If your cat began to scratch and take a bite suspiciously often something from the wool, most likely, it had fleas. These small blood-sicking insects create an array of problems a warm-blooded animal. They not only disturb animals the stings, but also are carriers of serious diseases, weaken immunity and provoke development of allergic dermatitis. Therefore if you suspected that your cat has fleas, it is necessary to begin active fight against them immediately.
Instruction
1. First of all make sure that you were not mistaken in the assumptions and the concern of a cat is caused by existence of fleas. For this purpose put a cat on the big sheet of white paper and carefully comb out its wool a fine-tooth comb. The fleas who got under a crest will get stuck between its teeths or to fall out on paper. Besides, their presence is found by characteristic black-brown dirt which pellets rolls down from wool. This dirt not that other as the waste of activity of insects consisting of undigested cat's blood.
2. Having made sure that the cat suffers from stings of fleas, start treatment. Keep in mind that to get rid of these annoying insects very not easy and long persistent efforts will be required. Do not try to treat cat from fleas in the ancient ways like washing by its dustovy soap. First, these methods are ineffective, and secondly, you can do harm to an animal. Today many effective and safe remedies from fleas who it is possible to get in any shop for animals are developed.
3. The first step which needs to be undertaken to save a cat from fleas is to redeem her with anti-flea shampoo. Shampoo can be bought in specialized shop for animals. However if your cat still small, surely tell about it to the seller that recommended you means for kittens. It will be less allergenic and aggressive.
4. After washing when the cat completely dries and will be licked, apply several drops of means from fleas on her nape over wool. It is not necessary to rub medicine. Surely select means from fleas only for the recommendation of the qualified selling assistant or veterinarian taking into account age of a cat, her weight and the state of health. The fact is that modern means from fleas differ on force of the influence and some of them can be too aggressive for kittens or the weakened cats.
5. If your cat comes to walk to the street or just out of borders of your apartment, buy it a special antiflea collar. It will not save an animal from already available fleas, but will help to frighten off new, ready to cling to wool. However, despite abundance and a variety of modern means from fleas, do not try to apply them all at once. Such loading can be too heavy for an organism and do harm to health of a cat.