What to do if your cat has fleas? Fleas are a very common parasite on cats. They feed on blood for a living. Because fleas suck blood from many animals, cat fleas carry a variety of bacterial viruses and can infect various zoonotic diseases. If you find that there are fleas on your cat, you must take immediate measures. Otherwise, you will have to ask a professional doctor for help.
What are the dangers of cat fleas?
- After the cat is bitten by fleas, it will be extremely itchy, causing skin injury and inflammation, and even causing allergies. After a period of time, the local skin will become red, hair loss, and small scabs will appear.
- After being bitten by fleas, it may cause some skin diseases, especially in summer, seasonal eczema is easily caused after biting the human body, and flea bites will make sensitive people develop very itchy bumps, often around the ankles.
How to tell if a cat has fleas?
- While the cat is taking a bath, remove the hair and see if there are any brown ant-like bugs in it. If there are, it is basically a cat flea.
- You can use a dense-toothed comb to comb the cat’s hair. If there are cat fleas, it is likely to get stuck in it.
- Observe whether there are black spots like cinders where the cat often sleeps. If there are black spots, collect some of them, put them on white paper, drop a little water, and see if the water turns red. Cat flea excrement.
What should I do if there are fleas on the cat?
- Give the cat a systemic deworming. It is recommended to use Bleuen, this cat deworming medicine is composed of four drug ingredients of fipronil (S)-methoprene, acetamido abamectin, praziquantel, and the first two ingredients are used for special purpose. For cat fleas, ticks, lice, ear itching mites, ear scabies and other external parasites, it is especially worth mentioning that it can eliminate cat fleas within 24 hours, and can kill flea eggs, larvae and fleas at the same time Pupa is equivalent to preventing and controlling fleas in the whole life stage, so Blein can catch the fleas on the cat in one net, and there is no need to worry about the situation that the cat fleas will not be cleaned repeatedly.
- Feed cats some foods rich in vitamin E and unsaturated fatty acids. These foods are called nutrients for cat skin, which can enhance the skin’s resistance and relieve itching caused by flea bites.
- When bathing the cat, you can use a shower gel with flea-killing effect, which can kill the adult fleas on the cat.
- Do a thorough cleaning of your home. Use a vacuum cleaner to vacuum all the floors, sofas, corners, under carpets, drains and other places at home. Be careful not to let them go in cabinets and boxes! After cleaning, spray on flea spray.
- Wash all the clothes, sheets, quilts, and curtains with boiling water. If you really can’t wash them with boiling water, just soak them in disinfectant for a while. After washing, remember to put them in the sun to dry!
- If a person is bitten by a cat flea, you can apply a little ointment to relieve itching on the bitten place. In addition, use sulfur soap to bathe when you take a bath, which can effectively prevent cat flea bites.
