ok my kitten is only about 7 weeks old, and i noticed these brown things on him. I know their fleas ive looked at pictures and they jump and whatever. Well today i went to pet smart and got the powder for my carpet and i bought some spray i sprayed my couches and everything and i even put a sheet and stuff over my couches just so like my kitten wont like try licking the furniture and you know die or anything, well i bathed him after i sprayed and powdered my whole apartment well after i bathed him i pulled like five fleas off of him and thats all i could honestly find after i cleaned him up i locked him in the bathroom so i could vacuum up the powder that was all over the apartment, now what do i do…??? he’s still biting himself and where he bites i immediately grab him and search cuz i dont see them anywhere in my apartment i mean i know they are there but people sometimes tell me they get them soo bad where you can see them jump around yeahhh i dont see them doing that. so he’s still biting and he kinda just went to sleep but should i give him another bath? i can’t take him to the vet till tues its not open till tues
what else should i do i can’t buy him a flea collar he’s too young i can’t even use any flea shampoo on him he’s too little ive been using baby shampoo *johnsons* im tellin you this stuff is so annoying and i keep feeling like im gettin bit and shit i think he’s all in my head cuz i keep thinking about it….
im not a dirty person so this is makin me very uncomfortable and everything just help me i did the flea spray and powder and they say they are good up to 7 months of killing fleas and eggs and everything else for 210 days… so now what just keep vaccumming???
HELP
your kitten has to be at least 12 weeks to get the frontline drops or anything like that
are they eggs like closer to their skin or can they just be chilling on their fur so visible i can’t tell if their fuzzies or if their like eggs
First of all – don’t panic. There are effective ways to deal with fleas but they do not get rid of all of the fleas immediately, they take a bit of time to work.
We have a few cats (exactly number is classified) and one year we had fleas so bad that I considered burning the house down and moving somewhere else. When they were at their worst, my wife told me she saw one jump off of her arm at work – needless to say, we greatly intensified our efforts after that and we defeated them.
We got rid of the fleas using products and procedures I will tell you about below.
The powders that are available are not as effective as spray "bombs" in ridding a house of fleas and you have to be sure that whatever you use kills both the adult fleas and the eggs, that is, prevents the eggs from hatching — more on that later.
You are correct that your kitten is too young for Frontline. Ask your vet if you could use either Advantage or Revolution, I am not sure of the age limit on those products.
If you don’t yet have one, get a flea comb. Take a glass of water with a little dish washing detergent in it and some paper towels and sit down with your kitten. Run the comb through his fur a few times and then dip it in the soapy water. The soap will suffocate the fleas. Wipe the comb off on the paper towels to remove any fleas, fur, or flea "dirt". Then repeat until you have gone over all of his fur.
As to the eggs, whether they are closer to the skin – no, they are not. Fleas, eggs, and "dirt" (the fleas feces) can be anywhere in the fur or on the skin.
Ask your vet if your kitten is old enough to be given Capstar – more about it below.
Here is a "canned" answer about dealing with fleas that I wrote some time ago (and update or edit occasionally). The part about using Frontline, Advantage, or Reveolution will not apply to you unless the vet says you can use one of them.
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You may kill the fleas on the cat, with something like Advantage, Frontline, or Revolution, but it is likely that there are still fleas in the house and they are getting back on the cat after the various treatments wear off.
Here is how I tell people to deal with fleas:
First get Frontline, Advantage, or Revolution from the vet to treat the cats. These products are intended to be used once a month to keep fleas off the cat. Some people will say that these products don’t work for them but they have always worked for us. If they seem to not be working, it is because the fleas are not just on the cat.
The house needs to be treated with a product which not only kills adult fleas but also prevents eggs from hatching. You have to kill fleas in the house also, not only on the cat.
When we have bad flea years (haven’t had one in a very long time – knock on wood
we use Raid products for the house.
They make a fogger called Raid ® : Flea Killer Plus Fogger
http://www.killsbugsdead.com/fop_fkpf.asp
They also make an area spray called Raid ® : Flea Killer Plus Carpet & Room Spray
http://www.killsbugsdead.com/fop_fk_pc_rs.asp
We have had very good results with those products.
Remember, you want a product that not only kills adult fleas but also prevents eggs from hatching. If you use something that does not prevent the eggs from hatching, when they hatch you are back where you started.
