Newborn Kittens With Fleas

Again newborn kittens need manual flea removal.

Newborn kittens with fleas. The preventive to treat kittens with fleas. Start from the neck and work your way down to the tail. If you use soap choose a nonmedicated tear free gentle soap only like dawn or baby shampoo. There is a myth that kittens can be born with fleas.

Other flea medications safe for kittens list 8 weeks of age as a minimum. My go to product is the vet kem ovitrol. Fill a sink with warm water and two teaspoons of dawn or another type of dishwashing detergent and bathe the kitten. This application kills the adult fleas but not their offspring.

With the baby being under 8 weeks of age we have to be careful with what we use. The worst thing you can do is nothing. Make sure you deflea all of your pets and soft furnishings before your queen gives birth to ensure they don t suffer from a flea infestation. Kittens cannot be born with fleas.

Have tweezers at your side. The mother may have fleas the kitten may have picked them up outside or sand tracked indoors can even contain fleas. Newborn kittens with fleas or ticks should be treated immediately. To kill anything that the bath didn t completely get rid of we need a preventative.

Fleas can make a new home on your kitten in many ways even in indoor cats. However you can bathe them in dawn dish soap in the mean time. In consultation with your vet kittens over 4 weeks old may be treated with capstar there is a minimum weight requirement. Carefully remove fleas from the kitten s coat and drop into the bowl of water to drown the flea.

As soon as you notice there are fleas either in the house or on a pet take action. Instead you can gently bathe newborns using a dish soap. Bathe newborns in dish soap to remove fleas. Harsh chemicals are not safe to use on young kittens especially newborns.

Blood sucking parasites can be fatal to kittens as they can cause anemia or a low red blood cell count or carry lyme disease. When the fleas surface pluck them out and send down the drain. Soapy water helps prevent fleas from jumping out of the bathwater although it isn t actually necessary to remove or kill fleas. Choose a mild dish soap that does not have antibacterial properties.

Dry the baby with warm towels so we don t drop their temperature too much and dry the best you can. If their mum or any other household pet has fleas kittens can become infested immediately after birth.