Flea treatment/Pregnant Cat?

Question

Is it safe to use a flea treatment on a pregnant cat? She is appx 2-3 weeks. Can't remember the name but it's the one they put on the back of the cat's neck. Many thanks!

Answer 1

No problem if you use frontline: it does spread on the skin but does not cross the skin barrier at all. It wont go into your cat bloodstream.

+ it works prety well ....

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Answer 2

This depends on what kind he got. If he got a cheap kind, it won't work at all. Period. In fact, some of them are downright toxic and should be washed off the cat. The recommended spot-on treatments are Advantage, Frontline, and Revolution. Note: some cats are allergic to one or more of these products. it's not common but it has been known to happen. Watch your cat closely for the next few days after applying the treatment. If there is ANY sign of sickness, take her to a vet immediately. If you used one of those products, you should start seeing improvements within a couple of days. However, don't stop there. She needs a monthly dose of the stuff because the eggs that the fleas are laying now will be hatched and adults laying more eggs in a month's time. The only way to break that cycle is to flea-treat the cat every month. Treat your house too. If there are fleas on the cat, there are flea eggs in the carpet and on the furniture too. Your vacuum cleaner is your best friend in this situation. Vacuum daily. Flea eggs are not sticky and will get sucked right up. Flea larvae, however, ARE sticky and will not get vacuumed up so you will have to keep vacuuming until the flea cycle is broken. Empty your vacuum cleaner outside away from your house after each vacuuming. Flea larvae like to live in pet beds because they eat adult flea droppings. They depend on the pet to come there daily so the droppings can fall out of their fur and feed the larvae. Shake the bedding out outside away from the house each day. The larvae may stick to the bed, but you are shaking out its food when you do that. Starve them suckers! Lastly, if your cat has fleas, there is a very high chance she has worms too. Most fleas are infected and give it to the cat or dog when they bite. Best get your cat de-wormed.

Answer 3

If it is Advantage or Frontline, yes, you can use it at this time. Since it is applied to the back of the cat's neck she can't lick it, ingest it, have it end up in her milk after she has the kittens. Those flea treatments are not absorbed by the cat's skin and do not get into her system. In fact, if she has fleas now is the time to get rid of them. Only a few fleas can make newborn kittens anemic, and flease will reproduce like crazy in the warm moist environment of a nest of kittens.

But flea powder or a flea collar -- no. They actually shouldn't be used on any cat. There are more effective and less toxic flea treatments now.

Answer 4

yes, you can use Advantage on a pregnant cat/dog. It will also transmit to the puppies/kittens when sucking mom so you don't need to use it on them once they're born (you shouldn't anyway, not for I think it says 8 weeks on the package.)

if you have flea issues, what you can do for the young kits is spray flea spray on a towel (do this in another room where it won't get to the kittens) and wrap their bodies in the towel. Just the body, not the head. Don't overwet the towel, just spray it as you would a pet. A mist if you will, not damp nor wet. That will be enough to kill surface fleas but not harm the kit. I wouldn't do that on newborns though...

Answer 5

No I dont think you can use these on pregnant cats, in fact I think it is not recommended to use any flea treatment on pregnant or nursing cats. I would check with the vet tho. If you think your cat has fleas then you could use a flea comb to comb them out or you can get herbal treatments which are effective but take longer to work.

Answer 6

You mean a spot-on - Frontline? Revolution/Stronghold? Adantage?

Frontline spot-on as supposed to be safe for use on pregnant cats, as is Advantage. I don't think Stronghold is because it acts systemically to treat worms. Frontline only acts on the skin.

Frontline Spray is known to be the safest for use on pregnant and lactating cats and newborn kittens (from two days of age). You need to get it from a vets of course, so when you do you can check with them what they think.

Chalice

Answer 7

As far i know you can.If your cat has fleas they will transfer to the kittens too as soon as they are born, however if you treat you cat the kittens will also be treated through her milk.Advantage is a good one to use or Advocate which does fleas and worms.

Answer 8

gosh - i have no idea - is there a leaflet enclosed?? I would get clarification from a fully qualified vet before you use it - you dont want to make her poorly.