2007-06-03 13:35:40 · 12 answers · asked by eddaddyo 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
My vet said use Dawn dishwashing liquid like shampoo and give her a warm bath. Make sure she stays warm and out of drafts till she's dry. Don't blowdry her. A different vet once put Advantage on a 4 week old kitten I adopted and she did fine. Don't put any kind of flea treatment on her unless the vet does it. That stuff form WalMart is useless anyway. ♥
2007-06-03 13:41:09 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Pretty♥ ♥Kitty♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a kitten like this once and I kept the cat for many years.
Give the kitten a bath with flea shampoo. MAKE SURE THE BOTTLE SAYS FLEA SHAMPOO FOR CATS. DO NOT USE FLEA SHAMPOO FOR DOGS. ALSO DO NOT USE REGULAR SHAMPOO. IT MUST BE FLEA SHAMPOO FOR CATS!!!
When you wash the kitten, start at the kitten's head/ear area and work your way back to the tail. Get ready because the fleas will try to escape the shampoo and will attempt to leave the kitten's body. Let the shampoo sit on the kitten. Also do repeated lathering (at least three). It sounds like the kitten is infested with fleas. Wash the kitten in an outside area if possible.
After washing the kitten, make sure your have several towels. Use more then one to get off most of the water. Take the last towel and keep the kitten warm while rubbing it with the towel.
Be prepared for the kitten to be weak and tired. The fleas have been feeding on your poor kitty. Give the cat a vitamim like petmalt.
Good luck
2007-06-03 15:56:39 · answer #2 · answered by AprilCC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6 weeks is awfully young to start them on those harsh chemical flea treatments. When my very young kitten had some fleas as a baby I got a flea comb and the vet recommended a bath in Palmolive dish detergent which kills the fleas. Using the combination of the comb and a daily bath the fleas were gone after a few days... safely.
2007-06-04 16:31:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, my vet does not allow animals to come in, with visible fleas unless its an emergency. So, I say give it a bath, try and comb out as many as you can with a fine tooth comb and be sure to dry it thoroughly. Then, I would take it to the vet, have it dewormed, tested for tapeworms (very common in kittens, espically with fleas) and if you do not want to keep it, then make sure its healthy and find it a new home.
2007-06-03 13:42:34 · answer #4 · answered by The Warden 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
holy god, take the flea collar off and supply her a tub without flea stuff in it. kittens must be 8 weeks in the previous you employ a de flea product, and by no ability 3 at as quickly as. too a lot flea medicine might reason seizures and ideas injury. study the programs of each and everything you used on her. theyll all say "8 weeks and older, and don't use this product on the side of the different flea products." theres a reason of that. if shes appearing torpid, it must be the two on account which you over dosed her on flea products, or shes in basic terms a sprint vulnerable. try cleansing each and all the flea stuff off of her at cutting-edge with toddler shampoo or gentle cleansing soap, and then save her very heat, on your chest or a heating pad set on low. supply her a syringe or dropper crammed with sugar water, (some teaspoon) that should pep her back up, and get her to eat. combination the kitten formulation with the moist cat nutrition till its a watery gruel, and shell have planty of toddler kitten foodstuff from the milk, and a lot of water besides. do no longer feed her cows milk.
2016-11-25 20:01:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would take the cat to the vet, and have them give it a check up. Also have them check if they can find it's owners, or put up flyers. If no one claims it, then either keep it or bring it to an animal shelter. Whatever you do, do not let it be a stray, because now adays there are too many stray cats and dogs.
2007-06-03 13:39:45 · answer #6 · answered by natalie r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take it to the vet. The vet will recomend some flea medication that will work on your young kitty. Also, they will be able to diagnose any problems that your kitty may have. Good luck!
2007-06-03 13:39:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
go to pet world and ask the ladies what to get rid of fleas with it helped for me when we got my cat and it was covered with fleas
2007-06-03 14:35:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
make sure if you have other animals to keep it away since it might get the other animals sick call the vet and bring it in.
2007-06-03 13:46:39 · answer #9 · answered by dark_ang3l_s3ph 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
give it a bath and take to the vets to get shots started and get frontline.
2007-06-03 13:40:03 · answer #10 · answered by Kit_kat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