How Rid Cat's Fleas-Under $5

This is for the down and broke pet owner and those who cannot afford the pet spa's.

If you have a cat full of fleas you have a problem. Stop letting them outside so much-if at all. Turn the heat up if it's chilly out or winter season. A sick kitty is a sad owner.

Get a bottle to spray water-with a few drops of DAWN dish detergent and mist furniture and the floors. If you have a rug, you may do it a couple times a week. At least mist every day. Don't miss once even after the fleas are gone for a month. Just to make sure your fleas eggs suffocate in the sudsiness.

Bathe your cat in DAWN dish soap, getting all the places that fleas love to run to such as the anus, belly and between the claws and cheeks (where the whiskers are). Let that sit there for a few moments and then rinse against the grain-except with the head-go with the grain. Make sure the soap does not get into their eyes at any point of the bath-it's very important. This could cause further traumatizing.

Using a spray hose at the sink or in the bath is one of the best tools to rinsing. It's the best way to get them wet before soaping them up and rinsing.

While sudsing, use your nails very lightly. It should almost feel like a masseuse is giving them a bath.

Talk to your cat. Even if they aren't responsive like a human, reassuring and talking to them in a calm, gentle voice helps.

When the bath is over try to "squeeze" the water out of their coat as best as possible. Don't squeeze too hard or you'll end up hurting your pet and will tell them that they won't ever want you to touch them again. It will feel like cruelty to them. If you have a large place to wash, let them get on the floor to dry them and just rub them all over with the towel. You want as much of the moisture to come off the fur and onto the towel as possible. Let them get away for a while, then go back through their fur backwards as if you were running your fingers through your own hair. Fluff them up, so to speak and let them go. They will take care of the rest and dry themselves the rest of the way.

You know your cat still loves you if they come sit on you half way through their drying period. My daughters kitten always did this to my mother and I. (It was as if she was forgiving us for giving her a bath and letting her cuddle on our chests was like us attoning for giving her a bath).

Do this two to three times a week.

Keep your home warmer than normal on this day. Give them a chance at not catching a kitty cold-they cannot take human medicine if they do. An animal cold can result in UPI (Upper Respiratory Infection) which could lead to Pneumonia and more than likely lead to death. If caught in time an UPI can be cured before it turns to a life threatening infection. Keeping the house warmer may sweat you out of your home or clothes, but it will keep your little love-bug from catching that dangerous chill.