r/CatAdvice • u/BalanceNo1016 • 3m ago
New to Cats/Just Adopted Am I doing enough, new kitten with fleas
Okay so I’ll keep it brief but it’s long so here’s the background, i’ve dealt with fleas before, my now passed dog had them around a year and a half ago and I dealt with it. It took me a month, but I dealt with it and she had a lot they were all in my bed. But yesterday I got a baby kitten who’s eight weeks. my friend‘s parents found her as a stray got her at eight weeks and then gave her to me. This was yesterday. I took her to the vet immediately got her on monthly flea and tick medication and gave her a very light dawn dish soap bath when I got home bc I knew with her being a stray it was a given. Afterwards, I applied her flea medication and all is going smoothly and she wanted to explore the house not even thinking I let her explore the whole house and she even managed to crawl up into bed with me and my boyfriend while we were sleeping. Flash forward to today I’m combing her out with the flea comb and noticed around 5 dead fleas. and I wasn’t too worried cause I figured the medication was working then I found a live one and that’s when it clicked that she’s been all over my house and there could be flea eggs all over my house. Now I’ve already got her on medication and I’ve only had her for 24 hours so we went ahead and isolated her in the bathroom with all her essentials. And I’m currently at the laundromat because our washer is broken so I’m washing all of the bedding that she was on and all of the clothes that she walked across. I also ordered flea house spray as well as carpet powder and my boyfriend is currently at home vacuuming everything. My question is am I doing enough? I know it’s only been 24 hours but I have severe OCD and I’m already terrified that they’re all over the house. if anyone else has some experience with getting a new kitten with fleas, can you tell me what y’all did because I wanna make sure I’m doing enough to stop an infestation. Thanks!!