Hello,
My husband just brought home a new 4 month old kitten yesterday, poor thing was a former house kitten who was kicked out to the barn because her owners had too many cats. She's a gray & white (scewbald, can I call a cat that?
), her name is Peaches & she's been very sweet with all my poking and prodding.
Anyway, so I'm removing her fleas (about 3 dozen already
) by hand with a flea comb. I don't want to use any drugs or poisons because we have a young son who wuvs kittehs!
and is constantly all over them.
Does anyone have suggestions for getting the last 2 or 3 fleas?
Those guys are tricky little buggers!!
They really bury themselves into her coat, and because she's so skinny it's really hard to comb her properly!* I did get her to eat a little garlic today, and I'm going to keep that up. Is roasted garlic Ok or should I give her plain?
How frequently should I comb her? I was thinking everyday for 2 weeks, and then maybe once a week to make sure I get them all for a month or so - does that sound like enough?
*She only drinks milk right now because she came from a dairy farm, I got her to eat a little canned food today but she wouldn't touch the chicken I offered, so it maybe a long journey getting some real weight on her.
I'll have to wait until tomorrow because after a bath, two ear cleanings, saline in the nose, saline in the eyes, combing and combing and combing, and more general poking & prodding she's retreated behind the couch for some well deserved rest!
Peaches seems so thankful for bringing her into the house, she's only bitten me once today (and that was after 3 warning nips & me still combing her belly) - I really deserved it! I'm quite impressed - none of our other 2 cats are that patient!
Thanks for any suggestions!
My husband just brought home a new 4 month old kitten yesterday, poor thing was a former house kitten who was kicked out to the barn because her owners had too many cats. She's a gray & white (scewbald, can I call a cat that?
Anyway, so I'm removing her fleas (about 3 dozen already
Does anyone have suggestions for getting the last 2 or 3 fleas?
Those guys are tricky little buggers!!
They really bury themselves into her coat, and because she's so skinny it's really hard to comb her properly!* I did get her to eat a little garlic today, and I'm going to keep that up. Is roasted garlic Ok or should I give her plain?
How frequently should I comb her? I was thinking everyday for 2 weeks, and then maybe once a week to make sure I get them all for a month or so - does that sound like enough?
*She only drinks milk right now because she came from a dairy farm, I got her to eat a little canned food today but she wouldn't touch the chicken I offered, so it maybe a long journey getting some real weight on her.
I'll have to wait until tomorrow because after a bath, two ear cleanings, saline in the nose, saline in the eyes, combing and combing and combing, and more general poking & prodding she's retreated behind the couch for some well deserved rest!
Peaches seems so thankful for bringing her into the house, she's only bitten me once today (and that was after 3 warning nips & me still combing her belly) - I really deserved it! I'm quite impressed - none of our other 2 cats are that patient!
Thanks for any suggestions!