Newborn Kittens With Fleas

As for getting the fleas off of the kittens bathe them in warm water and dawn dish detergent.

Newborn kittens with fleas. Newborn kittens with fleas or ticks should be treated immediately. While you re drying them pick the fleas off with tweezers and wash them down the sink. This will allow you to physically remove the adult fleas without exposing your young kitten to potentially toxic ingredients in products. Give your kitten a bath.

Put a thick soapy lather of dawn around the neck and ears first as they will run fast and far to get away from the soap. The preventive to treat kittens with fleas to kill anything that the bath didn t completely get rid of we need a preventative. This application kills the adult fleas but not their offspring. Again newborn kittens need manual flea removal.

My go to product is the vet kem ovitrol. Check the kitten for fleas by combing through the fur with your fingers or with a flea comb. You may see active live fleas which will appear as fast moving small dark brown bugs that quickly dart through the fur seeking refuge in the cat s face belly and armpits. In consultation with your vet kittens over 4 weeks old may be treated with capstar there is a minimum weight requirement.

Keep the kitten away from any flea drugs or chemicals. Blood sucking parasites can be fatal to kittens as they can cause anemia or a low red blood cell count or carry lyme disease. Cats with a heavy infestation or pale coats are easier to diagnose fleas. Once they are wet get some dawn dish soap.

However most professional flea and tick products contain toxic ingredients that can be fatal to kittens. Just get the original blue formula. Every foster parent should have a flea comb. Most of the fleas will die and those that won t will be stunned enough so that they re easy to pick off.

The best way to treat fleas is to make a warm bath of just water. When the fleas surface pluck them out and send down the drain. Fleas hate it but it is safe for your pet. Signs of fleas on kittens close up of a flea and flea dirt in a cat s coat a flea infestation isn t always evident especially if the cat has a dark coat or the flea population is low.

With the baby being under 8 weeks of age we have to be careful with what we use.