My kitten has fleas really bad. What can I do?

Question

She is 7 or 8 weeks old. Really bad fleas! She isn't playful anymore. HELP!

Answer 1

Go to the vet!! Buy flea medicine. Give her a little bath in some soap. (Not a lot, just get her a little wet)  

Answer 2

Most topical flea medication is okay to use on kittens. Consult a veterinarian with the kitten's age and approximate weight. Please don't let her suffer! It's cruel! She could incur health problems including death from anemia since she is so small and there are so many fleas eating her blood. Please, get her help right away!  

Answer 3

they sell flea shampoo at the pet store. it'll kill all the fleas on her and then get her a flea collar

Answer 4

Use Ivory Liquid soap when you bathe her, it stuns the fleas (doesn't kill them but they stop moving) and you can pick them off of her and send them down the drain.  It won't get 100% of them but it will help until she is old enough for flea medicine.  I know that you can use Revolution on kitties that are 2 lbs, and I believe it works very quickly.  You can get it from the vet, I ordered it from Petshed.com.  Its only like 5 bucks to ship it and I received it pretty quick.  In the meantime, try the Ivory.

Good luck!

Answer 5

Giving her a bath will only possibly kill SOME of the fleas on her but as soon as you put her back down - more will jump on.

Since you're not sure how old she is take her to a vet.  This is something you should be doing as soon as you get a new kitten so he or she can check it out.  Let the vet decide which product is safest for her.  Advantage for Kittens and Small Cats works great at killing fleas but you really need to make sure she's old enough to use it on and that she doesn't have any health issues that may make using it cause her complications.

Answer 6

take her to the vet and get her a flea bath if shes old enough call first and ask how old ur cat has to be

Answer 7

GO TO THE VET.

Answer 8

Try bathing her in a mild dish detergent, or cat shampoo. Since she isn't playing much, she could be anemic from the fleas. Take her to the vet and have her checked out, it's possible she might need fluids.

Answer 9

Flea treatments like Advantage are not for kittens, it is poisonous. Get a flea comb or use a regular fine tooth comb to get them off. Have a cup of soapy water to put the fleas in because it will kill the fleas instantly. Fleas can make cats anemic very fast. Don't wait, use your hair comb tonight or if you have some flea shampoo, or I've even used Johnson's baby shampoo if you have some to bathe kitty with. Don't get the ears or eyes wet either.  

Answer 10

Vet,and then some frontline.  

Answer 11

crush garlic through her food and it will go through her blood stream........ the fleas wont even try and reproduce or ticks and mites wont want to breed there either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and garlic is so healthy for humans as well as animals!!!!! good luckxxxx