Whatever you use – fully follow the instructions. If you need to be out of the area for a while, as is the case with "bombs", you could put your cat in his or her carrier and go out to the car or perhaps sit outside somewhere.
There is a product, Capstar, which is a pill you give the cat. It kills all of the fleas on the cat within about 5 hours. If you have a young kitten, check to be sure it can be used.
http://www.capstar.novartis.us/
It does not provide long lasting protection – it merely kills all the fleas on the cat.
You can use it to kill all the fleas on the cat and then treat the cat with Frontline, Advantage, or Revolution, and then treat the cat.
Ask your vet about Capstar and using it in combination with other products.
Capstar is available only by prescription.
We have used it to kill all the fleas on feral cats who we could not handle to apply something else. We transfer them to another cage or carrier, move them out of the room, fog the room, give them the Capstar in food, and then put them back in the main cage.
Capstar is like magic – it really will kill all of the fleas on a cat very quickly and it is safe enough that you could use it every day, if need be – though that would be an expensive way to control fleas, day to day.
Indoor cats can get fleas that people carry in on their clothes. If you think that might be happening, get an insecticide you can spray on the yard to kill fleas.
You will probably need to get a sprayer. The ones that attach to the end of a hose might be the type you could use.
Ask the people at a garden store, Lowes, or Home Depot, or similar stor
my Cat is 7 weeks old too. Don’tt worry. Its kind of early to be giving your cat bathes at 7 weeks old. Their are these little squeeze tubes that are filled with a liquid that you can put on your cat that you spread right down the middle of the shoulders. Its like a flea banisher. You can get this from PETSMART; Petco ; or you can just call your local animal clinic and ask for their advice. I hope this will help you.
They have drops that you put on the back of the neck that last 30 days. I’ve never heard of an animal being too young for those. They work great and quickly. The cat is still scratching because he still has bites. Those don’t disapear immediately. If your not finding any on the animal you should be fine.
It sounds to me that you are doing the best you can do.
I’ve had more than one vet to tell me the best way to de flea kittens is like you do, literally pick them off of them with your fingers.
At seven weeks, there is a safe alternative. Well, anytime you use poisons, there is nothing "completely" safe. So, there is a simi safe alternative.
Since most fleas only spend a small part of their life actually eating on your kitten, you are doing the right thing by riding your apartment of them.
Rid your apartment first, then put a once a month ointment on your kitten, and yes they do make them now for kittens that age, and you should nip this problem in the bud.
Also, most flea infections are not as bad as most make them out to be. You are normal to panic, as most do, but usually, it’s easily fixed without nuking your home.
Step back, take a reality pill, and then reproach this with a better game plan.
Hope this helps,
ok calm down sweet hart i know this is scary as it sounds like your first time you have done the right thing for you house and have done everything you can to prevent more fleas so relax!!! as for the baby he is still biting himself because as the fleas die they iritate his sensitive skin it does not neccicarly mean there are more fleas it just means the poeder is runing its course and killing them off.they spary comined with the powdered acts as a animal and home flea killing machine and unless a rah or sore develops does not need to go to the vets. try looking at health shops for natual remides that are soft on skin as himan baby shampoo can dry up the furs natual oils.as for feeling like you are getting bit if there are no itchy bits its is very easy to mentaly feel like they are crawling on you speaking from expreinace!! good luck
The people who told you to get the squeezable medicine for kitty are wrong. Your kitty is MUCH too young for that stuff, it would kill it.
Short baths is all you can do for now.
Understand that 95% of the fleas are in the HOUSE, not on the pet. You’re going to have to flea bomb everythings several times over several weeks to catch all the egg hatchings. Put out boiling water in aluminum pans in areas of your home/apartment. Fleas are attracted to heat (ie body heat), so they jump in and fry/drown themselves. Just leave the water out for a while, that way you will know where the heaviest infestations are.
Fleas lay eggs in waves. Eggs are laid in batches of up to 20 or so, usually on the host itself, which easily roll onto the ground. As such, areas where the host rests and sleeps become one of the primary habitats of eggs and developing fleas. The eggs take around two days to two weeks to hatch, so you should vacuum every day, probably for a good month, until you can have evidence of no more fleas.
Good luck.