My One Week Old Kittens Have Fleas

Start a topical treatment when your kitten is old enough once kittens are 8 10 weeks and over 1 5 2 pounds they can safely receive appropriate topical flea treatments.

My one week old kittens have fleas. I feel sad because i don t think they know how to scratch yet and i tried getting them out with my fingers but those things just keep getting deeper into it s fur. I don t want it hurting the cat so i was wondering if it would be too early to use anti flea shampoo on them. Vacuum all the carpets floors furniture and. For kittens younger than 4 weeks groom with a flea comb or pick fleas off with tweezers.

Fleas are small parasitic bugs that seek a host animal such as a kitten and can cause severe itching discomfort and anemia. It takes 4 hours for the fleas on your pet to die and there are constantly new baby fleas hatching out and jumping on your pet from your floors. This poor baby hit her face and had her lip pulled away from her jaw. Or is there another way to remove the bug.

These products not only kill fleas on your kitten but can prevent new fleas from hitching a ride on your pet. Again newborn kittens need manual flea removal. Cats aged 14 weeks and older or which are 2 lbs may take comfortis for fleas. If you find a flea on the comb dip the comb into the bowl of alcohol to kill the flea.

This application kills the adult fleas but not their offspring. By making it impossible for fleas to infest your older cats your kitten will be less likely to suffer from fleas again. Other flea medications safe for kittens list 8 weeks of age as a minimum. Ninety percent of the time i end up having to treat these kittens with fleas and it can be difficult to find a one time product for those under 8 weeks of age.

Be sure to keep the kittens warm while you re working with them. Because kittens bodies are so small they are at a high risk of flea anemia due to the loss of blood from the fleas feeding. Place the kitten on a warm soft towel and use a flea comb to find any remaining fleas on its coat. Cats under 6 weeks of age cannot receive chemical treatments for fleas.

To help the fleas stick to the comb coat it with a natural vegetable oil as needed. However flea control medications must not be used on very young kittens.