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Kitten Flea Bath

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Date: 11/08/2004 Topics: Pets > Cats | Old Categories > Pets  
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If I am fostering a kitten and it is full of fleas, I always give it a warm bath with Dawn dishwashing soap well rubbed and bubbly into its fur. It has to stay under water for at least five or more minutes, (not the head, lol,) and the fleas will make their way to the head and then you pick them off and drop them into water set aside in a cup where they drown.

You have to talk to and reassure the kitten while bathing, and also be ready to pick the fleas off on the facial area. Also, Kittens love to have warm breath blown on them if they are docile. Also, kittens need to have their claws trimmed, just a little bit, before handling, just enough not to hook you in the face when you are cuddling them!

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Post By tete (Guest Post) (12/23/2007)
Use a flea collar.

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Post By Monica (Guest Post) (12/10/2007)
You can't use Advantage on kittens that weigh less than 2lbs.

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Post By Monica (Guest Post) (12/10/2007)
You can't use Advantage on kittens that weigh less than 2lbs.

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Post By michelle (Guest Post) (11/27/2007)
Does Dawn dish soap kill fleas on a young kitten

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Post by torreysgirl45365 (1) | (12/10/2006)
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how do keep my kitten from fighting me when i give him a bath?

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Post By Jenn S (Guest Post) (08/21/2006)
if there is a young kitten the flea treatments are too dangerous. just because cats "dont like water" doesnt mean that a bath to get rid of its HARMFUL AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY fleas is a bad thing.

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Post by ILuvDobes (319) | (11/11/2004)
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Have you throught about Advantage? I buy it online for my (indoor) dogs and keep them on it all year. They cannot then bring fleas into my indoor kitties.

I think Advantage would be less traumatic than a bath with dishwashing soap.

Jennifer

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