Giving a Kitten a Flea Bath

Tip: Kitten Flea Bath

November 8, 2004

If I am fostering a kitten and it is full of fleas, I always give it a warm bath with Dawn dishwashing soap well rubbed and bubbly into its fur. It has to stay under water for at least five or more minutes, (not the head, lol,) and the fleas will make their way to the head and then you pick them off and drop them into water set aside in a cup where they drown.

You have to talk to and reassure the kitten while bathing, and also be ready to pick the fleas off on the facial area. Also, kittens love to have warm breath blown on them if they are docile. Also, kittens need to have their claws trimmed, just a little bit, before handling, just enough not to hook you in the face when you are cuddling them!

By Racer

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Tip: Removing Fleas on a Young Kitten

hgubby1985

August 8, 2016

This works 100%. Fill a small tin with luke warm water. Place the kitten in and keep the head above water! Get the kitten completely wet and hold it in the water for about 20-30 seconds. The fleas drown. Then just comb them off. Bathe them every other day. It will also get them used to being bathed.