my kitten has fleas help

[londongirluk]

Hi my week old kitten has fleas what do i do

[Hellion]

Take her to the vet - most flea treatments can not be used on a really young kitten as it could kill them, vet will advise what to do.

[londongirluk]

Thanks for that , i think they have them from the mum cat

[divegirl]

I keep saying about this treatment....but Johnson's 4fleas really does work!!!!

[peanut]

Take hellions' advice, call the vet. The kitten is too young to take chances.

[RATTER15]

Divegirl, maybe Johnson's for fleas works for you, but I can promise you that it is a very poor product and I would not even entertain its use, if it worked do you really think that people all over the UK would be spending a fortune on flea treatments from the vet. The only way to treat fleas effectively is to get a product from your vet, this is usually Frontline. The only way to treat a house for fleas is to call in a professional pest controller and i'm not saying that just because that is my profession, even us pest controllers have problems treating fleas, hardly any profit and that soon disappears if we have to re-treat a property which unfortunately is a common occurrence.

[fairies07]

if you havent done so already, bath her using washing up liquid make sure you start at the head and work your way down the body make sure you dry her well afterwards. you will have to kill the fleas by squeezing them between your nails! you could also try looking around for herbal remedies to! did you know that kittens are born with fleas aswell! (i have done this with all my cats and it works a treat)

[RATTER15]

Fairies, I am sorry but that is very unsafe advice, a kittens skin is very sensitive to chemicals and you are recommending a liquid that has probably never been tested on a kitten, if the kitten has an allergic reaction to this product (and you have not suggested which one to use) it will probably kill it. Just because you took the risk and it worked does not make it safe!!

The only safe way is take your kitten to the vet asap

[londongirluk]

Hi thank you for all your replys, i rang the vet and they said to get frontline spray from a pet shop (as they were out of stock) they said it can be used on kitten son 2 days old and over , so thanks again for all your help . oh and fairies i couldnt think of doing anything worse then squeezing them with my nails , but thanks anyway