[catmom2010]

Okay my husband found this kitten and I fall in love with her! But know we have one problem, she has real bad fleas and we don't know how old she is but we think she is younger then 12 weeks and we got a spray and sampoo that helps with fleas but both iteams say not to use on kittens younger than 12 weeks what can we do? We can't found any thing that say you can use on young kittens.. can I use the products on her or will it hurt her . I hate to see her scratching and suffering!

[shazamataz]

No do not use the products on her until she is old enough, they can actually cause a lot of harm.

Just wash the kitten in warm water and dishwashing detergent.
The dishwashing detergent drowns the fleas (normal water does not).
Dry her thoroughly and then comb her to get any remaining fleas off.

This will need to be done regularly until she is old enough to use a long-term treatment.

You will also need to treat your home for fleas or she will just keep getting them back again plus they will breed in the carpet and eventually start biting you!

[hheath541]

Give her a bath in diluted lemon juice and vinegar, then pick off as many fleas as possible and either burn them or wash them, thoroughly, down the drain. It will sting EVERY flea bite on her, so she'll fight, but it will kill a lot of the fleas and cause others to jump off. It will also help disinfect and cauterize the bites.

[charl89]

My friend has that problem and she kept getting rid of them but then they came back because of the eggs so she bought one of those flea combs to get the eggs too.