Fleas On 7 Week Old Kitten

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Fleas on 7 week old kitten. Capstar is a popular flea product that works within 6 hours to kill 90 of fleas and it can be used on kittens as young as 4 weeks of age and older provided the kitten weighs at least 2 pounds. Patty o august 7 2009 at 4 46 pm. While capstar is fast acting and effective at killing fleas keep in mind that the effect only lasts for 24 hours. If you are removing fleas from a newborn kitten.

An 8 week old kitten only weighs about 1 5 2 pounds. For the past couple of days i ve been taking care of a 3 week old kitten. It s been touch and go as the people that brought her into the clinic saw her get tossed out of a car window. Always read the warnings and instructions very carefully to be.

I prefer advantage it works to kill the fleas and the odor is not as offensive as some of the others. Fleas are small parasitic bugs that seek a host animal such as a kitten and can cause severe itching discomfort and anemia. Please do not use any flea product from the store such as hartz sargents etc. If he has fleas you will also.

What can i use for fleas on a 6 to 8 week old kitten. A kitten s body is small so there isn t a large area to cover and you should be able to remove the fleas with your fingers or tweezers easily. Typically flea products haven t been tested on kittens younger or smaller than that so they may contain doses that are too high for very young tiny kittens. Follow the advice of your vet.

Kittens are especially delicate and some flea treatments are not safe. Revolution a spot on flea treatment is safe to use on kittens six weeks of age and older according to their package instructions. This poor baby hit her face and had her lip. These products use a.

I recommend using that on jasper. Because kittens bodies are so small they are at a high risk of flea anemia due to the loss of blood from the fleas feeding. Most products are safe for use in kittens older than 8 10 weeks or over 1 5 2 pounds but every product is different. You will need to get this at the vet.

Ninety percent of the time i end up having to treat these kittens with fleas and it can be difficult to find a one time product for those under 8 weeks of age. Then remove the fleas from the kitten.