2 Week Old Kitten With Fleas

If you can grab these fleas with your fingers or tweezers drop them into a cup of hot soapy water.

2 week old kitten with fleas. If you find either fleas or flea dirt which appears as brown dots your kitten has fleas. It weighs about 11 5 ounces and seems to be healthy. It s been touch and go as the people that brought her into the clinic saw her get tossed out of a car window.

Treating 2 week old kittens for fleas. An 8 week old kitten only weighs about 1 5 2 pounds. For the past couple of days i ve been taking care of a 3 week old kitten.

Fleas especially at a young age can cause anemia and malnutrition. Take them to your vet right away. I have read you can drown the fleas or otherwise give her a water vinegar soaking but.

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. Because kittens bodies are so small they are at a high risk of flea anemia due to the loss of blood from the fleas feeding. 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.

Fleas will move to the driest area of the kitten so it is not unusual to see them swarm to the head and facial area. Fleas spend 3 4 of their lives away from the host so getting rid of fleas on your kitten won t be sufficient to eliminate an infestation. While the kitten s fur is still damp go over the kitten with a simple flea comb.

I used a spray on my adult cat and she almost died. It is now 3 weeks old if her assessment of it s age was correct. Fleas are not an exception and saltwater can be used as an effective deterrent.