How can you bring fleas in a kitten

To bring fleas in a kitten is not a trivial task. Here, a lot of things need to be taken into account and acted with utmost caution: the baby’s body can react very acutely to any unwanted substances up to one and a half to two months.

If you decide to remove fleas from a kitten that has not yet been weaned from the mother, remember that the baby is in very close contact with her: the cat constantly licks him and cares for him. Accordingly, if any insecticides remain on the baby's fur, they will surely get into the mother's body, and then with milk - into the digestive tract of the kitten itself. Therefore, when breeding fleas in cat-feeding kittens this moment must be taken into account

The rule!

Before fighting fleas in kittens, the degree of their infestation with parasites and the potential harm they cause to babies are always taken into account.With normal growth and development of a kitten, a small number of parasites will not be particularly dangerous, but using drugs can create a risk to the health of a small pet. It usually makes sense to wait for the kitten to reach a certain age at which modern, effective insecticides can be safely applied.

 

Ways to remove fleas in a kitten

Main ways to remove fleas kittens a little bit. These include:

• combing and mechanical destruction of fleas
• bathing kitten with special shampoos
• and the use of flea drops for calves over a certain age.

The most reliable way to protect a kitten from being infected with fleas is to remove the parasites in the house and in the place where the mother cat stays most of the time, as well as permanent and timely deliverance from insects.

Very effective to stain a flea cat just before pregnancy, and then maintain its habitat clean. During pregnancy, it is impossible to use drugs that destroy parasites, but just keeping clean and tidy will provide, if not complete protection, then the minimum risk of being infected by the mother’s fleas, and with it, kittens.

Do not worry too much, if on a small - a few days old - a kitten was found several fleas. Isolated insects will not cause him much harm, and literally in a month and a half, the baby can be treated with reliable means.

 

Freedom from fleas kittens up to two months: accuracy above all

When getting rid of parasites kitten, which feeds the mother, you can not use any means containing insecticides.

Single preparations acceptable for use for kittens younger than two months imply using them in the young already weaned from the mother. As long as the kitten lives with the mother, the preparations with which it will be processed will fall into his body.

The most reliable and safe, but also the most time-consuming method of breeding fleas in a kitten is to comb out a baby with a soft, but dense comb with catching and crushing parasites. This method is quite effective: the fleas are well combed comb, but it takes time and some skill. The specificity of the body structure of these insects is such that it is almost impossible to crush them with your fingers. They are destroyed only with nails or hard objects.

On a note

In newborn kittens, fleas should be removed only with a comb.

You can comb a kitten from the age at which the mother allows it. It is also important to remember that on a very small kitten, fleas will not be much anyway - the cat constantly licks it and bites off parasites.

For kittens already weaned from the mother, at the age of over a month, insecticidal preparations can be used. One of the safest, but at the same time quite effective - is Mr. Shampoo. Kiss Swiss production. It can be used for kittens older than four weeks by the usual procedure:

• 1 ml of shampoo is diluted in 300-400 ml of water
• shuffled until foam appears
• the kitten is planted in water and washed so that it does not get wet eyes, mouth and nose
• Shampoo is aged on the kitten's fur for 3-4 minutes, and then washed off with plenty of warm water.

After bathing, the kitten should be dried with a hairdryer and ensure that it does not stay in the draft or in a cold room for 8-10 hours.

You can not bathe a kitten using Mr. Kiss more often than once every ten days.

At one and a half months, the kitten can already be rubbed into the fur at the withers for Stronghold kittens.

It is important!

At such a small age, it is impossible to immediately apply the recommended even for kittens norm of shampoo or drops. The first times the treatment of the baby should be done only as a sample - if his body does not respond to the insecticidal drug. And only then can the tool be applied in the amount recommended by the manufacturer.

All funds from fleas for kittens can be applied no earlier than two weeks after vaccination.

Feedback

“Sometimes even my kittens have fleas. Still, visitors often bring infection to the nursery. I take Stronghold and rub each kitten with literally one drop. This is enough for fleas to be absent. I never noticed any side effects after that, neither in the Siamese, nor in the Persians. It is very important to thoroughly rub the drops so that when the kitten is returned to the cat, they are already absorbed into the skin and it cannot lick them. ”

Maria, Kaluga

 

Kitten from two months to three: the specifics of the fight against parasites

After two months of age, the range of agents that can be controlled against fleas is significantly expanding. When deciding how to get a flea from a kitten during this period, you can look at the following drugs:

• Phytoelite shampoo is one of the most effective shampoos for cats in general.For kittens should use it in reduced quantities.

• Beaphar powder, a tool that can be applied immediately, as soon as the kitten stops communicating with the mother. Powder is sprinkled on the wool and rubbed with fingers into the skin.

Feedback

“I tried, probably, all the flea medicine for kittens. The most credible cause powder. They are easy to rub, fleas disappear immediately, and allergies never occur in animals. ”

Olga, Tula

• Spray Beaphar. They do not need to splash directly on the kitten - it is necessary to sprinkle the drug on the hands, and already wipe the baby with them.
• Drops on withers Hartz. They are allowed to use for kittens from three months.

Only by these means the choice of cat-keeper today is not limited. You can buy analogues from other manufacturers, carefully studying the instructions, contraindications and side effects. And before full-scale use, it is imperative to carry out a test processing of a small pet to identify possible allergic reactions.

 

Kittens older than three months: available full arsenal of tools

After three months, the kitten is no longer a baby, but a kind of feline "teenager." He is almost completely independent, he walks by himself, and by himself, he catches fleas at every corner.

At this age, almost any anti-flea drugs used for adult cats can be used for a pet:

• Drops on withers Advantiks, very effective and "long-playing."
• Beaphar drops and sprays with the mildest effect.
• Flea collars. For example, Hartz collars (protection effect - up to 4 months).

Feedback

“I keep a cattery of Angora cats. We regularly carry out preventive procedures for the safety of animals, and also provide quarantine for purchased ones. For fleas, we apply drops to the withers of Hartz. When we take out animals for exhibitions or for sale, we put on collars. By the way collars Fleas will not work out, in any case you will need to pickle. But you can protect against attacks of new ones. ”

Irina, St. Petersburg

It is especially difficult to protect a kitten from fleas, which is planned to be shown at exhibitions. For example, sphinxes are not recommended to wear collars, and it is undesirable for Angora cats to rub drops. In cats with pure white fur after treatment with an aerosol, an ugly shade of whiteness can be established, which will disappear only after regular molting.

All these features of each breed must be known and taken into account when choosing a drug for a kitten: in a young animalThe effect of a flea medication will be more pronounced than in an adult.

But, as you know, the prevention of any trouble is easier than getting rid of it. Considerably smarter:

• remove fleas in a cat before pregnancy and care for it before and after childbirth
• make sure that the kitten itself does not communicate with the flea congeners
• maintain cleanliness where the pet stays most of the time
• take measures to discourage fleas.

And then hardly have to worry about how to bring fleas from a kitten with the help of insecticidal preparations. These measures will be less labor-intensive and safer for the pet.

 

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