I’ve been a groomer for over 35 years and when we give flea baths the first thing we do before getting the kitten, cat, puppy or dog wet is take a good handful of Dawn and make a thick ring of the soap around it’s neck as close to its ears as you can. Make sure it’s on it’s skin. This stops the fleas from running to a dry area (the head, eyes and ears). Then you can wet the rest of the animal and not worry about fleas on their face where you can’t put Dawn. Another favorite place to go is in their armpits. Leave the soap on for at least 5 minutes. If the face needs cleaning use a baby shampoo. Now you can rinse your kitten. If it’s greasy feeling shampoo again. Rinse well. All you have to do is remember to make that shampoo line around it’s neck. Rinse well then flea comb the animal out. And don’t forget to take any wet towels and put them outside of your home or your gonna have a flea infestation in your house. 😸 🐶
And make sure to wrap them up and dry them ASAP after the bath!! Kittens are super super touchy and sensitive to cold, a bath can really mess up a kitten if not dried properly :)
Thank you, thank you! I've been fostering kittens for 22 years and just found out this great trick. It's not even a trick - it should be a way of foster kitten life!
My tabby girl freaked out at these babies crying. She came running to my tablet crying and sat until the video was finished. I'm so glad these babies have you taking care of them. Poor little ones and mama. At least they're safe and warm and cared for now. Thank you!
KarleeKarma Ms. Kitty was sitting next to me sleeping when i watched this vid. When it got to the part with 2nd kitty being washed, (the screamer) my cat raised her head for a moment.. said "meh" and then went back to dozing. Not cut out for the burdens of motherhood, i think. :)
😙😙😙😙😙 you're so gentle with them. You have a real knack for it. Mama cat knows instinctively that you're not going to hurt her littles. It's a real gift you have. Bless.
My old male did the same. He was not happy to find it was just thus box thing Mommy is always holding lol!! He wants another baby in the house, any kind is fine with him, but he will just have to be disappointed I'm afraid. He can tend to the guinea pigs because we are at capacity lol!
Thats a good cat cuz fathers usually dont give a crap about kittens, my neighbotd had a cst family, the dad scratched the eyes of ab 11 days old kitten that was his son, and then killed him on the following days lol
Same as mine! Lol mines 6 weeks old lol I have some bigger and 2 smaller babies. The biggest one seems to barely need any more mommas milk. He grew so fast.
At MaxLuvGaia: Instead of pressing the puss dirt and crusties into their eyes with the rag, if you could have the temperature right water running on the eyes at the same time, it can rinse any of that, out of the eyes! 🌻
@@valerieann8007 Arre you a vet? I don't think you are right, it would have needed to much pressure of the water wihich could have blinded her. BTW to make a comment tunless in response to a comment you need to do the @ not write 'at'.
Your obviously a young woman with many years left to live, but I truly believe God has a special place for people like you and my husband who takes care of his defenseless creatures. You are special and you do such worthwhile work. Bless you
I agree she is doing amazing! 💕 she did the best she could and even though she wasn’t a professional did an awesome job To everyone who is complaining. They should stop because she did what she could
Poor lil Kittens. Yeah, soap him up and get those flea's off them. Dry them with a towel and put them into the bathtub, and then the next one....and the next one. ....and the next one......and the next one. And clean out the eyes on the last one. And then....They're Adorable!
Jewel, when trying to open a kitten's eyes what you need to do is take a warm damp cloth and set it on the eyes and let it sit for 10 minutes and then after 10 minutes take the cloth off the eyes and check to see if there are any slits opening up in the eye, if there is take the warm cloth and gently swab their eyes. With tiny kittens like that you need to be very gentle. Also, after you finish bathing the kittens wrap them in a warm towel, massage them gently to help pull the bath water out of their fur, then get a low setting blow dryer and blow them dry before you put them in their bed. I have done this so many times in the last 5 years it isn't funny. If the mother is taking flea medication, you should take over the task of feeding them instead of risking them when the medication makes it way into the milk.
