What to do if a cat has fleas?

 8:39am, 10 June 2025

First, the owner needs to bathe the cat. Before taking a bath, first apply insecticide to the cat to suffocate the fleas, and then thoroughly clean the cat's whole body with warm water. It is recommended to use pet shampoo and liquid soap for fleas and wash carefully to remove fleas and eggs that float on the surface of the skin.

Do necessary precautions before taking a bath - avoid contact with sensitive areas such as ears, eyes and nose. After the cat takes a shower, immediately use a dry towel to suck the water on its body, and then let it dry naturally. It is not recommended to use a hair dryer or other utensils to dry it.

If just taking a bath does not necessarily remove every flea on the cat, if necessary, you can use professional insecticides, which is to spray the medicine bottle on the cat's neck or head to kill fleas or drop flea medicine, which can avoid drug loss and improve the efficacy of the medicine.

Owners need to pay attention that the duration of each drug is also different. Some only last for one month, and some can even reach 3 months. In addition, be sure to check whether the medicine is suitable for pets and meets the instructions for use, otherwise the reverse effect will occur.

It is recommended that the owner try to keep the cat from contacting fleas in daily life. The cat has many interactions and hides between the hair. The surrounding hygiene of the cat food basin is not easy to breed fleas, so the owner needs to conduct a pet's environmental sanitation check. In more serious cases, you may wish to consult a veterinarian to perform the corresponding treatment plan, and may require vaccination, etc.