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Rescued a kitten with fleas!!

After hearing meowing for two nights and not being able to find anything the first night. We finally found and caught this sweet little lady. She was in my husbands engine bay. She was dirty and skinny. We brought her inside for the night and fed her and let her sleep, which happened to be inside the couch. The next morning I discovered she was covered in fleas and immediately gave her a dawn bath. There were so many fleas. I also quarantined her to the bathroom and called the vet and got her scheduled. She is so so tiny and maybe not even 2 lbs. The vet recommended another dawn bath in a few more days to remove the rest of the fleas. Over the last half a week I have combed through her and pulled off/washed off as many fleas as possible. She had one last bath today and I pulled one dead one off her and meticiously picked through. She has been kept in the bathroom since then. I have flipped the house upside down washing the couches blankets and anything she has come in contact with. Using diatemacious over the spots I know she was in. I mean I went nuts bagging everything until it could go in the wash. Vacuuming sweeping washing and washing. Moving couches, cleaning crevices. She is going to the vet Tuesday. My question is can I bring her out of the bathroom now or am I risking the house getting exposed again. She is so sweet and I tey to
spend time with her in the bathroom and I want her to be able to come out. But I also don't want to have to take the couches apart again and I am so a mom of four boys to care for. Am I better of waiting until after the vet visit?? Is there anything else I can do in the mean time?

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u/Aggravating_Log_6895 — 1 month ago
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Found a kitten with fleas! Help!

Is several dawn baths enough??

After hearing meowing for two nights and not being able to find anything the first night. We finally found and caught this sweet little lady. She was in my husbands engine bay. She was dirty and skinny. We brought her inside for the night and fed her and let her sleep, which happened to be inside the couch. The next morning I discovered she was covered in fleas and immediately gave her a dawn bath. There were so many fleas. I also quarantined her to the bathroom and called the vet and got her scheduled. She is so so tiny and maybe not even 2 lbs. The vet recommended another dawn bath in a few more days to remove the rest of the fleas. Over the last half a week I have combed through her and pulled off/washed off as many fleas as possible. She had one last bath today and I pulled one dead one off her and meticiously picked through. She has been kept in the bathroom since then. I have flipped the house upside down washing the couches blankets and anything she has come in contact with. Using diatemacious over the spots I know she was in. I mean I went nuts bagging everything until it could go in the wash. Vacuuming sweeping washing and washing. Moving couches, cleaning crevices. She is going to the vet Tuesday. My question is can I bring her out of the bathroom now or am I risking the house getting exposed again. She is so sweet and I tey to
spend time with her in the bathroom and I want her to be able to come out. But I also don't want to have to take the couches apart again and I am so a mom of four boys to care for. Am I better of waiting until after the vet visit?? Is there anything else I can do in the mean time?

u/Aggravating_Log_6895 — 1 month ago