The kitten probably caught the fleas from it's mother, or contact with someone or something that had the fleas on it. Talk to your vet about the best way to treat them.
Fleas move, hives don't.
Yes, cats can indeed catch fleas. Once they go outside they catch it. It depends where abouts they are. If there round about a field or a wood than probally indeed! To get rid of them use frontline and wash your cat regularly anf remove some of them.
A heavily infested animal, over time, can lose a substantial amount of blood to fleas. This is mostly the case in very young or frail animals. 70 fleas can consume 1 mL of blood per day which could kill a puppy or kitten in 50 days. Double the number of fleas and the young animal can be dead in a month. They lose so many red blood cells to the fleas that they become anemic and die.
yes it can cause blindness in a very old cat but if it is a kitten the it wont
Vinegar will not kill fleas on any animal. Bathing is the best option. The safest flea product on the market for kittens is Revolution which you can use in kittens as young as 4 weeks. However, you can use Advantage on a nursing mother which will protect the kittens as well. The best thing i have found for killing fleas on a kitten is dawn dishdetergent. wet the kitten cover it in dawn scrub it good and leave the dawn on for 10 min. I know the cat will not be happy but it will kill the fleas and wont harm the kitten like some chemical ones can
How would we know? I hope you find your kitten soon.
Yes, I got a kitten a year ago, and the poor thing was infested with fleas! The kitten was too young for flea shampoo, so we decided to try dawn dishwashing liquid and it worked. If you do research on fleas, you'll find that if you put a candle in a bowl with dish wash water on the floor at night, fleas will go to it and drown in the water. This is because it cuts the tension in water and they will drown. Same principal applies to putting it on your cat, it will kill them. I washed my kitten in water with dawn dish washing liquid and then comb the fur with a comb.....regular one from the dollar general store made for humans :) and they would fall right out, all dead! My kitten had no skin reaction. We did have to take him to get dewormed. When cats have lots of fleas they may accidently ingest some when cleaning their fur. This causes cats to get worms.
You will know when your cat/kitten has fleas because it will leave behind black semi-circular poo's, you can't see the flea's themselves without a microscope but flea drops and powder should clear them up.
You use a flea repellent spray. You could also take them to the vet and let them use a anti flea shampoo. Before they get fleas, you should give them some type of medicine to prevent fleas.
There is no word for a "young kitten" that I know of, and 'kitten' is usually used to describe a young cat.
Like in cleaning itself? My cats do that, they find a part of their fur that is "unclean" and they bite at it, then lick it clean. They don't draw blood though, so if your cat is hurting itself by biting all the time, or drawing blood; you should take your cat the vet and have it checked out. Or, it may be because of fleas, the cat maybe biting itself to itch where the fleas are.