I got her for free from a private home full of other pets, she is only 4 weeks old and only seems to ever scratch at her ears. I have seen a lot of flea dirt in my day, and that's what it definitely appears to be, but I have THOROUGHLY combed her head to toe with a flea comb and have not come up with one. What is going on here?!?!
2007-11-13 10:24:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
what you need to do is get the blue Dawn dish soap. Lather the kitten up really good. (and make sure not to get the soap in her eyes) let it sit for about 5 minutes to drown out anything living . then rinse her off very very well to make sure you got all the soap off her. if you see any stray fleas pick them off and get rid of them so nothing is left on your kitten. if you have any issues, you can always look for a small independently owned groomer and they can also do a good washing for you.
2007-11-13 11:03:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think we can assume that the flea that caused this poo are in the house the cat came from - they could well have jumped on the cat eaten, pooed, laid eggs and left! OR - check with the people she came from to see if they'd flea treated her??? It could be that the fleas have recently been killed, leaving their dirts behind!
You can check for sure if these are flea dirts by putting them on wet tissue - they'll turn red as they soak in to the tissue if they're flea dirts.
I would flea treat this cat, unless you're sure the previous owners have just treated her. The likelihood is that the fleas that were on her are now in your house, and that she has eggs on her. Spray your house too. I've seen a fair few cats riddled with flea dirts but I don't bother to look for the actual fleas - if their are dirts there, something put them there!
Get some Frontline Spray from a vets - this is the only product safe enough for cats under 8 weeks of age. The spot-on can be used from 8 weeks of age, but the spray is safe for use on kittens from 2 days of age.
I would say it's pretty unlikely the previous owners have treated her with anything useful - no one seems to be aware of Frontline Spray these days!
Chalice
2007-11-13 23:09:12 · answer #2 · answered by Chalice 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok so if the flea drops are Frontline you're able to desire to enable the cat roam around everywhere it replaced into previously through fact there are in all possibility flea pupae all throughout the time of the place the cat had get right of entry to no longer something will kill the pupae so which you're able to desire to get them to interrupt out so come approximately the heating and hoover the warmth and vibrations will inspire the pupae to interrupt out the will them bounce onto your passing cat as frontline kills adults on the cat interior of 24hrs and it takes an person flea over 24hrs to start generating eggs it somewhat is between the approaches frontline breaks the fleas existence cycle. next in many cases wash each and all of the mushy furniture and bedding you could on a minimum of a 60 wash. Double examine the enjoyed ones flea spray is sufficient to do each and all of the domicile. only as an further greater beneficial make particular your cat is wormed as much as this ingredient as flea's can carry tapeworm larvae so continually an concept to make particular.
2016-10-02 07:21:51 · answer #3 · answered by smart 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you using a plastic or metal flea comb? I tried a plastic one, and it pulled almost no fleas off of my long-haired cat. The metal ones have tines that are closer together; they are harder to find and cost twice as much. But they are far superior for flea hunting on a longer-haired cat.
2007-11-13 12:06:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
might want to check for ear mites and give her a bath. make sure to use a flea killing shampoo when giving her a bath and use a cup for pouring the water all over her.
2007-11-13 11:10:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just keep combing ur cat until u find one and also u should try to bathe her too just in case if u couldnt find any fleas but if u do try to find some flea shampoo and keep combing!
2007-11-13 10:29:26 · answer #6 · answered by Kat 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your might check her ears for ear mites.
2007-11-13 10:28:31 · answer #7 · answered by shortmama7j 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Put some baby oil on a cotton ball or q-tip and clean out her ears as well. That's where they hide.
2007-11-13 10:30:01 · answer #8 · answered by kathi1vee 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