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Flea Dip for 7-week-old kitten
Noreen Cooper writes:
Sorry to be so long-winded. I guess I'm feeling a little insecure in my ability to care for a semi-feral cat. The basic reason for my post is to find out from the experts here all the things I should do health-wise for the kitten. I'm planning an immediate trip to the vet but the bigger concern is how to de-flea a kitten. Are there any flea dips which can be given to a 7-week-old? Or are there other methods you'd suggest? I'd consult with the vet about chemical treatments. Besides being de-flea-ed, fleas spread tapeworms so the kitten might need to be wormed, too. One thing you can definitely do, though, even before you take the kitten to the vet, is give it a good grooming with a flea comb. Have a dish of soapy water handy to drown the fleas in, otherwise they will just hop right back onto the kitten (or onto you). I would keep the kitten as isolated as possible until you are sure it is flea-free so that you don't get fleas infesting your house or your other cats. When I adopted a slightly older stray kitten some years ago (he was about 3 months old), he was loaded with fleas, too, and I kept him in my spare bedroom at first and gave him the flea comb treatment two or three times a day. I had given him a cardboard box with an old towel to sleep in, and I changed and washed the bedding every couple of days and treated the box itself with flea spray. And once I got all the fleas exterminated from the kitten and decided it was safe to let him out into the rest of the house, I flea-bombed his room to get rid of any other fleas that might still be lurking there. IIRC, it took about a week or so. One good side-effect of all that grooming is that it very quickly got the kitten socialized to me and accustomed him to being handled, BTW. -Sandra |
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