The wonderful Figgy has a new kitten with what looks to be a flea problem...

[conuly]

Advice for her? I know youse guys are all willing to help.

Comments

[priyatelka.livejournal.com]

Ivory soap kills fleas and is safe for animals, including young ones. She can give it a bath and start with rubbing a ring ov Ivory soap around the neck so all the fleas don't escape to the head, and then just rubbing the soap into the fur. She'll start seeing flea bodies floating in the water almost immediately.

Other than that, a flea dip at the vet works wonders. And then Frontline or Advantage.

Then she needs to vacuum and vacuum and vacuum again, making sure to take the bag off right after and get if out of the house or the fleas and eggs just get scattered around again.

That's the extent of my knowledge on flea problems. That's what we just did with the puppy and it seems to have worked. I haven't seen any since we did all that.

[feathered.livejournal.com]

Thanks! We bathed her, but we didn't use ivory soap. (I'm not sure we have any, I'll have to check on that.) I am not sure we'll be able to keep her, actually, because my dad is claiming allergies. I think he is just freaked about the fleas, but, he's got the power in the family. I'm still worried about the kitten, though. She's way too little and sickly to have fleas leeching her blood as well. I'll vacuum again today and search for ivory soap. Poor kitten. I am so distressed for her.

[priyatelka.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. I hope you get to keep her. The Ivory soap gets rid of dander, too, and will help with the allergies if those are actually the problem. It also helps keep fleas off for a little while after the bath. Poor kitty. You're a sweetheart for taking care of her.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

is he CONSTANTLY sneezing, or just when he sees or knows the kitten is around? becasue if it is just when the animal is around, then he is faking. but if it is constant in an area the animal isn't even in at the moment, then, yeah it's real.

[lakidaa.livejournal.com]

don't forget to wash any bedding of hers in FLAMING HOT water.

FLAMING is the key word here. I say treat it like lice, but ickier.

maan, now you're making my hair itch!

[feathered.livejournal.com]

*shudders* We'll be sure to do that. I am certain that her bedding from last night is flea-ridden as well, I saw some on it when I changed it out. Luckily, Tea seems to be temporarily free of the fleas, though I am not going to relax my rabid flea hunting quite yet.

[lakidaa.livejournal.com]

oo. don't forget brushing. brushing is always good.

[toastedtuna.livejournal.com]

We always used to put Sevin powder on our cats when they had fleas. We'd put it on the carpeting, too, leave it overnight, then vacuum it the next day.

A friend of mine who owns a winery puts Sevin on the barn cats, too, when they get fleas.

It's inexpensive & works.

[feathered.livejournal.com]

I'll have to have a look for it. The main thing is getting something that wouldn't harm the girl. She's only eleven weeks, and is TINY for her age due to a bad previous home. (They didn't realize that kittens should get different food from grown cats, so poor Teacake is very undersized and sickly for her age.) All of the powders that I've looked at say not to use on a kitten under 12 weeks, and I am not sure how this applies to Tea. I'm taking her to the vet on monday, though, so I'll be sure to ask him what I should use.

[toastedtuna.livejournal.com]

Ahh, yes. The age thing is important. Our cats were adults.

[priyatelka.livejournal.com]

Ivory soap kills fleas and is safe for animals, including young ones. She can give it a bath and start with rubbing a ring ov Ivory soap around the neck so all the fleas don't escape to the head, and then just rubbing the soap into the fur. She'll start seeing flea bodies floating in the water almost immediately.

Other than that, a flea dip at the vet works wonders. And then Frontline or Advantage.

Then she needs to vacuum and vacuum and vacuum again, making sure to take the bag off right after and get if out of the house or the fleas and eggs just get scattered around again.

That's the extent of my knowledge on flea problems. That's what we just did with the puppy and it seems to have worked. I haven't seen any since we did all that.

[feathered.livejournal.com]

Thanks! We bathed her, but we didn't use ivory soap. (I'm not sure we have any, I'll have to check on that.) I am not sure we'll be able to keep her, actually, because my dad is claiming allergies. I think he is just freaked about the fleas, but, he's got the power in the family. I'm still worried about the kitten, though. She's way too little and sickly to have fleas leeching her blood as well. I'll vacuum again today and search for ivory soap. Poor kitten. I am so distressed for her.

[priyatelka.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. I hope you get to keep her. The Ivory soap gets rid of dander, too, and will help with the allergies if those are actually the problem. It also helps keep fleas off for a little while after the bath. Poor kitty. You're a sweetheart for taking care of her.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

is he CONSTANTLY sneezing, or just when he sees or knows the kitten is around? becasue if it is just when the animal is around, then he is faking. but if it is constant in an area the animal isn't even in at the moment, then, yeah it's real.

[lakidaa.livejournal.com]

don't forget to wash any bedding of hers in FLAMING HOT water.

FLAMING is the key word here. I say treat it like lice, but ickier.

maan, now you're making my hair itch!

[feathered.livejournal.com]

*shudders* We'll be sure to do that. I am certain that her bedding from last night is flea-ridden as well, I saw some on it when I changed it out. Luckily, Tea seems to be temporarily free of the fleas, though I am not going to relax my rabid flea hunting quite yet.

[lakidaa.livejournal.com]

oo. don't forget brushing. brushing is always good.

[toastedtuna.livejournal.com]

We always used to put Sevin powder on our cats when they had fleas. We'd put it on the carpeting, too, leave it overnight, then vacuum it the next day.

A friend of mine who owns a winery puts Sevin on the barn cats, too, when they get fleas.

It's inexpensive & works.

[feathered.livejournal.com]

I'll have to have a look for it. The main thing is getting something that wouldn't harm the girl. She's only eleven weeks, and is TINY for her age due to a bad previous home. (They didn't realize that kittens should get different food from grown cats, so poor Teacake is very undersized and sickly for her age.) All of the powders that I've looked at say not to use on a kitten under 12 weeks, and I am not sure how this applies to Tea. I'm taking her to the vet on monday, though, so I'll be sure to ask him what I should use.

[toastedtuna.livejournal.com]

Ahh, yes. The age thing is important. Our cats were adults.