The sassy, noisy ones are often the healthiest and sturdiest in the litter. Even though we hear them 'mouth off'..and cry loudly, it's a GOOD sign. It's also totally cute!
@@charisma-hornum-fries I just get such a laugh how this tiny little thing can make so much noise. Worked in a maternity hospital and believe me you would never believe how loud those babies are when they get there first bath
Oh my god. Those poor little babies. I can't even comprehend how careful you'd have to be with them. We are really grateful that people like you exist. :)
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I've had barn kittens with their eyes crusted like that. I put warm compresses on the eyes for about 10 minutes and it draws the puss up. The next day the eyes are completely crusted over. I wipe them with a warm wet towel and use saline solution for contact lens and squirt it into their eyes to rinse the puss out. I continue this for several days and the infection is completely pulled out.
I found my cat at 2weeks old he was left in my shed by his mother his eyes was closed shut by crust & he had green pus coming out of his eyes and nose I took him to the vet and they gave me antibiotics for him & had to be bottle fed but now he's a healthy 2yr old big cat!!
And why would anyone say she's asking for handouts? Some ppl are completely ridiculous, to say the least!!! She is fostering these kittens out of the kindness of her heart, but unfortunately these kittens are not going to survive and get everything they need solely from her loving them. Taking care of animals is very expensive...Trust me, I know 💕 So if anyone has anything rude to say, just don't! It's so easy to be an ass and to judge others behind a screen. So go be a computer chair linebacker somewhere else. I will NEVER understand why some people have to be so rude. I guess they have nothing better to do, than to bother other people. Smh. To the lady fostering these precious kittens, THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH!!! You are AMAZING 💕
I feel so bad for those kittens having fleas and previous owners did not tend to that. Me and my son both had lice due to his trip to visit family and no one mentioning the kid who had lice until after we complained. After that I truly understand how an animal feels it is definitely not a pleasant experience. You are so lovely to take care of those kittens and helping the vulnerable! Edit to add that this is just to much cuteness overload!!!
I can relate, my grandkids came home and had given everyone in the house lice. One of the kids at school 🏫 had it. It was a pain to get rid of them!!!!
My siblings and I attended schools in the Los Angeles suburbs late 60's thru early 70's. Lice was very common. Seemed like we (8 of us) were constantly washing our hair with that awful smelling lice shampoo. The lice comb was a pain to use, too. I remember one of my Jr High friends had an infestation of lice sooo bad, she asked that I shave her hair off. I did. She wore a wig to school for rest of the year.
@@jfjc5694 I feel very lucky to have dodged ever getting lice, fleas, bed bugs or scabies. I have gotten a tick-borne infection though and I still wonder if it's doing something to me and being overlooked as the culprit to my health problems. It's SO not cool when people invite you over and don't tell you if they have fleas, lice or bed bugs. I don't ever want to move again for fear of moving into a place with pests. Once, I got stuck with a lease that had a roach problem! It was awful and I didn't stay in that apartment for three months until they got rid of them. It was the alcoholic neighbor who was the one with the problem and it didn't help that there was a restaurant next door.
I almost cried when they opened up that little ones eyes it was so cute and I'm so thankful for all of the ppl that take in animals like these little kittens ❤️❤️❤️
You are the best temp-mama for these kittens! They started their little baths by screaming but by the time you wiped their little faces they loved it. It felt like a super caress, what with the texture of the washcloth, not to mention being able to open her little eyes! So wonderful. You are my hero.
Poor babies thank god you are taking care of them. Especially the one who had its eyes crusted shut I don't even want to think what would have happened to him otherwise. How is Tulip now? She stopped vomiting? Has willow been adopted?
If you put some of the Dawn dish soap around their neck before you do anything else, it'll prevent the fleas from getting on their face. The fleas climb up their body to escape the dish soap. But if you put a soap ring around their neck first, then when you wash their body they are trapped and will die. Make sure it's a thick layer of soap, and lather it up really good. THANK YOU for everything you do for these sweet babies ❤💗❤💗❤💗❤
If you put a ring of Dawn around their neck when you start, the fleas wont all rush up to the neck- fsce area. The ring of dawn stops them from being able too. hope that helps. :)
Siobhan Kirby......I also have heard that. Have not tried......have not had a pet for while,...an haven't rescued one since I learned of this. I'm dying to try....as of now can't afford much of much. Peace!
