Get a bag of "Food Grade" Diatomaceous Earth at a Farm Supply Store, Pharmacy or Natural Foods Store. Runs around $7.00 and lasts for a very long time.
I've used it for years on our dogs, for fleas and learned about it from my Grandpa.
**Do not get Diatomaceous powder from a pool supply store..it has added chlorine in it for keeping a swiming pool clean.**
Rub it thru the kittys fur like it was baby powder, especially the belly area. It's so safe you could actually eat it, and it's even used by MD's to de-worm people and de-worm farm animals by vets.
100% safe and 100% natural. Made from fossilized shells of pre-historic microscopic water bugs. It is so fine that it will clog the breathing vents on the Ticks and fleas, and get in between their leg joints...they can't move or breath, and it also is a dessicant than drys the moisture out of their bodies.
Kills the larvae and eggs too, so it breaks the tick and flea life cycle. You can sprinkle it in the pet's bedding and on the carpet too. I repeat, it is harmless to you and the pet. Just wash your hands and use a hand lotion, as it will dry your hands a bit too.
Farmers use it in feed for cows for de-worming. Doctors give it to humans too.
Works on cockroaches, fleas, ticks, halts ants in their tracks and bedbugs too. This is what a microscpoic Diatom looks like..no wonder it wreaks havoc with bugs! http://www.answersingenesis.org/assets/images/articles/am/v5/n4/diatom-promo.jpg height=100 width=100 http://cdn.nexternal.com/newway/images/DE_lg1.jpg height=150 width=150
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Code2High wrote: So you wouldn't capstar the mom, either?
Yes I would, but OP indicated they could only pet her for a short period then hissing and can't handle her.
Capstar is labled OK for use in pregnant and lactating animals.
Good to know... just in case it comes up again. The information provided on the retailer's sites I found online didn't give enough facts.
To the OP, you might be able to get a Capstar into her but it would likely take more than one person...one to hold her and the other one to pill her. Either way, I would wear long sleeves and gloves if possible. Then there is a risk she would run off afterward, unless you did it in a closed area, like your garage.
Thanks again for trying to help!
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Update...we bathed the kittens and they are doing a lot better...There not flea free, but not nearly as bad they were...Thinking about getting Capstar for momma cat and mixing with a little can food...and hope she will get it down..Momma cat spooks very easy. Thanks to all of you for your advice.
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Sounds good and if they get built up again I guess you can wash them again... or maybe do it when you capstar mama. It's hard when you've got tiny babies that still need mama and she's not tame. The fleas can really deplete them if they're badly infested, not to mention the tapes that they'll inevitably have. Still, with some help they should do okay until they're old enough to treat and clean up and hopefully find them a home.
wolfcat1 wrote: What can you treat 2 week old kittens with fleas safely?
A stray cat had kittens and we are trying to take care of them, the poor babies are ate up with fleas...what can I do for them?
thnks, wolfie
Do NOT bathe kittens that young. They can chill off rapidly. You really need to ask a Lic vet this question rather than pet owners online. Your vet will know what is safe to use at that age. New products come out all the time. As soon any as kittens that didn't chill off dry, the fleas will be right back on them again. Fleas live in the surrounding environment. They don't stay on the animals 24/7/365.
It's nice that you care enough about them to do something to help them.
[COLOR=#ff0000]**Do not get Diatomaceous powder from a pool supply store..it has added chlorine in it for keeping a swiming pool clean.**
Not so. I used it in my pond filters and never had a fish or any pond life die. If it contains anything but DE powder, it will say so on the bag. And don't INHALE any DE unless you want silicosis.
Quote: 100% safe and 100% natural. Made from fossilized shells of pre-historic microscopic water bugs. It is so fine that it will clog the breathing vents on the Ticks and fleas, and get in between their leg joints...they can't move or breath, and it also is a dessicant than drys the moisture out of their bodies.
Think what it's doing to your lungs.
Quote: Kills the larvae and eggs too, so it breaks the tick and flea life cycle. You can sprinkle it in the pet's bedding and on the carpet too. I repeat, it is harmless to you and the pet. Just wash your hands and use a hand lotion, as it will dry your hands a bit too.
It's not harmless when inhaled into the lungs.
Quote: Farmers use it in feed for cows for de-worming. Doctors give it to humans too.
Do you have a site for this claim? Double blind studies? It seems to be something from a alternative health website selling DE. ;-)
Quote: Works on cockroaches, fleas, ticks, halts ants in their tracks and bedbugs too. This is what a microscpoic Diatom looks like..no wonder it wreaks havoc with bugs!
And your lungs and the lungs of whatever inhales it. Below is a well known religious website, not a veterinary site.
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