how do you get fleas of off kittens?

Answer 1

Before putting all kinds of chemicals on or into them, try giving them a warm bath. Fleas drown in water and you can comb them out of their heads and necks with a flea comb and drown them in the bath water. You can use a diluted shampoo if you like but you may not even need that.

Just keep them warm all the time in a warm room and make sure they dry off completely. This may be all you need to do. Not all cats have fleas and stay flea free without chemicals.

Answer 2

Firstly you need to treat your kitten. Don't bother with shop-bought flea products as these aren't very effective and certain ones can harm cats in general but especially kittens. The best are prescription only, such as Frontline, Advantage or Stronghold. Clinical tests has shown that Advantage is the best of these, probably because the others have been used for longer and fleas build up a resistance; however Stronghold is also good for treating worms too so it's a dual purpose treatment. You'll need to check which is the best for your kitten as it all depends on her age.

It's a good idea not to use on brand constantly but to rotate between them because of the resistance problem, but once again this depends on her age. If she's very young, she'll not be able to use many treatments.

If the spot-on treatments don't work, then your vet will be able to give your kitten an injection that offers three months' protection against fleas in all stages of their life.

Once you've treated your kitten, you've ensured that no new fleas will be introduced. Now you need to tackle the ones already in your home. I'm afraid this takes even longer to do than getting rid of fleas from a kitten. Doing the hoovering every day helps, but you must put something in the hoover bag (boric acid is great as it kills the fleas by dehydrating them but doesn't have a chemical smell) or you will need to burn the hoover bag after each use. If you don't, the fleas you suck up survive. We've found flea bombs to be particularly effective indoors, but the sprays and powders you can get didn't work for us at all.

Answer 3

To be safe just use a mild baby shampoo. I would NOT trust any Hartz or Sargeants type product due to the chemicals in them and possibility for adverse affects. I've seen kittens and puppies have seizures and die from those products, and kittens seem even more sensitive than puppies.

Revolution is approved for kittens 8 wks and older. There is no such thing as Frontguard as was mentioned in another answer. Frontline is not safe for kittens younger than 12 wks. The only safe flea preventatives are the ones you purchase at your vets office. Again, I would NEVER trust a flea shampoo or liquid drops that you can buy at the grocery store or at any place other than a vet's office.

If you're unsure of how old your kittens are, take them to your vet. A pretty good rule of thumb is that they will gain one pound of weight per month of life. A two month old kitten should weigh two pounds for example.

Answer 4

Do NOT use any over the counter flea medicines or shampoos on this kitten!!! Those products contain pymethrins and are toxic to cats, but even more so to kittens, and I have seen deaths associated with over the counter flea medications!
There are plenty of good options available at your vets now for kittens. In a pinch, the current recommendation is a warm water bath using Dawn detergent (plain Dawn, NOT the antibacterial stuff), making sure to thoroughly dry and avoid chilling the kitten. But THEN you need to go the vet anyhow to treat the internal parasites, vaccinate, exam, etc..

Answer 5

well, you should try a bath, and then once the kitten is dry, put some frontline, or some kind of good flea medicine on her/him. I found a kitten on the side of the road and it had fleas so bad, so I gave her a bath and put some medicine on her and she was better within a couple days. Good luck...fleas are hard to kill.

Answer 6

Be careful with chemical while they are young, but they can be bathed and most soaps will kill fleas. Start at the head and run the fleas south. Or their little eyes will be covred with the funning fleas. Be sure to dry the little guys though. Don't leave them wet.

Answer 7

get a vet approved flea medicine (like Frontguard) but make sure it's ok for small Kittens. (low dosage) Stuff works like a charm and prevents em from comming back or laying eggs.

Answer 8

Depending on how old they are, you can wash them with a pet shampoo made to get rid of fleas....after that if they are old enough to eat food (not still nursing from the mother), mix powdered brewers yeast in wet cat food for them. The brewers yeast keeps tics and fleas away and makes their immune systems very healthy.

Answer 9

Go to the vet and get Advantage for kittens

Answer 10

if they are 8-10 weeks and healthy try a kitten flea shampoo, iv had really good success with Hartz foaming shapmoo. if they are younger or weak use dawn dishsoap and warm water. in both cases use a flea comb to remove the fleas from the fur.