Why Dawn Soap?

OoOJadeOoO said:

Is she still feral or is she doing better with people?

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She's doing very well. It was a few days before she would even come out and eat while I was in the room. It was about 10 days before I could pet her. Now, she's an affectionate, playful, happy kitten.

She does have a bit of an attitude sometimes.  

I recently found a feral orphaned kitten no more than a few weeks old, she attacked me at first but when I held on for about five minutes she wouldn't leave my side after that, she's still tiny, but now she likes to go on car rides, and walks, I've never had a cat do that xP but when I walk, she'll climb up my leg and onto my shoulder while I go places, or sleep in my purse

Her mama never had the chance to teach her to be a cat.
This is e mat recent picture ( I took it abut ten minutes ago)

OoOJadeOoO said:

This is e mat recent picture ( I took it abut ten minutes ago)

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Sad

Christinelee said:

 
Sad

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Lucky  

Ya it's kind of sad, but it's a lot more lucky, because at that stage, she it was so much easier to deal with her,

How often are you bathing your kitten? Once or twice should be more than sufficient to deal with fleas. When I have had to bathe a cat or kitten I have successfully used Palmolive since that is what I have in the house.

Shes so cute Im dying!!![emoji]128557[/emoji]

Adorable!
If possible take it to the nearest vet to do a little check up... boy or girl?? Have you named her yet?? I would love to help [emoji]128515[/emoji]

How cute.......I just gave my Maine Coon a bath......her first one in 11 yrs......she got fleas on her ......I don't know how bcs she is in the house all the time.....she really let me wash her without to much problem......she has been with me since she could sit in my hands.....just a little ball of hair.....Silver Tabby.....Now she is ....I guess 12 to 15 lbs......she is sitting on a towel drying off....she only like to lay on the right side....so tough to get her to turn the other way......Dawn dish soap......Great......Thx for the pic.

My kitten(about 3 months) has fleas and I want them gone NOW. I bought Dawn but I bought the Platinum kind. Is that okay? I wont be able to go to the store until next week or so. I just bathed him today so should I wait a day or two? Or wait until next monday so I dont dry his skin out?

I never gave my cats baths when they had fleas on them. I put some dawn in boiling water, combed them, and dipped the comb in the soapy water. Dried it with a paper towel, and combed again. That, along with keeping the house vacuumed, has kept the fleas off them.  Now I just comb them every day, without the dawn part of it. No fleas and no chemicals.

Everyone I know has been telling me to use Dawn, I want to but I just dont know if I can use Dawn Platinum. We found my kitten on Friday on our porch so we took him in and bought him stuff. I have Adams Plus Flea & Tick Carpet Spray that I sprayed last night and vacuumed it up this morning. I have Sentry Flea Killer & Repellent gel but it didn't do anything except make him role around and itching constantly.

One bath should be sufficient. I used Palmolive. This is what I posted earlier for someone else:

"Do it in kitchen sink. Put a towel on the bottom of the sink so her paws won't slide all over. Thoroughly wet her with nice warm water. Put a teeny weeny dab of dish detergent on her fur & thoroughly wash her. Add more detergent if necessary but you don't want tons of soap to rinse off. Rinse her off & towel dry her as much as you can. Do all this as quickly as you can."

I also used Palmolive. After awhile of rinsing we applied the soap and rub it in on his feet, chest, belly, between the back legs, tail, little at the neck, and back. let it soak in a little and scrubbed, then started rinsing him with warm water. A few fleas came off but there was still some on him crawling on his face and legs. I treated my room with spray, apple cider vinegar, and salt. But im afraid of him getting fleas everywhere again. I read some really bad reviews about the Sentry medication we have and im terrified to use it again. Someone suggested seresto to me but I dont think hes old enough for that. A friend of mine who had the same issue said palmolive breaks down the exoskeleton and itll take a little longer for them to die. I feel like they are not going to die though.

The fleas will be gone. My kitten was smothered in them. They cannot survive after a thorough bath. Revolution is the very best for ear mites & fleas. It's applied once a month, but you need a prescription unless you buy it from Canada as we do.

If I let him back in my room will they start jumping off onto my rug or stay on him? He loves snuggling up next to me but it makes to uncomfortable knowing those buggers are on him crawling around. I treated my carpet and that and i dont want them jumping off him onto my floor that i just took care of. Or will they stay on him and slowly die from the bath?

Katrina4409 said:

If I let him back in my room will they start jumping off onto my rug or stay on him? He loves snuggling up next to me but it makes to uncomfortable knowing those buggers are on him crawling around. I treated my carpet and that and i dont want them jumping off him onto my floor that i just took care of. Or will they stay on him and slowly die from the bath?

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From my personal experience, after a bath you shouldn't be able to see any fleas on him at all. Try not to make too much of this.

He still had some on him and I rinsed & washed multiple times. I dont have a flea comb to comb them out so that probably didnt help a lot. But he was just in hie cage drying and on his black blanket I saw eggs. I sprayed it with my Adams Plus Flea & Tick Carpet Spray. I don't know what else to do. Can I wash him with the Dawn Platinum or will it be too rough on his skin?