yes bought, becuase its a pedigree cat.) my male a year and a half ago, and he's a house cat, i decided to buy him a female companion (and again, yes Buy) ... They've been together 2 weeks, at first i thought they'd be vicious, or it'd lead to the male abusing the female kitten.

But this is entirely not the case -_-
The male cat cleans her like a mother cat, and honestly half the time has to sleep ontop of the tv to get away from her... when i feed the male cat, the female kitten pushes him away from this own foodbowl, and constantly follows him around, trying to bite her legs and his tail... Is this normal? or is my male cat queer or something? -_-

Plus one thing i've noticed is the female kitten has black bits in her fur, now we know she has flea's, and since we got her, the flea collars have worked tremendously, but theres black bits in her fur, are they flea eggs, or dirt caused by lack of grooming?

Answer 1

the female sounds as though she has taken dominant centre stage in the house. he must be very submissive as many wouldn't tolerate this.
its nice there getting along but be vidulent things could turn!

the black bits are most certainly flea feaces. a simple trick to test if it is is to wet the black dirt on a tissue/cloth and see if it is red or red staining is present. as fleas feeds on blood from the animal the feaces is also red.

i don't like flea collars and most professionals in our field feel the same. as well as smelling awful to the animal from all the chemicals they are not usually strong enough to kill fleas but only repel them. as the collar is on the neck you don't see them around there but still on other parts of the body.
a prescription flea control product such as frontline, advocate etc are the best on the market at the moment and the advocate has the added qualities of killing round worm, ear mites, various skin mites, ticks and larvae.

qualified veterinary nurse UK

Answer 2

the black bits in the fur are flea poop...essentially dried blood from after the fleas have fed off of the kitten. Flea collars can work, but they can also cause the cats to lose fur around the neck...Frontline or Revolution work wonders and work fast. It is an oil applied to the nape of the neck, right between the shoulder blades...it soaks into the skin over the next 24 hours and starts killing the fleas then. It last for up to one month. Try that rather than flea collar. Also, dont bathe BOTH cats 48 hours before and 48 hours after applying...you want the stuff to sink in and not be washed off.

Next, your little kitten is just trying to play...as youngsters kittens and any other baby want to learn from the older animals how to survive. They also play to enhance and try out what they have learned from their elders. This is normal. Your little kitten will slow down as she becomes closer to a year old. For now, let it go on. Your older cat will tell her when she has crossed the line.

Goodluck with your cats!!!

Answer 3

As above - def flea poo you got going on there. But just one more thing to add.
Have you thought about using the drops you put on the back of their necks to ged rid of the fleas? It's just I was once told by a vet that flea collars are full of chemicals and are constantly parked directly under the (very sensitive) nose of a cat. It would be the equivalent to wearing one of those perfumed 'plug in's' round your neck. Also, if you don't spray carpets & bedding etc, fleas just keep on breeding in your house and reattaching themselves to poor old puss!
Hope this helps.

Answer 4

flea 'poop' looks like black pepper almost, in their fur. Wet a white paper towel and see if the little black flakes turn red when they get wet. If so, then she's got fleas.

The older male cat is not queer. It is normal for them to play and groom each other.

Answer 5

The way they are acting is normal. The black bits in her fur is flea poop....she needs a good bath or get a flea comb(walmart has them) and comb her lots and lots to get the bits gone....

Answer 6

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