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I have a 2 week old kitten and the kitten is very weak and breaths very hard i realized that he was covered with a lot of fleas knowing that i couldn't give him a bath with medicated flea shampoo because he is to young i gave him a bath with some mild dish detergent. I put just a pea size amount of the dish detergent and rinsed him very well. After wards I sat out in the kitchen and went over every square inch of his tiny body and picked out all the fleas that i could. I think i got all of them but i know that there were still some eggs left. Due you think that was the right thing to due getting the fleas off or do you think that there could of been another way.
Chantel,
There are flea shampoos that are OK for kittens, even kittens that young. How do you know the kitten has flea anemia? Have you had the kitten to a vet? The flea life cycle is about 2 weeks, so if you see the little newly hatched fleas, you should give the little one another bath and pick off any fleas. If the kitten has fleas, he probably also has tapeworm!!!!!
I really think this kitten needs to see a vet!!!!!
What is this kitten eating? At 2 weeks, he is probably not yet weaned.
Best regards... Norm.
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Norman Auspitz
Expertise
I can answer most non-veterinary questions about cats. My particular expertise is pedigree cats, breeding and showing. However, I am versed in feline behavior, cat breeds and their characteristics, general feline husbandry, and the like.
Experience
I judged for the Canadian Cat Association from 1975 until 1982. I am currently an approved allbreed judge for the Cat Fanciers'' Association (the world''s largets cat registry), and have been judging for them since 1991. I have been breeding pedigreed cats since 1971 and have been exhibiting pedigreed cats in shows since 1970. I obtained my first pedigreed cat in 1970 and have never looked back. In 1971, I obtained my first Abyssinian which has become my primary breed. In addition, I have bred Manx and Persians. Currently, besides the Abyssinians, I am also breeding Maine Coons.
Organizations
Cat Fanciers'' Association, inc. (CFA) and the Manx, Maine Coon, and Abyssinian breed councils. I am currently Abyssinian breed council secretary.
Publications
Cat Fancy Magazine, The Abyssinian Chapter in The Cat Fanciers'' Association Complete Cat Book, and Articles for various editions of The Cat Fanciers'' Association Yearbook
Education/Credentials
I received a B.S. from Drexel University in 1968, a M.Math from University of Waterloo, in 1970, a Ph.D. from University of Waterloo in 1975, and a MBA from McMaster University in 1980. I received my approved allbreed judging status in the Cat Fanciers'' Association in 1999.
Awards and Honors
We have produced a number of Cat Fanciers'' Association (CFA) National winning Abyssinian and Maine Coons. We have produced a number of Abyssinian and Maine Coon Distinguished Merit females (an award for a top producing cat), including the first Distinguished Merit Abyssinian in the red (sorrel) color. I am the CFA Abyssinian breed council secretary and belong and/or hold office in a number of cat clubs. I am also a member of the CFA Judges Association.
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