When I give kittens a bath I have found it works very well to put a bowl in the sink and fill it with warm water. Putting a towel or some scrap of material in the bottom of the bowl helps the kittens because they can get a grip on that and they're not so scared. You did a wonderful job!!
From dingy grey fur balls to clean orange and tan fluff balls!! They look so much better and way more healthy after their baths!! Good job, second mom!! That was cute at the end, the other kitten was like telling the mommy “Don’t worry, she takes good care of all of us here!”🤗
How kind of you to help these poor babies! Something I've used when I've been having to treat the little one's eyes like that, once you get the pustule to burst and you're flushing the eyes is use eyebright, which is a bark that you put into some water and cook it for about 20 minutes. Then strain it until it's clear of all debris and use this as a wash for their eyes. It'll help clear the eyes out and get rid of infection. I'm so sorry they had to go through this, poor loves!
MaxluvsMya My hat is off to you! Just looking at all of those fleas overwhelmed me AND you have your own human munchkins??!! Woman!! You're making the rest of us look bad!! 😆 But kitty snuggles would be worth all of the hard work and seeing them healthy and thriving obviously!! Keep up the awesome work 👏🏻❤️
I had three cats not long ago. One died in 2008 from cancer. She was the youngest of the three. On April 16th, one month today, my middle girl passed from hyperthyroidism. My remaining cat is my oldest, he’s twenty. He has hyperthyroidism too and is withering away. He was fourteen pounds a few months ago, now he’s about five pounds. I don’t know how you’re able to foster cats and their kittens. I could never let them be adopted because I would keep everyone of them. Then I really would be the crazy cat lady. You’re very strong to be able to adopt them out. I would be hanging on to them for dear life!! I can’t even look at the cats up for adoption at the pet store because I feel bad for them and cry like a baby. Thanks for all you do for them! I admire your strength! > ^..^
You are a good person! Watching videos like this on youtube has inspired me to volunteer at a local no-kill animal shelter. I actually really like it despite being very OCD about pee and poop. I enjoy cleaning the animals environments and making them as comfortable as possible.
Awwwwwwww,,,what sweet cute little darlings,, they are so beautiful,, and have great lungs!!!!! You did a great job on getting them all cleaned up, now their little balls of fur,,cuteness overload,its great that you were there to save them, it must be very rewarding to you to see them get better, your awsome, should be more people like yourself,😘👍🌹🌺🌹🌺😺🐈🐱
Poor babies! You can really tell the difference in the colors of their coats before and after their baths. And the little kitten with the eyes crusted shut, bless it!
I use Dawn on my dogs and cats. After you rinse the Dawn, apply a small amount of conditioner and then comb and rinse. That little tip helped me bunches, especially since one of my dogs is a Husky. Also, using a washcloth to kinda rub the soap in also helps to remove the fleas. Thanks for helping these babies, I know it is time consuming, but you are doing something awesome ❤
Bless your heart for taking care of these babies I have four of my own and they call me the crazy cat lady but I don't care I love my babies and it warms my heart to see people like you that really have a love for these little fur balls and take care of them
If you fill the sink with warm water after a good soaking with the Dawn, hold the kitten under except the head...the fleas should float off the kitten, no need to comb that much.
