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i have kittenshello all i have kittens, i friend of mine just came over and asked who will look after some kittens. i asked what do you mean, she said that a friend of her's has 4, 2 day old kittens that they want to bump them out her garden with her mother and let them all go wild. she said to feed the mother so the kittens don't die but just leave them out side. the mother is a Persian (SP?)cross. she is all black and the kittens are all tortties. i don't even know what sex they are they are all full of fleas so what can i give them? i will be using a nit comb on them later ant help on that would help thanks
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Are they ferrals Nat? If not I assume you won't be keeping the poor mum and kittens outside, will you?  I would have said the kitts are far too young to have any flea treatment yet. Poor little things, I feel quite sorry for them  |
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nope they are not ferrals Mags, i do have a room for them that is nice and cool but away from my lot that i will be putting them in when the OH gets home. but i do need to do something out these fleas as a lot of them can kill a kitten. i will use a tooth comb on them later but cant i treat mum with something?? Mum has been feed and all kittens are feading so they are all happy right now  |
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Good lord I have no idea. Will have a search through a few books for you you could do with Smudgley really Cat Protection woman. Karen |
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Combing may be the answer. For the kittens though, as this is what one of my books say Flea infestation of kittens is especially serious because they have a low volume of blood and a heavy flea burden causes anemia which can lead to debility or even death. Very young kittens are at risk of being poisoned by flea products intended for adult cats. Check with your vet for a suitable product for kittens and use only the recommended quantity. Very young kittens should be groomed with a flea comb to safely remove fleas. This is a tedious but necessary task. All kittens should be treated at the same time as the fleas will jump from one to the other when they nestle together. Karen |
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I am no expert Nat so I wouldn't like to suggest what you can do about the fleas on the mum, especially as she has only had the kitts a couple of days. Hopefully someone more experienced will be able to help with that one  Glad to hear mum and kitts have had a feed! |
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How about one of those unltrssonic ones you know the sort you hang up. |
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Think Sam would be the best one to ask, she is here somewhere... |
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you can use frontline flea spray or drops on mum.Kittens will have to be sprayed as the drops i dont think can be used on such young babies(not sure as i always use spray) ALL the kittens will be female if they are tortie as its very RARE to get a male tortie. |
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Aww poor little babies, got any pictures of the little darlings? I dont know how a person could contenplate chucking them out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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