kittens and fleas??

Question

OK so... my outside/inside kitty had her babys 2 days ago and she had them in our jeep!!! anyways momma kitty is treated for fleas with drops already but the babys are getting them now!! i had to move them out of the jeep and into my appartment (there is no shelter for them outside and its really cold!) I know they are way too young for any kind of treatment and will be for 6 weeks... but i need a simple home remedy for the fleas so my appartment dosent get infested and the babys dont get eat up!!! help anyone please!!! and thanks!!

Answer 1

First. check with the vet about a nursing momma kitty with flea product on her.

Second. as for the kittens, do the following:

1. put a tiny amount of vasoline on your finger & wipe across the kittens eye area (safety barier)
2. in luke warm water, dampen the kitten & suds with DAWN dish detergent.

"Dawn takes grease away", fleas breath through the oils in their skin, no oil, no flea

3. let the soapy kitten stay in a box for 10 -15 minutes, caefully monitoring that they arent getting chilly

4. rinse the kitten & dry.

This will rid them of the fleas, but may need to be repeated.

a fleas hatching (justation) cycle is 2 weeks, re-do in 12-14 days.

Answer 2

In fact, you can use Frontline spray on kittens and puppies frm 2 days of age. Please get some from your vet - don't be bathing them in Dawn dish soap or wasting your time trying to comb the fleas off or whatever else people on here might suggest.

Since the fleas got infested even though the adult was treated, I would suggest you need to spray your house to get rid of the fleas that are there. What treatment did you use for the mother? If it was from a pet store, don't expect it to actually have worked. You need something like Frontline or Revolution.

Chalice

Answer 3

I hate fleas. This has been a really bad year. You can try bathing them since they are so small. Use heavy work gloves they can scratch. Then pick them off every day. The drops haven't helped my animals this year, I have tried tablets and have spent a small fortune on my dog and 2 cats since last year. I think they are in my yard. So, next spring I am going to treat the yard, I hate to but, I have no choice. I use vinegar and octagon soap that has melted to make a solution for the yard. It worked last spring but I was so busy and tired this year. I didn't get to it. I tried the ones that are at the store and they didn't do a thing, cost me a lot of money though. So, I am back to the old remedy that works. You can just bathe them, pick them off and put in alcohol or try a little weak vinegar solution and rub it on them. I'd take them outside, the fleas will jump off and you don't want them in the house. Good luck.

Answer 4

Okay I checked my Frontline spray(just to be sure I was remembering it correctly) and it says there that is is safe to use from the second day of birth and also that it's safe to use during pregnancy and nursing.So go get yourself a Frontline or ask the vet for another similar product(it can;t be in a spot-on form since that is too concentrated and could cause problems to the kitties,it must be a spray).I don't recommend washing the kitties,since they could get problems if you aren't extremely careful(water in their ears,soap in their eys,pneumonia if you don't make sure they are absolutely 100% dried up) not to mention the psychological factor(they will get very scared and you will also cause unneeded stress to the mother who will hear her little ones scream it out).So go get yourself an anti-flea product in spray form which is safe for kitties(make that absolute clear before buying it or buy Frontline which you know now for sure is safe) and do this as soon as possible cause fleas on a small newborn kitty can be very dangerous(due to all the blood loss which can lead to anemia very quickly in a small sized newborn kitty).Also make sure you are applying the product correctly(which is easy for the kitties since they don't have much hair but it is very important for the mother) onto the skin and not on the fur.Good luck,little kitties are soooo cute!!

Answer 5

Assuming you are treating the mother (drops) with stuff that kills fleas on her, a bath with mild dish detergent with thorough rinsing in warm water for the kittens. Set up a new box with a clean towel and put each washed kitten in there then wash the old toweling. I found little risk, though you can ask the vet, in using a powdered flea killer around the inside of the box (not directly on the kittens) to kill any wandering off. I had 3 kittens show up without a mother in the back yard, soaking wet in the rain and infested with fleas and one batch cleaned them up.

Answer 6

there are sprays you can use on the blankets or towels they sleep on for fleas. i would strongly suggest you using a flea bomb. you can buy them at any pet supply store. dont use the walmart kind like hartz and such. keep the blankets sprayed and do the flea bomb and repeat in a couple of weeks. keep the mom treated with the drops. again, not the walmart kinds like harts. go with frontline or advantage from the vet. its like 13 bux a treament a month, but well well worth it. the kittens should be alright then and the fleas wont infest your apartment then. i went through this, believe me it wasnt fun lol. i have 3 cats. i moved out with my mom for 3 months when me and my boyfriend were fighting and my moms cats gave my cats fleas. when i moved back in with my boyfriend again it got crazy. we actually were getting bitten by them and you could occasionally see them on the tv screen. really gross. you just never believe how out of control it can get. but if you catch it early you shouldnt have a problem. but it ened up costing us a fortune to get rid of ours. 13 dollar flea treatments on 3 cats for several months. we wasted money on walmart treatments, flea collars, flea baths and soaks... none of it worked. and the countless flea bombs from walmart and target that didnt work. the good ones from pet smart were 18 bux for 3. we have a 3 bedroom house so we had to use all 3 and do our garage. PLEASE dont let it go that far:) im not sure what you can use on the kittens. i see people on here have posted different at home remedies. the fleas were gone before our kittens arrived thank god. and just like everyone said, vacuume the carpets and mops really well. the bombs will take care of curtains and closets and such. follow the directions carefully and you shouldnt have a problem.

Answer 7

You can bathe the kitties in DAWN dish soap just be careful of their eyes/ears... This will kill any fleas that are on them... You'll want to do that everyday and vacuum your apt. like a mad woman... I use baking soda mixed with salt on the carpets to keep the fleas from dropping eggs and hatching.. The BS smothers the fleas and the salt punctures the eggs.. It's NOT harmful to the kitties.. Until they are old enough to have flea drops... Good luck

Answer 8

you can wash kittens with lemon soap and comb them out with a flea comb. Vacuum your hous sofas and everything and empty the vacumm RIGHT AWAY!! Other then that call your vet and see what they might suggest. Good luck!

Answer 9

You can just use a flea comb [or a fine tooth comb works fine]
and throughly comb through their hair and bathe them. and awww thats so cute :]

Answer 10

Wash them. Fleas don't do water. But they might jump off onto something else (ie. you) so be careful!