@Linda Nitzschke We used to have an "outdoor cat" when I was a kid because my mom hates animals, or rather, she doesn't want to live with them. However, we started spending our allowance on cat treats for an orange stray and he just adopted us! He was kept outside most of the time, until he was old, then my parents didn't kick him out if he didn't want to go out. I was away at college by then and I was very angry that my parents had to euthanize him and didn't let me come say "goodbye." Am STILL mad at them for that, but they said he was sick and weak it was pitiful to see how he wasn't eating or drinking. We had great neighbors who loved him too and if it was a cold day in winter, he would go next door and meow to be let in. They'd let him in during those cold winter days, or we would keep him inside and he also could get inside the neighbors garage. In the summer he would sleep in the garage at night, so he wouldn't get into fights with other cats. Every fall, after the third night of frost, we would take him to the vet to be "dipped" in a flea bath before letting him in the house for the winter. We never had a flea problem, or a mice problem. If he was in the basement for the night, and someone entered the kitchen, he would sit at the basement door, pitifully crying to be let upstairs. It was hard to hear, but when the person left the kitchen he would stop. One time he was crying strangely at the basement door and so we let him up, and he came running up the last few steps and dropped a live mouse at my mom's feet! It was hilarious! It ran under the dishwasher, but he was bringing us dinner in his eyes, so proud! Sadly, he also murdered quite a few bunnies and birds in spring, and we had to put bells on his collar to give the bunnies and birds half a chance. He also would get up on top of the garage and try to stick him paws under the overhang where we had a birdhouse. He couldn't reach them though and would sit above them for hours! z
@@megamegaO I know your comment is years old but just wanted to point out that dawn soap will kill the fleas. So that's why this person said "after a good soaking with the dawn" bc the fleas will be dead and therefore cannot crawl upwards to dry skin. Most groomers recommend a thick ring of dawn around the neck to prevent the fleas from reaching the face.
I love to see you working with the babies. You are so kind with such a generous heart! Thank you for sharing your work with us! Keep up the good work, Melissa, I hope that you inspire others to help. I know you inspire me. Much love sent to you and your family and the fosters you Help! 💚💚💚💚🐾🐾
Thank you for helping these fragile babies. If you have something you haven't come across before Hannah Shaw, The Kitten Lady, has a TH-cam channel the covers almost everything you could see. AWESOME resource. Thanks again for helping them!
Bless you for taking care of all these sweet little fur babies & the mama . We recently found a kitten about 3 weeks old covered in dirt and fleas everywhere . I had to do the Dawn bath and the flea comb and it is so hard to get those little blood suckers off!!!! I only had to do it on 1 baby so I know how hard it had to be to do 4!!! You are an AMAZING PERSON for taking care of these beautiful creatures!
When I saw these kittens, I didn't even think they were buff orange, because they were so dirty. Poor babies! Especially the one with the swollen eyes. I hope they got better.
That''s so cool you saved those cutie kitties. I recently saved one that was stuck in a wall for a couple days in the neighbor lady friends house. I had to crawl into the attic in the tightest little spot and heard it was down below inside the two by fours and wall with only a foot of room across. I then cut it out of the wall and i immediately was glad i used the shorter blade but faster saw of the skill saw or i'd of cut the sucker forsure. Anyways her name is now Wally girl,haha. Man she was dirty and has flees always. Sucks because i tried coconut oil and that seems to work but it's hard to maintain and keeps them kinda cold. Tried the dish soap as well as i just washed them with flee soap. They have like hundreds it's so gross. Also found another black and white one meow meowing one night in the same lady's back yard. I went over and it was stuck hiding in a chair with it's eyes completely shut . I tried for a week different things and nothing really worked well and it kept gooping back up. They said it was feline pink eye. I remember my adopted mom once telling me you can use triple antibiotic ointment on stuff like that. The dollar stores often carry them as well as dollar bell or 99 cent store. Put some of that and the next day it was way better and looked to be working. Did it for three days and it's been gone ever sense. Anyways if anyone's got a great way to kill most these damn flees i'd be grateful. I don't like those goups or pills because i heard they are poison and heard cats dying after having them and the collars sometimes though it could be wrong i guess.
