| Cat Flea Treatment is not only possible, but relatively | | | | treated with antibiotics and steroids. In severe cases, |
| easy. The most common flea which feeds off Dogs, | | | | blood transfusions may be required. |
| cats and humans is the Ctenocephalides felis. You can | | | | Once you notice fleas, your first job is to eliminate as |
| easily make out whether your cat is affected by cat | | | | many fleas from the cat by combing and bathing. |
| flea. If tiny black dots, normally called 'flea dirt' | | | | The entire body of the cat should be combed using a |
| emerge on the flea comb while combing your cat, | | | | flea comb. As you collect the fleas on the comb, |
| smash some with a damp paper towel. In case it | | | | shake them into a jar of diluted bleach nearby so |
| turns red, you can determine that it is the residue | | | | that the fleas will die quickly. After this, you can give |
| from your cat's blood. It is the warning that cat flea | | | | a bath to you cat using a mild cat or baby shampoo. |
| control is needed. Apart from the itching and stinging, | | | | That done, further flea infestations can be prevented |
| fleas also transmit other conditions which can | | | | using a topical flea control product. |
| seriously affect your cat's health. | | | | Topical cat flea control products mostly work by |
| Uncontrolled infestations of fleas can cause anemia in | | | | affecting the nerve receptors of the flea. Being |
| cats. With kittens, fleas and worms are always | | | | applied to the cat's skin at the back of the neck, |
| associated. Hence kittens that are affected by fleas | | | | they are collected in the hair follicles from which the |
| should always be treated for worms. Another serious | | | | product is slowly released. Mostly they are to be |
| form of anemia, the h.felis is caused by a | | | | applied once-a-month. Care must be taken not to use |
| microorganism carried by the flea. Laboratory tests | | | | products labeled for dogs on cats. |
| can diagnose this organism and the victims can be | | | | |