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#1748918
ToxicxxxKitty
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We are having a little trouble washign the kittens >.< Help? 
Me and my bf have two kittens, inside outside kittens, and they both have fleas really bad.. we managed to give the smallest one a bath that was hard enough, it was a flea bath, then we put the flea medicine down there back, and put a flea collar on and were gunan give him another bath today, but the main thing is the biggest kitten, hes too hard to hold down, and when we try to hold him down he scratches us and gets away but he has A LOT of fleas on him >.< What can we do? Its impossible for us to hold him down long enough to even get him wet or put him in the tub, is there any other thing we can do? Thanks in advance.
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05/28/08 07:06am
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#1748986
NalaGirl
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Message To: ToxicxxxKitty In reference to Message Id: 1748918
We are having a little trouble washign the kittens >.< Help?
You could dry taking him to a groomer. they’re trained for that kind of stuff. Or you could, (i wouldn’t fully recommended this) give him some tranquilizers. Nothing too powerful, just something to put him in a bit of a daze so you could handle him easer. Just a thought.
Jade
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05/28/08 09:46am
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#1749036
KrazyKelli
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Message To: NalaGirl In reference to Message Id: 1748986
We are having a little trouble washign the kittens >.< Help?
I could never give tranqs to a kitten, especially for something like grooming. It’s way too risky. Groomers would cost loads, way more than dogs, due to the risk involved in getting bitten and clawed.
What you should do is grab the cat by the back of the neck. Even my adult tabby, who would normally claw my face off if I tried, will sedate simply by grabbing him in the right spot. You know you grabbed the back of the neck correctly when the tail tucks between the legs of the cat. If the kittens are older, don’t pick them up by the neck, but simply hold them by it; when I do it, I lift by adult cat with both hands (one holding the skin on the back of the next, the other under his body and supporting the weight. Once you have them in that pose, you can do the washing one handed (or with help from a second person) I also find using a spray nossel opposed to dipping the cat in water is far more efficient.
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05/28/08 11:14am
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#1749746
Turtlemom
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Message To: KrazyKelli In reference to Message Id: 1749036
We are having a little trouble washing the kittens >.< Help?
Get a GOOD flea treatment (that you put on the skin between the shoulders) from your vet. The stuff you buy at the grocery store just won’t work. They can also give you pills that will kill the fleas on the kittens now, to get the problem under control a little faster. Then the other stuff will kill fleas for 4-6 weeks. You also need a good time release spray for the house. Those eggs will be hatching and re-infesting the cats and you’ll find bites on you too.
Collars aren’t that effective, especially from a grocery store. And bathing really doesn’t have any lasting effects. It’s a little more expensive going through your vet, but what you get will actually be effective instead of wasting a bunch of money on stuff that doesn’t work.
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05/28/08 11:17pm
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#1750272
KrazyKelli
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Message To: Turtlemom In reference to Message Id: 1749746
We are having a little trouble washing the kittens >.< Help?
You should do what Turtlemom recommended.. But even then the kittens should still get bathed to at least remove all the fleas, flea dander, and blood that’s in the undercoat. Washing them was a good thing to do if this was indeed a serious flea infestation. The biospot and other products you put on the necks works great for preventing bug infestations, but once they already have it to a large extent, they should be washed.
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05/29/08 05:28pm
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#1751761
Rebecca Wright
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Message To: KrazyKelli In reference to Message Id: 1750272
We are having a little trouble washing the kittens >.< Help?
I would also like to add that by allowing them to go outside your only making the flea thing worse... I would keep them inside until you get a good flea soloution and they are flealess... I can just about gurantee they got the fleas outside and giving them baths will get you no were if you let them outside again... unless you have really go flea stuff (like from a vet) as for bathing them I used to have to do this to my foster kittens and their moms alot (I fostered moms with litters alot) and I would grab them by the back of the neck as previously suggested... only thing you gotta watch for is sometiems the older cats can still reach you but they do move alot slower so you just gotta push their paw down periodically :D good luck with yoru babies
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05/31/08 02:23am
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