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Secret Kitten
I'll rate a pathetic little (1) to whoever advices me, "Tell your parents!"
Okay, first of all, my best friend gave me a kitten when her cat gave birth to a healthy litter of 4. The little kitten is a female and she is just SO cute.
My mother has allergies, so she won't let me have any cat or dog. My father hates the smell of any animal... so my sisters and I have been keeping it a secret. We have a babysitting job so we can buy cat food, litter box, blah blah... We loved having the first kitten so we got another 2. It went well for two weeks.
We've been keeping them in the backyard, hidden in the space under the deck.
They got fleas. What would be a good way to get rid of them besides going to the vet?? I think I need my parents to go to the vet so I don;t want to...
Plus, we haven't named this black kitty yet. Give me a good name for him, please!Thanks!!
Love y'all!!
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If you decide to keep your kittens under a porch and hidden from your parents then your going to have three very under socialized mangy cats when they get older. They're living under a porch next to the cold dirt, of course their going to get fleas. Fleas can be deadly to tiny little kittens if they get enough. They could also get deadly diseases like feline leukemia, feline immunodeficiency virus (like human aids), and of course, rabies. If you have money to buy them stuff, then take them to the vet yourself. You need to have them examined, see if their healthy or if they have already acquired one of those diseases, get them AT LEAST a distemper shot and a Rabies shot.
Frontline plus is a good flea treatment. It kills both fleas and ticks. But, advantage may work just as good if not better for fleas, yet it doesn't kill the ticks.
Please don't keep these poor kittens outside with out at least trying to make sure their safe from all of the infectious diseases.
Your also going to need to spay and neuter them, or you will eventually end up with 10 kittens, then 20, then thirty, and eventually up to 100 or more all living under your porch. Sound cute? No, they will all be mangy disgusting, sickly and feral (wild). I deal with feral cat communities often. They are neither cute or friendly. They would rather hide in a corner or bite your head off than ever be pet by you.
So, if your going to be mature enough to keep these kittens, then you need to give them the care that they need. They don't need kitty litter, they have the dirt under your porch. But they do need shots and vet care.
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omg!!!! my friend did the exact same thing!!!!!
except she did tell her parents but they wouldnt do anything about them. unfortunatly two died and the other one ran away. =(. she called me crying.
you dont have to be an adult to take your pets to a vet. your kittens should be spayed/neutered (to prevent them from running away) and vaccinated, especially since they live outdoors under the deck. so start saving up money!!!! itll cost 200-400 dollars depending on the vet
for the fleas: flea bath - use flea killing shampoo
or there's lots of topical products to choose from at pet stores/kmart/longs drugs/ etc.
good luck!!
p.s. if all else false tell your parents
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i am not going to tell you to tell your parents. they're going to find out soon enough unless they're idiots. Unfortunatelly when you keep animals outside they are going to contract fleas. since you have money take the kittens to see a veterinarian and ask what he might recommend to help with the problem. they probably need shots anyway.
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Considering that it's getting colder because it's winter I don't think you should keep them under your deck. You say your parents are allergic, then you might want to either donate them to a shelter who can find nice homes for them or to a friend, at least for the winter. As for the flea problems, I say you take them to the vet or a pet store for help, especially because they are newly born.
And a name for the cute little black kitty, I'd call it "midnight" or "gato"(cat in spanish).
Hope this helps.♥
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Well Id tell my mom. Going to a store like WALMART and buying flea stuff, if theyre too young and small, they can actually die because of the chemicals.
you could wash them with just a dish detergent and comb them out with a comb until their gone.
My neighbor whos an adult did that to her, too young to use chemicals on, puppy
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Dear secret kitten,
Go to walmart and in the pet isle there should be some stuff for fleas and it doesn't coast that much,
and as for the names here are some:
Girl:
Chic
Ace
Amore
Angel
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no its not if they have fleas u need to take care of that. I know alot more about animals than you do i think i worked at pets mart
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