Help for fleas on baby kitties??

Brett's Honey · 05-19-2007, 05:34 AM

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........

Aliantha · 05-19-2007, 05:40 AM

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.

Cloud · 05-19-2007, 11:50 AM

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

limey · 05-19-2007, 12:29 PM

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

. Also frequent combing to get new fleas as they hatch. A vet may be able to advise on flea treatment for young kittens, too.

TheMercenary · 05-19-2007, 01:29 PM

Soak them in gasoline for an hour.

busterb · 05-19-2007, 08:32 PM

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.

skysidhe · 05-20-2007, 01:58 PM

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.

TheMercenary · 05-20-2007, 08:21 PM

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

lumberjim · 05-20-2007, 08:45 PM

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

TheMercenary · 05-20-2007, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

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.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-20-2007, 09:04 PM

Did you light 'em?

TheMercenary · 05-20-2007, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

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.

lumberjim · 05-20-2007, 09:12 PM

you're drunk. and your dickheadedness is showing

TheMercenary · 05-20-2007, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

you're drunk. and your dickheadedness is showing

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

lumberjim · 05-20-2007, 09:24 PM

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

05-19-2007, 05:34 AM	#1
Brett's Honey whatever Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 308	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........

05-19-2007, 05:40 AM	#2
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	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. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

05-19-2007, 11:50 AM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Call a vet immediately. Kittens can die from anemia with too many fleas. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

05-19-2007, 12:29 PM	#4
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	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 . Also frequent combing to get new fleas as they hatch. A vet may be able to advise on flea treatment for young kittens, too. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

05-19-2007, 01:29 PM	#5
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Soak them in gasoline for an hour. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

05-19-2007, 08:32 PM	#6
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	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. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

05-20-2007, 01:58 PM	#7
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	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.

05-20-2007, 08:21 PM	#8
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Oh, I forgot, then throw a match on them. It will cure them of any fleas they may have. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

05-20-2007, 08:45 PM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	fucking troll asshole. why don't you go eat a dick. again. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-20-2007, 09:04 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Did you light 'em? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-20-2007, 09:12 PM	#13
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	you're drunk. and your dickheadedness is showing __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-20-2007, 09:24 PM	#15
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i'm smart. i have good instincts. you're extra dickish tonight. inhibitions lowered. drunk. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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