Ziay!

workinclassman

My kitten anthough never goes outdoors, has a lot of fleas & I am desperate to free her of them.....HELP!

bonairetrip

I might start with a trip to the vet. I am not certain if the shots they offer can be used by young kittens. Regardless, they can tell you what is safe.

Two other thoughts:
a) You can use a flea comb on the kitten. This mechanically removes the fleas with minimal fuss to the cat. Drown the fleas in warm soapy water and then flush.
b) Treat your home for fleas. If you use a fogger/bomb, be sure it is one that breaks the flea life cycle and you use it according to the directions.

One final note: Please be very carefuil with any products you might be tempted to use (flea powder, frontline, etc.) as many are much too strong for a kitten to tolerate!

mister

Use frontline plus. There is some for dogs and cats so make sure you get the right one. It works great almost imediatly and will last for a month. My house became plastered with fleas and after using that for a about 5 months I no longer see any fleas. It costs about 30 to 40 dollars for a 3 month suply but it is well worth it.

Olde One deEarthe Suhrim

garlic, baby! garlic!

mix some garlic powder in with some wet food, and feed this to your kitten once or twice a week. once your kitten is an adult, drop the wet-food feeding to once a week, but continue to add garlic. this will help get rid of both internal and external parasites, and improves the condition of your cat's coat at the same time!

use garlic in conjunction with the other methods suggested.

don't forget the carpet. flea eggs can survive in your carpet for months. you might want to consider some sort of natural flea poison for your carpet, not to mention regular vacuuming. (get a Powerful vacuum cleaner and take an almost fanatical approach to vacuuming for a month or so. make sure you throw away your vacuum bags after each time. you don't want those fleas hatching in there and finding their way out again. they do that, you know.)

kinsmed

Until someone comes up with a better answer, I'm going to tell you that different cats react differently. I use a two-prong approach to flea control. I gambled $15 on a pair of plug-in pest repellants. Must have worked; the cats were fascinated by it for about ten minutes but were completely disinterested in it thereafter. Also I use Frontline drops. Very expensive, but effective. Problem is, some cats are irritated by different methods.
Also, a piece of advice... start bathing her now before she gains her loathing of water.

kinsmed

Until someone comes up with a better answer, I'm going to tell you that different cats react differently. I use a two-prong approach to flea control. I gambled $15 on a pair of plug-in pest repellants. Must have worked; the cats were fascinated by it for about ten minutes but were completely disinterested in it thereafter. Also I use Frontline drops. Very expensive, but effective. Problem is, some cats are irritated by different methods.
Also, a piece of advice... start bathing her now before she gains her loathing of water.