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2009-07-09T12:45:56.024-05:00

Came across your blog while searching for ideas on getting fleas off my kitten. :)

I have NO idea how much you know about cats, so I'm just gonna throw some ideas out there. I grew up on a farm where we had 10 or 12 barn cats and lots of litters of kittens every year... so some experience.

Firstly, Sister moving the kittens says to me that she doesn't feel safe. I would suggest keeping her confined to a closet or a room, separate from Brother for a while. Male cats tend to try to kill kittens (survival of the fittest, or um, olest, and all...). Make sure both have litter boxes, food and water, of course. :)

Most mama cats don't really want their humans handling their kittens very much, especially at first. I get that there are times when you have no choice, but trying to get her stress levels down, and feeling comfortable herself should minimize how much handling the kittens get. In other words, if she's not moving them all over your house, you won't have to keep putting them back!

It probably wouldn't be a bad idea to get some Capstar tablets to give to both older cats. It's safe for pregnant and nursing queens, but wouldn't be for the kittens yet. Those kill all fleas on the animal, and starts working within 30 minutes, and lasts for 24 hours. You can give 1 tablet every 24 hours, but that'd get pretty expensive pretty fast! I can't remember off the top of my head if you can use Frontline Plus, or Advantage, or other spot on treatments on nursing cats... might look into that.

You also need to be treating your house. Vacuum daily. This will go a LONG way towards getting rid of the fleas overall. Pay particular attention to where the cats like to lay.

You can use a flea comb on the kittens and the mama. Just dunk the live fleas in hot soapy water and the suckers'll die. :)

Hope this helps some and your babies are OK!

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