what do u do when u find a flea in ur cats fur?

Question

please advise some medicine and if i have carpet wat should i do to kill the fleas in there?
do fleas from cats come and bother us humans?? do they lay eggs on us?

Answer 1

Contact your vet, and ask what to do. Often the vet will tell you to buy a flee killing shampoo which can be found at your local grocery store, or pet store.

Answer 2

Not flea eggs. Those drop off and into the carpet or the cat's bedding. (Meaning: Vacuum. Then wash your cat's bed and anywhere else she's been sitting.) Frontline is an excellent flea medication. It's prescription, but it won't cause seizures like the over the counter types will. (There's no FDA for cat medications...) If you took your cat in for a checkup in the beginning, your vet probably won't mind just selling you a dose without a checkup. You'll want to make sure to put the flea medication on the skin at the back of the neck (brush the fur aside and try to get it on the skin). Then wait a day or so, and keep flea-combing the cat. In my experience, a flea or two can often be found hiding out on the tail, furthest away from the medicine... When you no longer see the flea dirt, you know your cat no longer has fleas. Do check her with the comb about every week, though; she can re-catch them from her environment if she's unlucky.

Answer 3

Once we had a very terrible flea outbreak, so i am a reliable source.

First thing like other reccomended flea shampoo. Follow the instructions on the bottle, usually you have to leave the lathered shampoo on for about 5min before you can rinse it off.

2nd... frontline, that has always worked for my cats. They even go outside on some ocasion. A flea collor would be good as well.

3rd. vacume your ENTIRE home, and empty the vaccumm as soon as you are done. I mean do your couches, move all furniture everything. And if you can find a flea powder to sprinkle on your cats... put some in the bag or container of your vaccumm. Gives more chance of ridding of them this way.

Now the fleas will jump on you and bite people, they prefer animals, but will settle for humans.

If you are to follow all of these steps you will soon again have a flea free home.

( also if you have any other animals make sure to treat them as well )

-blu

Answer 4

If you find a flea on your cat it's important to give your cat a flea dip/bath and possibly monthly drops.. Is your cat and outside/inside cat? If it's an outside cat, it's best just to do the drops they last a month.... As for your house, vacuum and vacuum some more..Throw away the bag and if it's bagless spray some bug killer in there... Fleas will lay eggs in the carpet and if out of control you will see them jump on you although they don't like us we bathe too often and water kills them... To see if you have an infestation...Get a desk lamp and a shallow white bowl of water with some dishsoap in it... Leave it on overnight on the floor... The light will attract the fleas and the water/dishsoap combo will kill them.. .If you see a good amount of fleas... Then you will know you have a problem.... Go to the store and buy a few boxes of baking soda/idodized salt... Mix and sprinkle liberally on your carpet and let it sit overnight.... The baking soda/salt will dissolve the fleas larve/eggs....It won't hurt the carpet-it will also pick up any loose dirt.... Try that and if you do have a bigger problem...Get Raid bug bombs enough to do the whole house and leave for the afternoon with your pet....Good luck...

Answer 5

I wash all the cat(s) and dog(s) in the house in flea shampoo immediately, put frontline on them, and then vaccume every inch of rug in the house several times, then throw out the bag (outside and away from the house). If you want to go overboard with the vaccuming buy flea powder and put it on the rugs before you vaccume. After this continually check the cat(s) and dog(s) with a flea comb. If you still have fleas after thsi I would advise looking at flea bombs and following the instructions...tho hopefully you can get rid of it with the washing and vaccuming. That usually works if you catch the problem early. Also make sure you vaccume anything that is cloth (furniture, matress) and wash all your sheets or anything clothing that was on the floor.

Do all of this ASAP before the problem becomes worse!!!

Good Luck!

Answer 6

YES, fleas will bite humans. i suggest getting your cat some advantage monthly flea prevention. Make sure all living people and pets are out of the house and get a flea fogger (bug bomb) and set it off to kill any fleas or eggs that may be in your home. Good luck.

Answer 7

Talk to your vet. There is a pill called "Caspar". What it will do is knock dead all of the fleas on your cat in about 30 min...pretty cool...Then you will want the frontline.
The fleas will prefer being on your cat. You caught it early enough so you should not get fleas in your house or on you if take swift action.

Answer 8

First of all scold your cat for bringing in In un wanted guest. You may even have to ground it or take away the cat nip to make your point... You know how cats are. NO SERIOUSLY! First understand the real complications then decide what to do.

What is a flea cycle?
The flea population of any given area comprises of 50% eggs 35% larvae 10% pupae and only 5% biting adults.

Fleas lay their eggs after a blood feed on the animal but these flea eggs quickly drop off on to the carpet, floor, bedding and outside areas. In fact anywhere your pet goes becomes a battle zone.

The life cycle of the flea depends on temperature, humidity and source of food. The life cycle of the flea from egg to adulthood can vary from two weeks to eight months.

An adult female flea can lay up to 600 eggs in its life time.

Eggs can hatch anywhere between two days and two weeks.

After the eggs hatch they become larvae. These are little worm like insects that get deep into carpet fibres, in cracks between floor boards, under beds, furniture and rugs and around skirting boards. They also thrive in sand and gravel. They feed on dead skin cells, organic material and the blood rich faeces of adult fleas. Although they don’t have legs they can move around and make their way to corners and crevices

The little worm like larvae develop over a period of one to three weeks going through four moulting stages then spin themselves a silken cocoon, just like a caterpillar. This is called the pupae stage. They can remain in their cocoons for several months but will hatch if conditions are right. Vibrations can trigger them to hatch and this is the reason why you can be suddenly covered by fleas after a house has been left unoccupied for a long period of time.
For lots of tips on what you might have to do for the cat and to your house go here. // http://www.catsofaustralia.com/fleasgetridof.htm

Answer 9

Flea collar! That's what we do. (and thanks for reminding me -- it's time to go buy some fresh collars).

Fleas from cats and dogs do bite humans and spread disease -- the fleas in our area even carry bubonic plague and people still die from it!

As for the fleas in the carpet, a real good vacuuming should take care of them. If not, there are powder pesticides that you can dust into the carpet, then vacuum up the residue.
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Answer 10

shampoo your cat with flea shampoo, go to the vet and get some flea medicine and apply to the back of the neck. Most only have to be done twice a year.

Answer 11

Take her to the vet for treatment and preventative. Vaccuum thoroughly. But one thing I did not see mentioned in any of the other answers is tapeworms. If she has fleas, she may very well have tapeworms, as fleas carry them and cats are bound to eat some as they groom. You need to get her checked for that and wormed along with the flea treatment. Good luck!