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Welcome aboard to my new Foster kitties. Mama and five kittens. Every one of them is COVERED in FLEAS! Our Director said it was the worst she's seen and was surprised the kittens were even alive!
They're older than we thought. Pretty close to eight weeks, but not weaned properly and have supposed litter box issues. Woohoo! Fun!
At least Mama, not well pictured here, is nice. Whew. Right now everyone got Capstar and Advantage treatments and got de-wormed. Next I have to figure out how to deal with this flea issue for the coming weeks. I did flea spray in the room, since you may know one of my previous fosters showed signs of having fleas. At least the spray is supposed to work for 120 days. Hope they weren't kidding!
Right now everyone is locked up in a big dog crate until tomorrow afternoon, at which time the Advantage will have started working. Poor kitties. They just want to get out! I've hardly touched them except to flea comb a few of them-and the results were not bad at all.
I keep feeling like I have creepy crawlies all over me, but my hair is really long, so I'm going to blame that as the culprit, though my hair doesn't reach my knee!
Oh brother! Now what did I get myself into?
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Fleas
Can you not bathe the kitties with Dr Bronner's Eucalyptus soap?
It is very gentle and kills the fleas on contact! I know you can bathe them
even if they are on Advantage.....It will really help!
It maybe helpful to bathe them outside of the house asap so fleas don't jump off in your
house...http://www.drbronner.com/DBMS/LS.htm
Good luck with those little cuties!
Michelle
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