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Flea Infestation in cats
By Dog Lover | January 5, 2010
When welcoming this feline into your home it is hard to believe that they could be suffering with fleas. It is quite common for kittens to have fleas prior to them coming to live with you as they can bring them from the setting in which it lived before you. If the mother had fleas for example, it’s probable that the kittens will indeed have fleas. There is the possibility that even though a mothering cat wasn’t allowed out, fleas ould be brought in by other pets. Clthes and feet are ways in which humans frequently bring fleas in to the home.
One of the most important tools to own is a flea comb. Once home, take your kitten to the bathroom and run a flea comb through its coat whilst reassuring it. The base of the tail, and behind each ear are places you should pay particular attention to when looking for fleas. One is all that is required to ascertain that this issue needs addessing.
In your kitty grooming box, you should have picked up something that will both kill off the fleas, and be safe for a newborn kitten.Check the instructions, and have the product ready in case you find a flea on your new introduction. Remember that the kitten is already going to be feeling very insecure at this point, and so you must keep talking gentle to him and not frighten him more than necessary. It’s much better if you can do this on your own without any other family members/pets in the room so as to keep the environment calm. Once your kitten is finally clean, it can meet the remainder of the family, though you shouldn’t allow it back into its carrier or anything it has had previous contact with. It is vitally important that it is throughly cleaned before returned to the cat.
In most cases a kitten will not have fleas when it arrives in its new home, but taking a few simple precautions, so that you’re prepared “just in case” he does, will make a potentially big job painless for both you and the kitty.
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