What is the easiest and cheapest way to get rid of my cat's fleas?

Question

She is about 8 or 9months old and she is a purebred Himalayan I am pregnant and lack the energy to go through all this process but I need to get rid of those fleas.

Answer 1

Hi!

I recommend FrontLine or Hartz oil. They are a little cheaper than Advantix. Read the package to ensure that it kills the eggs too. When you apply it, make sure that you follow the directions and don't put it where she can lick it. The oils work super-fast as they are immediately absorbed into the skin and will work towards controlling a second hatch. They will also save you from being scratched to shreds if she's not used to a bath! LOL!!!

I also buy a Brewer's Yeast/Garlic mixture that you can pick up almost everywhere pet products are sold. Mix a little into her wet food. The fleas are repelled by the smell emitted from the skin. I use this combo on both of my cats and my dog- the bonus is shiny, healthy coats! I can't remember when the cats last had fleas & they're nearly 20!

Do NOT use flea powder- you can poison her! This happened to us once when I was a kid. Rubbing Garlic on her will just give you a stinky cat with burnt skin (garlic oil can burn them)! Don't even think about Sevin- bad for her, you and your baby!!! Avoiding these will save you an expensive vet bill...

To further control it, wash wherever she sleeps with soap with a little ammonia or flea shampoo mixed in (test fabric). Laundry- add either a little bleach or ammonia (but not together- that's poisonous too!) to your regular laundry soap. Your vacuum is your friend! When you're done, take the bag out (or the contents if you have a HEPA vac) and put it into a plastic shopping bag and get it out of your house! A few vacuumings should do it unless your house is jumping!

Good luck & congrats!

=^..^=
Mich

Answer 2

Unfortunately, there is no easy answer to your problem. Flea collars and sprays will not address the issue of the fleas in your carpet and furniture and there is a second infestation of newly hatched fleas that occurs a week after the first one.

For the cat itself, the garlic suggestion is a good, natural solution, but it won't help eliminate the ones not living on the cat. Garlic only repels fleas. They'll simply go elsewhere.

Answer 3

I use frontline for my cat. its just a once a month little tube of liquid that you put between his shoulder blades. It lasts a month and it kills the fleas that are on your cat and it prevents him from getting more. My cat had them bad before I started using frontline, now he doesnt ever get them. I am pregnant also and I dont want to go through the trouble of giving him a flea bath, which doesnt work. Frontline doesnt even take 5 minutes.

Answer 4

As others have said, dish soap will work in getting the fleas off of your kitty temporarily, but to make sure she won't continue to get them it is best to keep her up to date with Fronline or Advantage.

To take care of fleas in the house you can also put a little lemon or dish soap in a bowl of water and put them around the house, especially in carpeted areas. You can also vacuum with some flea powder/spray in the vacuum bag.

Good luck!

Answer 5

dawn dishwashing liquid will kill the fleas if you bathe her in it....but it wont keep it off her, you need frontline. if you cant afford to put flea medication on your cat then you should not have gotten her. the fleas can cause problems. if she eats them (and she will) it will cause tape worms. you can buy frontline for cats on ebay pretty cheap. if you look around on line you can find it but you need to do something if you have fleas in your carpet and things you can use seven dust. you can buy it at wal-mart or somewhere like that. it is cheap. i would ask my doctor tho about the seven dust if it would hurt the baby. i dont imagine it would because you can put in the dogs bed and directly on the dog and pupies. if you decide to use it ...sprinkle it on every thing you need to and put sheets over it for at least 24 hours then vacuum it up...that will eliminate the flees in carpet and furniture. also flea collars are worthless...dont waste your money on those.

Answer 6

This sounds crazy but it works. Bathe her in Dawn dish liquid. Whilst she is wet, you will see the fleas on her. The liquid kills some and stuns others to where they cannot move for a bit. Have someone help you to pick the fleas off of her and you shouldn't have any trouble after that. I raise Persians and Himmy's, trust me, it works.

Answer 7

You can get any flea product at a department store. They have flea power and spray that you can use. Id treat my cats with it every 2 months so I can prevent them from getting them.

Answer 8

try to incorporate garlic in your cats diet i'm not vet but someone told me this years ago that if you sprinkle garlic on your cats coat minced garlic on its coat and wash off and also sprinkle garlic powder on there food . there is some reaction or smell your cat or kittens skin gives off after eating the garlic and bam the fleas hate the smell i did this at the beginning of the summer with my chance . hes a black kitten with dusty paws and under his chin and i haven't seen a flea since . Hopefully you find this helpful if u do the minced garlic spread i must warn you the cats gonna have a garlic strinch and id wash him in something fruitin about 5 days but also keep it only like 5 minutes so no irritation. i hope you can have luck with this

Answer 9

Put Frontline or a similar product on your cat, if you don't have garlic. And get someone else to help with treating the house, someone who can come every day for about 2 weeks to vacuum.

Good luck!

Answer 10

A $10 dose of Advantage from the vet, the technician can put it on her for you if you want, they don't charge for the service, just the dose. Quick, easy, and it words a good 6 weeks instead of the 4 they say.