Flea Infestation in cats
When you look at the new feline addition to your home, it’s hard to imagine that it could have anything like fleas. It is not uncommon for kittens and young cats to bring fleas into your home as they carry them from the place where they intially inhabited. Take for example the mother cat having fleas, it’s then likely the kittens will too. If there was another pet in the home such as another cat, or dog, then again, there’s a possibility that even though the mother cat wasn’t allowed out while she was nursing her kittens, fleas were brought in by the other pets. Humans are more than capable of bringing in fleas on their clothes and feet.
One of the most important tools to own is a flea comb. Run a flea comb through your kitten’s fur once it’s home, in somewhere like a bathroom. Look carefully behing the ears and at the base of the tail as these are particular haunts for fleas. Discovering one is enough to know that this is an problem that requires your attention.
In your kitty grooming box, you should have picked up something that will both kill off the fleas, and be safe for a newborn kitten. Have this ready for when you first bring kitten into your home and if you find a flea on your kitten, follow the instructions on the box or bottle. Your kitten will aready feel nervous and insecure at this moment, so try not to startle it as much as possible.In order to keep the feline calm try to keep away all other family members and pets. Once he’s clean, allow him to meet the rest of the family, but don’t allow him back into the cat carrier, or on to any bedding/toys that had contact with him before you did the flea treatment. Make sure that you wash these all out thoroughly before he’s allowed to have them back.
In most cases a kitten will not have fleas when it arrives in its new home, but taking a few simple precautions, so that you’re prepared “just in case” he does, will make a potentially big job painless for both you and the kitty.
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