Newborn Kittens With Fleas

Fill a bowl with dawn and warm water.

Newborn kittens with fleas. Normally kittens under 8 weeks are tiny and need to be kept warm and in a confined space. However most professional flea and tick products contain toxic ingredients that can be fatal to kittens. When the fleas surface pluck them out and send down the drain. Newborn kittens with fleas or ticks should be treated immediately.

Give your kitten a bath. Get the kitten wet from the neck down do not get water in their ears or eyes. Bathing your kitten is another pretty safe and effective option to help your kitten get rid of fleas. Again newborn kittens need manual flea removal.

Use both the flea comb and the tweezers to find and eliminate the fleas from your kitten s fur. Apply a new layer with a towel every couple of days. In consultation with your vet kittens over 4 weeks old may be treated with capstar there is a minimum weight requirement. This application kills the adult fleas but not their offspring.

For very young kittens under 8 weeks the safest option is using a flea comb on them once or twice a day. Placing the seresto collar in the confined space will apply what is needed as. Take a dry hand towel and spray the ovitrol or other flea tick spray and cover the towel. Blood sucking parasites can be fatal to kittens as they can cause anemia or a low red blood cell count or carry lyme disease.

Until kittens are old enough for flea treatments to be used it will be necessary to manually remove fleas as well as treat the mother and decontaminate the home. Be very thorough as you search and try to remove every last one of them. Pluck off the fleas with your tweezers if your flea comb misses any. Just get the original blue formula.

Then rub the towel over the baby kitten being sure not to get it in its eyes ears or mouth. I ve gone as far as putting a seresto collar in the bed with the baby. This will allow you to physically remove the adult fleas without exposing your young kitten to potentially toxic ingredients in products. Use a flea comb.

Keep the kitten away from any flea drugs or chemicals. The best way to treat fleas is to make a warm bath of just water. One old myth says that kittens can be born with fleas but this is not true. 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.

Follow these safety tips. However if the queen has fleas or if there are fleas on other pets or soft furnishings in the home kittens can catch fleas pretty much immediately after they are born. Once they are wet get some dawn dish soap. Fleas hate it but it is safe for your pet.