2 Week Old Kittens With Fleas

For the past couple of days i ve been taking care of a 3 week old kitten.

2 week old kittens with fleas. This poor baby hit her face and had her lip. Ninety percent of the time i end up having to treat these kittens with fleas and it can be difficult to find a one time product for those under 8 weeks of age. This application kills the adult fleas but not their offspring. It s been touch and go as the people that brought her into the clinic saw her get tossed out of a car window.

Fleas are small parasitic bugs that seek a host animal such as a kitten and can cause severe itching discomfort and anemia. You may also find flea eggs which appear as small white grains. Check your two week old kitten for fleas by looking for small black bugs moving throughout its fur. Other flea medications safe for kittens list 8 weeks of age as a minimum.

Is there anything we can do to get rid of them. Cats aged 14 weeks and older or which are 2 lbs may take comfortis for fleas. In consultation with your vet kittens over 4 weeks old may be treated with capstar there is a minimum weight requirement. Use a flea comb to brush through the fur to locate the insects.

These products not only kill fleas on your kitten but can prevent new fleas from hitching a ride on your pet. Take them to your vet right away. Capstar is a popular flea product that works within 6 hours to kill 90 of fleas and it can be used on kittens as young as 4 weeks of age and older provided the kitten weighs at least 2 pounds. My kittens are 3 weeks old and they were covered in fleas as well as the mom cat and i gave all of them a bath with dawn soap the mom did not reject them at all make sure that you vacuum all the areas that the kittens and the mama cat are and make sure that you vacuum and sweep regularly and after i took them a bath i had to pick out all of the dead fleas from their coat and to be honest all.

The fleas are only on the kittens belly. I used a spray on my adult cat and she almost died. While capstar is fast acting and effective at killing fleas keep in mind that the effect only lasts for 24 hours. My cat had a litter of 4 kittens 2 weeks ago and the kittens have got fleas even though the mother herself haven t got fleas but my other cat has but is being treated for them.

Fleas especially at a young age can cause anemia and malnutrition. If you find either fleas or flea dirt which appears as brown dots your kitten has fleas. Natural homeopathic or essential oil treatments may harm your kitten so avoid using these especially if you haven t consulted. Cats under 6 weeks of age cannot receive chemical treatments for fleas.

If you talk to your vet about it he may suggest bathing them with a liquid dish soap i used it on my guys as 3 week old kittens but do not do anything without your vets say so please.