Help for fleas on baby kitties??
 

I have a litter of kittens that just opened their eyes a week ago. I don't think they're even quite a month old yet. All four have a lot of white on them and I can see a lot of fleas on all of them. PLEASE! Any suggestions on how to help them at this young age! Thanks!!
So far what I have done, and I just tried this about 12 hrs ago....I changed all of their bedding where they sleep with and nurse from mama. Before I put them back in their little place, I got a couple of flea combs and combed the babies and got out all of the fleas that I possible could. Between combing strokes, I dipped the flea comb into a bowl of water with a little dish soap in it. I saw quite a lot of dead fleas in the water, but I am certain it was not 100% successful. These babies have to be miserable. Please send any feedback...rumors....your bright ideas....grandma's old home remedy...whatever you think is worth trying!
Please and thank you........

A friend on mine swears by salt as a good cure. She mixes a bath of salt water and washes the cats in that. She reckons it 'stuns' the fleas and you can then comb them out easily.

Alternatively, when my cats have had kittens, I've treated the mother and any other animals, and then simply picked the fleas off by hand and squashed them.

When the kittens are so young it's really not a good idea to use any chemicals. Once they get to about 4 weeks you probably could try one of the back of the neck flea treatments through the mother.

Call a vet immediately. Kittens can die from anemia with too many fleas.

Put a little garlic oil in the mother's food, this'll get passed on to the kittens in the regular way: fleas don't like garlic on their food:D . Also frequent combing to get new fleas as they hatch. A vet may be able to advise on flea treatment for young kittens, too.

Soak them in gasoline for an hour.

In the yard. A little pine oil in water and hold tight, give a quick dunk. The fleas will give up the ship. Yeah and on your butt.

google this to make sure......but it's rosemary boiled with lemon..then cooled ( of course)

or just rub rosemary on them. It won't hurt.

Oh, I forgot, then throw a match on them. It will cure them of any fleas they may have.

fucking troll asshole. why don't you go eat a dick. again.

Sorry, you must have me confused with IB.

I am trying to be constructive here. In the south we soak them in gas for a few minutes. not a flea to be found afterwards. Never hurt one of those pussies, not a one.

Did you light 'em?

No, that was a joke. But it will kill any fleas you get on a cat. Promise. Never hurt a cat in my life. Ok, except for the ones I shot off my fence with a .22 the other night, noisey fuckers no more.

you're drunk. and your dickheadedness is showing

WTF??? Where the hell did you get that from BIG guy?

i'm smart. i have good instincts. you're extra dickish tonight. inhibitions lowered. drunk.

LJ you ARE smart but you don't have good instincts. You can be mean which blocks clear thinking. You run by emotion and take shots in the dark until something sticks you run with it and hammer it into the ground until there is nothing left.You have too many passions to be very objective. This is something anyone can see. ( nothing personal)

I on the other hand am not very smart but I am very empathic. Believe me. This guy is calm. He is rattling your cages for fun. I know.


*dosn't wait for the onslaught of insults *

What Sky said. LJ doesn't get Merc's jokes -- any of them.

I'd also dose mama-cat with an anti-flea like Advantage or Ultimate, unless that's contraindicated for nursing momcats. If the fleas hit momcat first, they're too messed up to get the kittens.

True dat.

We use stuff from the vet. I would avoid over the counter stuff, most of it is too strong for kittens. Remember, you have to treat the house and yard at the same time you treat the pets, or you will be doing nothing.

when we got our kittens they were covered with fleas (to the point they were bloody to the touch.. thusly why we couldn't let them go back with the 'human' we got them from) worms.. earmites etc and not fully weaned to boot. we took 'em to the vet.. he was a right decent human being.. anywhoo! good bathing and changing the bedding and a healthy wash for mama kitty is good start.

after 9 months
 

uh.. trying to upload.. skills way way too rusty with graphics
percy (g/f named him on the bottom) and piggy sue (mine) on top they're both lazy lean cats now..) even if pigs still has a game eye, seems to work well enough.. and damn cool colours to boot! one thing, I have had a few cats in my life.. not all that many.. but some.. I have never seen cats so completely comfy.. the only thing they seem to fear are cars and dogs... both of which are fine by me.. although we are planning on getting a dog sooner than later... heh that ought to be fun.

Tartan Kitties! How cute, cow!

ooh ooh do me! do me!