How old are they? Once they are 8 weeks they can have cheristin or revolution. Don’t use any others though. They do have bad effects. I’m so happy you rescued those babies!!! Wonderful job!!
huh this was posted on my birthday ^^ neat. my cat was in the room with me while watching this and she's darting around my room looking for the baby crying xD it's so cute how motherly she is
A hint: try not to wet their ears or get water in their ears, either they can get an ear infection. Also, maybe using your sink as a bath may be easier and less stressfull for the kittens :) And you get wrap them in a warm towel to keep them warm, it helps too ^^ And as soon as the mom slowly blinked at you, I knew everything will be ok :) This means she trusts you
You are absolutely right about the Dawn. I had found a litter of kittens a few months back. I wanted to take care of them, but they needed bathing. So I called the local animal shelter. And the people told me Dawn was the best thing for them. May have dry skin for a few days but it was safest for the kittens. So I trusted the professionals. And the kittens were happy to be clean and inside.
These little beauties are calling for their mama - but thank God they now have a wonderful human mother to love them and care for them! God Bless you and thank you for all that you do for animals 💕
Baths are very traumatic for cats..kittens especially. You should massage unrefined coconut oil all through their fur. It kills fleas in seconds, repels any that may be around, soothes their skin/flea bites, conditions their coat, isn't harmful to their eyes, isn't traumatizing, and they like the taste so they will clean themselves as they lick it. Start at the top of the head and work back towards the neck, chin...mouth...around ears then keep working your way back. Even adult cats are fairly easy to do this way. I've done it countless times.
I am really love this video, it is so cute and also really adorable, thanks for take care of them, you are doing a really great job, it is really important to give them a bath especially they have infest with flea and show us how to care for them when the cat have flea, thank you for post and share this video, really great they get rescue and hope they can find forever home as well and good luck to this mother cat and her kittens!
I’ve been a groomer for over 35 years and when we give flea baths the first thing we do before getting the kitten, cat, puppy or dog wet is take a good handful of Dawn and make a thick ring of the soap around it’s neck as close to its ears as you can. Make sure it’s on it’s skin. This stops the fleas from running to a dry area (the head, eyes and ears). Then you can wet the rest of the animal and not worry about fleas on their face where you can’t put Dawn. Another favorite place to go is in their armpits. Leave the soap on for at least 5 minutes. If the face needs cleaning use a baby shampoo. Now you can rinse your kitten. If it’s greasy feeling shampoo again. Rinse well. All you have to do is remember to make that shampoo line around it’s neck. Rinse well then flea comb the animal out. And don’t forget to take any wet towels and put them outside of your home or your gonna have a flea infestation in your house. 😸 🐶
Always good to know...thanks for letting us know :D
How clever! Thank you for telling people
And make sure to wrap them up and dry them ASAP after the bath!! Kittens are super super touchy and sensitive to cold, a bath can really mess up a kitten if not dried properly :)
Thank you, thank you! I've been fostering kittens for 22 years and just found out this great trick. It's not even a trick - it should be a way of foster kitten life!
great aedvice....people should youtube more often
My tabby girl freaked out at these babies crying. She came running to my tablet crying and sat until the video was finished.
I'm so glad these babies have you taking care of them. Poor little ones and mama. At least they're safe and warm and cared for now.
Thank you!
awww that is so sweet!
KarleeKarma
Ms. Kitty was sitting next to me sleeping when i watched this vid. When it got to the part with 2nd kitty being washed, (the screamer) my cat raised her head for a moment.. said "meh" and then went back to dozing.
Not cut out for the burdens of motherhood, i think. :)
I had to watch it with the sound OFF for the same reason 😍😻❤️
Awwwwwa she was concerned 😦
+Fud 123 .......Too funny!!
I cried when the little one with the infected eyes finally saw you and said hi back! THAT was a moment! 😍😍😍😍😍
Awwwww :)
😙😙😙😙😙 you're so gentle with them. You have a real knack for it. Mama cat knows instinctively that you're not going to hurt her littles. It's a real gift you have. Bless.
i thought i was crazy for crying at that part, glad im not the only one haha X)
@@LuigiTheHeadcrab nope. Not ever crazy for caring about an animal.
my cat freaked out when he heard the kittens crying! he has strong fatherly instincts lol
Same as my cats when they here kitten's voice they ran like they are a rescue team and gonna rescue the baby
@@aashimalik7454 Awwww my kitty just perks her ears then goes back to sleep
My old male did the same. He was not happy to find it was just thus box thing Mommy is always holding lol!! He wants another baby in the house, any kind is fine with him, but he will just have to be disappointed I'm afraid. He can tend to the guinea pigs because we are at capacity lol!
