my kitty has lots of fleas whats the best way to help her she,s expecting kittens any day now?

Question

pregnant kitty with TONS of FLEAS need FAST SAFE EFFECTIVE RELIEF

Answer 1

I would give her a bath and use one of those flat combs with lots of little teeth. You can probably find those in any pet supply store or in any grocery store that has pet supplies. That will help get rid of the fleas until you can put her on some kind of preventative. Don't use flea shampoo. This is really drying to a cat's skin. Baby shampoo is the best. That's what I always use on my dogs and cat. My vet recommended it. Call your vet and find out when you can put her on flea preventative because I don't know if you can have her on it while she's breast feeding. Also, if she has fleas then she probably has worms too because there are certain kinds of worms cats get when they bite at their fleas and ingest them. From what I've heard cats and dogs with worms pass the worms on to their babies. I'd say once the kittens are old enough, take everyone for a trip to the vet.

Answer 2

The only things you can do with the kitten is a bath with very light soap or get a flea comb and brush off the fleas, keeping a soapy water dish and dipping it so you kill the fleas instead of them getting away onto everything You can do this with the mom also Not very sexy, not very hard, not very permanent, but safe for the momma and nursing kittens Take the flea collar off now, it's toxic to the kittens and doesn't really work Don't treat the momma with chemicals while she is nursing, frontline etc is fine otherwise and quite effective, but its too late to use when they are pregnant repeat the flea combing daily until she is uninfested When the kittens are no longer nursing use a flea treatment from the vet If you can't see the fleas put glasses on, but that is a very safe and somewhat effective method to use, really the best one for the kittens You may be able to use the soapy bath for the mom easier than combing or she may scratch and object Good luck is for good hearts

Answer 3

Bathe her (GENTLY) with green dish soap. Put crushed garlic in her food. It's healthy and fleas don't like the taste/smell. Call your vet and ask if you can use Advantage. It's 10.00 a dose, goes on the back of the neck, kills fleas instantly! BUT, be careful. The package WILL say not to use on pregnant or nursing cats. That's why you need to call your vet, first. This could cause damage to the kittens. Place a metal pie plate with dish soap and a bit of water on the floor, under a lamp. For some reason, the fleas are attracted to the eery glow. Put a new, cut up flea collar in your vacuum bag. If you don't, they'll just escape the vacuum and what would hte point have been in vacuuming? Empty the bag immediately, take it outside. I don't care if it was a new bag. This way, if they do get out, they're in the garbage, outside, not in your house.

You DO NOT want this to continue. Fleas will go after the kittens. And since they are small and don't have a large supply of blood, they will become anemic and they CAN AND WILL DIE!

Answer 4

There is a product called natural chemistry. It is in a tan bottle and can be purchased at any local pet store. It is the only product that can be used on a pregnant cat. You can also use the product on the kittens once they are over two weeks old, til then use a flea comb and dip it in warm water til you get all the fleas off.

Answer 5

Since your cat is pregnant, I'd say that the BEST you can do is take her to the vet for PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL FLEA REMOVAL, while you 'wash EVERYTHING in your house that is anywhere near where she'll have the kittens.
I used 'natural' things when I had cats who had kittens ... Pennyroyal is an 'herb' that the fleas HATE, and I'd cut that and make a thick 'pillow' (it's woody, though, so it's not a 'soft' pillow) and set that under the cat's pillow ... result: NO FLEAS and very happy kittens. Unfortunately, you'd have needed to plant the pennyroyal two years ago for the plants to get 'big enough' to make a cat's 'underpillow' for ... but if you live in an area where it grows wild, no one will 'complain' if you cut larger bunches of it to take home.

Answer 6

I would bathe her in a flea shampoo and then put a flea collar on her till she has the kittens then remove it and make sure you comb her with a flea comb.Also, make sure her bedding is clean and surrounding areas.
If the kittens eat a flea, they can get tapeworms...
Fleas are always a problem but it can be solved.

Answer 7

Call the vet immediately and see if you can put a topical flea product on her. Don't wait another minute - your time to do that is running out fast (if it is not too late). You do NOT want fleas on newborn kittens at any cost.

Answer 8

That's a tough one because you hate to do anything to inconvenience the mommy. You might want to do the flea dip bath dealie and then sprinkle flea powder all over. Of course, when the kittens come, you'll have to really wait a while before you can do anything with them.

Answer 9

well`dan`the quickest`way `is to`put`it in`a Bowl`of`WARM` Water`(they`dont like it`Youl have to have sum 1 to hold`her` Then`give her`a Soapy` Wash`/take`her`out` Dry`her` off`Then`come`her` with`a` Fine`metal`comb``-Flea`collers` work`but`takes`TIME`?

Answer 10

frount line is the best for fleas just put it on a spot on her neck behind her ears,thats the only place a cat can;t lick!!!!it works great!!!