My kitten has fleas! HELP!

Question

I bathed my kitten with dawn soap yesterday but it still has fleas! can i use dawn soap on her again? baby shampoo? what? she is somewhere around 6-9 weeks old! what can i do!

Answer 1

Hey! I adopted a kitten recently and she had fleas as well. You should take her to the vet and get a pill called "capstar." It kills ALL fleas within 30 minutes and repels them for 2 days. And in those 2 days, you can give her a bath to get all the dead fleas off, use flea shampoo, and then give her advantage. It works really well! PS it's good for cat's skin and fur to give them bathes. To get the fleas out of your house, get an exterminator. They'll exterminate your house, yard, and around that area. and that's what i have for you today! :)

Answer 2

Until she is old enough for flea control, try this.  Take a glass of water mixed with Dawn and dip a flee comb int the water mixture, then comb the cat.  Each time you comb through the coat once, did the comb back into the water mixture.  The fleas will come off one by one.  Your vet probably had the "little white pill" that kills fleas.  I am not sure how old the kitten has to be to  take it.

When I had cats, I sued the water/dawn/flea comb method and it worked

Answer 3

After you've bathed and dried her, spritz a flea comb with flea spray (she is too young to spray her directly) and comb, comb, comb and pull out the fleas.  When I did it I wiped them off on a towel in my lap.  (Sit outside when you do this, or in your bathroom or other room that does not have carpeting.)

Also, get some flea carpet powder and go all over your house with it, and then vacuum.  You may need to do this a few times.  Keep the kitten quarantined in one part of the house until its taken care of, and if you have other pets check them as well (get them a frontline or other brand of flea treatment.)

It may take a couple of baths and combing sessions to get them all.  But if you don't get them out of your carpet they will keep coming back.

Answer 4

get Front line its works. I would also clean your house from floor to ceiling.

Answer 5

I despise those little critters, they are such a pain to get rid of. You could also try Advantage, it has worked well for my cats. The problem is, the fleas are in your home so you need to treat your house as well. Cats tend to be sensitive to certain chemicals, so make sure the product says it's safe to use around animals, especially cats.

Answer 6

I would buy Flea shampoo at the Pet store.

That's what we used on our twin kittens,  They are older now. and it worked.

Don't get it in their eyes, be careful and gentle with the kitten.

Answer 7

Using Dawn is a myth, it will help with the fleas because the water and soap are washing the live ones down the drain,but it will not kill the eggs deep down or in the ears or other tiny little hiding spaces.  You'll have to continue the following care for at least 6 weeks . First, take the kitten (and any other animals in the house) to a vet or groomer for a flea dip bath and a treatment of Advantage - you can use flea shampoo made for kittens, but a groomer or vet will do a more through job (plus he's getting dipped, which means all the little hiding areas are being treated, and they know how to clean kitten ears). You have to treat the house while the kitten is gone. Flea powder worked for me - but you have to follow all this up (minus the Advantage) every 10-14 days until the fleas are gone. You have to treat any areas the cat has been in, carpets-beds-pet beds-clothes-anything the flea eggs could be in. The eggs have a 10-14 gestational period, and fleas can lay eggs within minutes of hatching. It's going to be hard - but it can be done. Keep kitty in the house and you lessen your chances of re-infestation. Good luck.

Answer 8

No baby shampoo. That will dry out her skin. Baby shampoo is the worst thing to use on animals. Give her a day or two and check for the fleas again. If they are still there wash her again with Ivory. That is THE BEST thing for getting rid of fleas on animals. But don't keep washing her over and over as that will make her sick. Just try the Ivory soap and she should be all better!  

Answer 9

you can use dawn again but you got to comb out all the fleas. spray the house and blankets and anything else she hangs/lays on.. or get flea shampoo.. dilute it down some as she is little. or take her to a animal clinic vets office to do it..