Thats a good cat cuz fathers usually dont give a crap about kittens, my neighbotd had a cst family, the dad scratched the eyes of ab 11 days old kitten that was his son, and then killed him on the following days lol
Same as mine! Lol mines 6 weeks old lol I have some bigger and 2 smaller babies. The biggest one seems to barely need any more mommas milk. He grew so fast.
Look at how clean, cuddly and content they are after their baths.
You're the absolute best. 💕🐾😻
At MaxLuvGaia: Instead of pressing the puss dirt and crusties into their eyes with the rag, if you could have the temperature right water running on the eyes at the same time, it can rinse any of that, out of the eyes! 🌻
@@valerieann8007 Arre you a vet? I don't think you are right, it would have needed to much pressure of the water wihich could have blinded her. BTW to make a comment tunless in response to a comment you need to do the @ not write 'at'.
Your obviously a young woman with many years left to live, but I truly believe God has a special place for people like you and my husband who takes care of his defenseless creatures. You are special and you do such worthwhile work. Bless you
Gosh some of the comments on here! This lady is doing great but everyone's an expert!! Without her help those babies would probably have died..
Mom cat seems pissed, maybe bc you had her kittens for a long time.
She is doing her job right? Her job.
@@jaxcaulfield7071 exactly her job where she shows on TH-cam, it would be silly to think no one will complain lol
@@michelisrael2139 I can only say her job yes.
I agree she is doing amazing! 💕 she did the best she could and even though she wasn’t a professional did an awesome job
To everyone who is complaining. They should stop because she did what she could
When the tiger baby went over and touched the mommy cat, it was the sweetest thing ever!
Amber Price IKR! ... it was like: It's ok lady, don't worry this is a nice place 😌
That was truly amazing. My eyes had tears. I was so touched. Animals are just purely awesome!
Thank you so much for helping them and giving them a chance at life. We need more people like you on earth!
Poor lil Kittens. Yeah, soap him up and get those flea's off them. Dry them with a towel and put them into the bathtub, and then the next one....and the next one. ....and the next one......and the next one. And clean out the eyes on the last one. And then....They're Adorable!
Jewel 😊😊😊😊😊😊👍
Jewel, when trying to open a kitten's eyes what you need to do is take a warm damp cloth and set it on the eyes and let it sit for 10 minutes and then after 10 minutes take the cloth off the eyes and check to see if there are any slits opening up in the eye, if there is take the warm cloth and gently swab their eyes. With tiny kittens like that you need to be very gentle.
Also, after you finish bathing the kittens wrap them in a warm towel, massage them gently to help pull the bath water out of their fur, then get a low setting blow dryer and blow them dry before you put them in their bed. I have done this so many times in the last 5 years it isn't funny.
If the mother is taking flea medication, you should take over the task of feeding them instead of risking them when the medication makes it way into the milk.
I think she did a great job too.
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The sassy, noisy ones are often the healthiest and sturdiest in the litter. Even though we hear them 'mouth off'..and cry loudly, it's a GOOD sign. It's also totally cute!
Just like human babies that needs to train lung capacity. It’s so important to get them to make a lot of noise.
@@charisma-hornum-fries I just get such a laugh how this tiny little thing can make so much noise. Worked in a maternity hospital and believe me you would never believe how loud those babies are when they get there first bath
Oh my god. Those poor little babies. I can't even comprehend how careful you'd have to be with them. We are really grateful that people like you exist. :)
thank you so much!
I bet they slept so good with out all those flees biting them
They can all see too . She cleaned their eyes good .
''... they slept so well ..."
Lovingly, Grammar Nazi.
Do u think she lokes wiping its face
respectful suggestion - when cleaning the eyes, use different cloth for each eye to prevent cross contamination.
