Treating fleas for cat who is nursing her kittens

My girl just had kittens on wednesday, and I need some advice to treat her for fleas. Since she is nursing, would it be alright to use flea drops on mother cat? Another idea I have is to give mother cat a bath with flea/tick shampoo. I treated mother cat with praziquantel last week for worms.

Do those ideas for flea treatment sound okay/safe for her and the kittens?
Give me suggestions too. I'm not heavy on cash right now, but I will take care of mom & kittens. I need to get a price so I can budget. Thank you!!

I once took in a stray cat and all 7 of her kittens to be checked out by a vet when they were 3 days old. The vet put the drop flea treatment on mom because she had fleas and did not want the kittens to get them. Mom did fine and so did all 7 kittens but that was just my experience. You could call a vet and ask if it's okay to flea treat Mom.

I'm going to try Advantage II for her. Thanks.

If you want to bathe her, so common bath with dawn soap (or some other liquid mild soap)  is safer than some non descript flea shampoo.   Also, even if the flea shampo is really OK for adult cats, there is a big risk the kittens will get some in them - which isnt necessary safe.

Also, taking the mom / kittens out now and then, and combing out with a comb, helps some.  Have a plate with soap water nearby, and drown the fleas you combed out in there.

Bathing with dawn or other  liquid soap:

Wet with the soap foam around her face, so the fleas wont try to flee on her face, and bathe....   Similiar tip if you ever must flea bathe kittens - there perhaps the ring of  soap foam around their neck, as htey are smaller.  With kittens be extra sure it is warm in the room, no draugh, and dry off them thoroughly afterwards.    And some warm padding or similiar - they are bad at keeping body temp, so active warming is necessary in many situations.

I'm not sure if I'm over reacting, but when the kittens were a few days old (1-2 weeks ago) I saw a flea on one of them. I washed them all, got them a clean blanket, and momma cat got her flea drops. Yesterday I found 2 fleas on the kittens. This time I washed all kittens (again) and momma cat and got them another clean blanket. I combed them last night after I saw the fleas, but no other evidence. No fleas turned up when I washed them either. I know how fleas can make kittens sick, and I'm trying to keep them all healthy. Momma cat has started to produce more milk again, but I'm still giving everyone a little goat milk, even her.

ILuvKitties said:

 
I'm not sure if I'm over reacting, but when the kittens were a few days old (1-2 weeks ago) I saw a flea on one of them. I washed them all, got them a clean blanket, and momma cat got her flea drops. Yesterday I found 2 fleas on the kittens. This time I washed all kittens (again) and momma cat and got them another clean blanket. I combed them last night after I saw the fleas, but no other evidence. No fleas turned up when I washed them either. I know how fleas can make kittens sick, and I'm trying to keep them all healthy. Momma cat has started to produce more milk again, but I'm still giving everyone a little goat milk, even her.

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Im happy everything proceeds in positive direction, and you are vigilant and wise as ever.   Better to stop a small creek  before it becomes  a big creek , as a swedish proverb says.  

I have been using capstar. I think its safe for cats nursing.