Help! My kittens are infested with fleas.?

Question

Please how can I help them I feel so bad. Im worried that if I kill them all when they go in their conda they will get nfested again please help me how can I rid them?

Answer 1

You can get a pill called Capstar from your vet that will kill all the fleas on your kittens right away then from there you can use other flea treament that the vet recommends. DO NOT use Hartz anything!!! As far as the kitty condo you are gonna have to rid it of fleas. The fleas are in the carpeting. Take that thing outside and get some flea stuff for it. Be sure you treat any othere areas they spend a lot of time in.

Answer 2

Krissy,

Killing fleas is a job! First you have to treat the kitten, then you need to get rid of the fleas in their home.

The flea life cycle is about 3 weeks long and involves the egg, larva and the adult flea. It takes about a month to six weeks to be sure you get through all the cycles.

Get a vet-quality topical flea treatment. What you get will depend on the age of your kittens. I like Advantage because it is effective and doesn't have as bad an odor as others. It will kill the fleas on the kittens. It is effective for about 30 days. Don't use anything that you buy over the counter (Hartz, Sergeants, etc), because they can be toxic to kittens and cats.

Then frequently vacuum the condo, furniture and any other carpeted areas and dispose of the bag or canister collections. Any towels, rugs, sheets, blankets were the kittens sleep should be washed every few days. This will help you get rid of the eggs and larva stages and speeds up getting to flea-free!

Good Luck!

Answer 3

Take the mother and the kittens to the vet. They have a designated remedy that may be fed to the mummy despite the fact that she's nursing. This manner whilst the kittens drink the mothers milk a small quantity tremendous sufficient for the kitten will cross into their approaches. After a couple of days the fleas will have to be long gone. Also, if they've fleas you will have to maintain your condo blank. I am now not announcing you're a nasty character. We don't seem to be all excellent so do not take this into offence. If you determined the kittens and mother at the road ask your vet what to do! Good success ;)

Answer 4

Fleas have 4 stages to their life cycle......egg larvae, pupa and adult. The advantage or frontline kills the adult flea. That leaves the egg, larvae, and pupa.

You may need to buy the bug bombs that specifically list the product as killing fleas. This will alleviate all of the adult fleas in those rooms for about 14 days. Only you can decide at what level your infestation is.
The laundry booster Borax is one of the best long term flea solving products. Buy a box and poke small holes in the box to make it like a salt shaker. Vacuum all the infected parts of your living area and make sure that bag stays outside. Then sprinkle Borax into the carpets and broom it in whenever it looks heavy.

You will need to reapply Borax every time that you vacuum for the next several weeks. Borax will dry out the eggs, the larvae will eat the borax and die. That leaves the pupa. A nuclear blast wouldn't kill the flea in its pupa stage. Therefore you will need to *wait it out* until the pupa hatches as an adult flea........ bits the cat............ and then dies.

Once you get this under control you should continue to use Borax at least once per month and you will probably never see a flea again.

in the meantime get a product like advantage or Frontline. They kill the flea AFTER it bites the cat.

Answer 5

ok a few solutions for you. You can go to the store (walmart or the grocery store) get some Lavender scented baby shampoo... It smells nice... plain baby shampoo smells the same) Bathe them in the shampoo... As far as the cat condo... set it outside for a week or two... if there is fleas on it... they will leave. they also have powder that you can put on your carpets... if you want to put that inside the condo to be sure. Flea collars are not a bad idea if you get them off of the cats. giving a cat a bath wont kill him... he might hate you... but least he wont have fleas. The baby shampoo is safe if it gets into his eyes... and it makes the fleas leave... it is safer on a kitten then using flea shampoo.

Answer 6

Hi! If they are too young for flea collars and sprays and such, try this trick.

A friend found a bunch of abandoned kittens under her farmhouse porch. They were covered with fleas, but way too young to use chemicals on.

She wasn't anywhere near a vet, and it was too late for her to try to go find one.

She couldn't stand to see the little ones in such torment, and she was wondering what she could do, and then she remembered that fleas do not like garlic.

She searched her cupboards and found a spice shaker of garlic powder, and started to dump it on a kitten. Then she stopped because she thought it might be too strong at full-strength, plus she didn't particularly want to be smelling a strong garlic smell overnight.

She decided that if she mixed the garlic powder with baby powder that it should cut the smell, but still be strong enough to get rid of the fleas.

And it did. The vet said it was a clever idea.

By the way - after you get the fleas off the kittens, be sure to get them out of your carpet, your furniture and your clothing.

My cousin has an inside cat, but she tends to feed every stray in her neighborhood, so sometimes she has a flea problem.

This is what she recommends: "Get some flea bombs, and set them off according to instructions. (Be sure to put food and dishes into cupboards - away from the 'bomb' mist.) The best way to do this is to get the kittens out of the house. Put them in a box or basket and make sure they are away from the bombs when you set them off. Do not breathe it in, and get yourself out of there quickly. ... When you return to the house, be sure to let it air out as recommended, before you and the kittens 'move back' in.

"If the bombs don't do the trick, you may have to hire an exterminator."

Best of luck to you and the little ones!

Answer 7

I use a tag team of Nature's Own flea spray and carpet powder. It contains rubbing alchol, that kills the fleas and eggs right away, and it uses lemon grass and peppermint oil to keep them off. (fleas can't stand the stuff, makes your kittens smell like a strong spice rack for about a day though, then they just smell like lemons and ginger faintly for a while)

I have two dogs that spend a lot of time outside, and this was the only thing that worked for controlling the flea infestation they had, I natrually got the cat formula for my cat, and it works wonderfully. You can get a bottle for about $7 at wal-mart and the carpet powder for about $9 at wal-mart as well.

note - it is nature's guardian, not nature's own. nature's own is bread.

Answer 8

There are many ways of killing fleas. You could put a flea collar, use flea shampoo, spray all bedding and furniture with flea spray and spray your cat with it. If this doesn't work then consult the vet immediately before any fatal issues take place

Answer 9

Frontline is the best flea treatment that's why vets recommend it.Since using it for three months my 7 month old kitten has not had any fleas on him.

Answer 10

if its really bad...go to a vet.....but if its curable..u think....than go to ur local pet shop or pet supply place and get some shampoos and conditioners....that are made specifically for fleas and ticks.......also they make these collars or treatments that are good for ticks and fleas too...i bought a collar and used the shampoos 2 times a week....and it did it......so try a couple of things and if all else fails....go to a vet.

p.s. FRONTLINE products are real good.