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I've had barn kittens with their eyes crusted like that. I put warm compresses on the eyes for about 10 minutes and it draws the puss up. The next day the eyes are completely crusted over. I wipe them with a warm wet towel and use saline solution for contact lens and squirt it into their eyes to rinse the puss out. I continue this for several days and the infection is completely pulled out.
She seemed to stop crying when she realized you were getting those nasty fleas off of her.
Cute thought but realistically she was probably just really exhausted.
She just excepted her fate xD
Yeah, cats realize when they're getting fleas taken off of them. They also read the Sunday Times.
@@JustNatax3 Yeah same thoughts here. She just has no energy left to complain about the nasty water LOL
@@daytonasayswhat9333 LOL you underestimate cats. My cat prefers Newsweek and the Observer, pleb xD
I found my cat at 2weeks old he was left in my shed by his mother his eyes was closed shut by crust & he had green pus coming out of his eyes and nose I took him to the vet and they gave me antibiotics for him & had to be bottle fed but now he's a healthy 2yr old big cat!!
queenbee2116 aaawwwww sweet of you
And why would anyone say she's asking for handouts? Some ppl are completely ridiculous, to say the least!!! She is fostering these kittens out of the kindness of her heart, but unfortunately these kittens are not going to survive and get everything they need solely from her loving them. Taking care of animals is very expensive...Trust me, I know 💕 So if anyone has anything rude to say, just don't! It's so easy to be an ass and to judge others behind a screen. So go be a computer chair linebacker somewhere else. I will NEVER understand why some people have to be so rude. I guess they have nothing better to do, than to bother other people. Smh. To the lady fostering these precious kittens, THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH!!! You are AMAZING 💕
I feel so bad for those kittens having fleas and previous owners did not tend to that. Me and my son both had lice due to his trip to visit family and no one mentioning the kid who had lice until after we complained. After that I truly understand how an animal feels it is definitely not a pleasant experience. You are so lovely to take care of those kittens and helping the vulnerable! Edit to add that this is just to much cuteness overload!!!
Soie Flora there was no previous owners. These guys came from outside with someone "watching" them.
I can relate, my grandkids came home and had given everyone in the house lice. One of the kids at school 🏫 had it. It was a pain to get rid of them!!!!
My siblings and I attended schools in the Los Angeles suburbs late 60's thru early 70's. Lice was very common. Seemed like we (8 of us) were constantly washing our hair with that awful smelling lice shampoo. The lice comb was a pain to use, too. I remember one of my Jr High friends had an infestation of lice sooo bad, she asked that I shave her hair off. I did. She wore a wig to school for rest of the year.
@@jfjc5694 I feel very lucky to have dodged ever getting lice, fleas, bed bugs or scabies. I have gotten a tick-borne infection though and I still wonder if it's doing something to me and being overlooked as the culprit to my health problems. It's SO not cool when people invite you over and don't tell you if they have fleas, lice or bed bugs. I don't ever want to move again for fear of moving into a place with pests. Once, I got stuck with a lease that had a roach problem! It was awful and I didn't stay in that apartment for three months until they got rid of them. It was the alcoholic neighbor who was the one with the problem and it didn't help that there was a restaurant next door.
I almost cried when they opened up that little ones eyes it was so cute and I'm so thankful for all of the ppl that take in animals like these little kittens ❤️❤️❤️
You are the best temp-mama for these kittens! They started their little baths by screaming but by the time you wiped their little faces they loved it. It felt like a super caress, what with the texture of the washcloth, not to mention being able to open her little eyes! So wonderful. You are my hero.
Poor babies thank god you are taking care of them. Especially the one who had its eyes crusted shut I don't even want to think what would have happened to him otherwise. How is Tulip now? She stopped vomiting? Has willow been adopted?
tulips poop is better, stopped vomiting, but is sick and stuffed up. I will do a video on her
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If the infection had been allowed to progress, they most likely would have needed to be surgically removed.
