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Aug. 23rd, 2010 08:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mari4212The inevitable next step, when you rescue cats that have been outdoors, occurred today.
That's right, the de-fleaing extravaganza. We started out with a simple flea-combing, to get the first crop off. Then there was an epic flea-shampooing on the parts of my brother and I, and to hear the kittens mewing you would have thought we were murdering them as we scrubbed them with shampoo and then slowly wiped them down with wet washcloths until they were absolutely soaked. A brief toweling followed, then another flea-combing to catch anything that hadn't been killed by the shampooing process.
And this evening, I stuck them back in a cardboard box so that I could spray down their room with the flea-killing bug spray.
On the plus side, they've now been thoroughly cleaned, they've proven they're litter-box trained, and they've gotten much more comfortable and affectionate towards us. Even with the betrayal of having to get washed.
Possibly because they're getting cuddled and loved and fed and given pipe-cleaners to chase after and pounce on.
That's right, the de-fleaing extravaganza. We started out with a simple flea-combing, to get the first crop off. Then there was an epic flea-shampooing on the parts of my brother and I, and to hear the kittens mewing you would have thought we were murdering them as we scrubbed them with shampoo and then slowly wiped them down with wet washcloths until they were absolutely soaked. A brief toweling followed, then another flea-combing to catch anything that hadn't been killed by the shampooing process.
And this evening, I stuck them back in a cardboard box so that I could spray down their room with the flea-killing bug spray.
On the plus side, they've now been thoroughly cleaned, they've proven they're litter-box trained, and they've gotten much more comfortable and affectionate towards us. Even with the betrayal of having to get washed.
Possibly because they're getting cuddled and loved and fed and given pipe-cleaners to chase after and pounce on.