Since you said the poor little one with crusty eyes looked like and alien kitty, I thought I'd suggest giving them all names of planets! :)
Or Klaatu, barada, Nikto and the one with his eyes closed Gort.
You didn't hear? Pluto isn't considered a planet anymore. Not with the new info about it.
Jae Lynn iThey have classified Pluto as a planet again.
@@pattynicholson2994 no they haven't. Don't get bamboozled by fake news articles.
Uranus ?
You are angels, saving these poor kittens.
Poor little ones! I'm glad they're being taken care of. My cat keeps chirping back at the babies 😂
oh my gosh that is adorable!!
God bless her, she saved that kittens eyes.
If you put some of the Dawn dish soap around their neck before you do anything else, it'll prevent the fleas from getting on their face. The fleas climb up their body to escape the dish soap. But if you put a soap ring around their neck first, then when you wash their body they are trapped and will die. Make sure it's a thick layer of soap, and lather it up really good. THANK YOU for everything you do for these sweet babies ❤💗❤💗❤💗❤
If you put a ring of Dawn around their neck when you start, the fleas wont all rush up to the neck- fsce area. The ring of dawn stops them from being able too. hope that helps. :)
I tried that, must not have done it well enough hmm
Siobhan Kirby thank you for that suggestion!!! I’ll have to try that next time I give my babies a flea bath...
Siobhan Kirby......I also have heard that. Have not tried......have not had a pet for while,...an haven't rescued one since I learned of this. I'm dying to try....as of now can't afford much of much. Peace!
Bless the poor little angels...Thanks for doing want you do...
aww thank you, I love saving these little babies from suffering
When I give kittens a bath I have found it works very well to put a bowl in the sink and fill it with warm water. Putting a towel or some scrap of material in the bottom of the bowl helps the kittens because they can get a grip on that and they're not so scared. You did a wonderful job!!
From dingy grey fur balls to clean orange and tan fluff balls!! They look so much better and way more healthy after their baths!! Good job, second mom!! That was cute at the end, the other kitten was like telling the mommy “Don’t worry, she takes good care of all of us here!”🤗
Aww thank you!!
It's incredible the patience and love you feel for animals! I wish everybody was like you! 😻😻😻
That’s so sweet thank you :)
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Great Ceiling Cat blessings to you and all of your beautiful kitties!!! Thank you so much for what you do for the kitties...
(13:51)..the most touching moment when the little ones eyes open for the first time 😅🤗😘 Thank you for helping those precious babies
How kind of you to help these poor babies! Something I've used when I've been having to treat the little one's eyes like that, once you get the pustule to burst and you're flushing the eyes is use eyebright, which is a bark that you put into some water and cook it for about 20 minutes. Then strain it until it's clear of all debris and use this as a wash for their eyes. It'll help clear the eyes out and get rid of infection. I'm so sorry they had to go through this, poor loves!
They were so happy and content afterwards. So freaking cute~
Wow they've got some awesome lungs!! You have amazing patience and love for these sweet babes!! Well done 🐱
Aww thank you so much!!! :)
MaxluvsMya My hat is off to you! Just looking at all of those fleas overwhelmed me AND you have your own human munchkins??!! Woman!! You're making the rest of us look bad!! 😆 But kitty snuggles would be worth all of the hard work and seeing them healthy and thriving obviously!! Keep up the awesome work 👏🏻❤️
I had three cats not long ago. One died in 2008 from cancer. She was the youngest of the three. On April 16th, one month today, my middle girl passed from hyperthyroidism. My remaining cat is my oldest, he’s twenty. He has hyperthyroidism too and is withering away. He was fourteen pounds a few months ago, now he’s about five pounds.
I don’t know how you’re able to foster cats and their kittens. I could never let them be adopted because I would keep everyone of them. Then I really would be the crazy cat lady. You’re very strong to be able to adopt them out. I would be hanging on to them for dear life!! I can’t even look at the cats up for adoption at the pet store because I feel bad for them and cry like a baby. Thanks for all you do for them! I admire your strength!
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OMG thank god for you!!! So precious..
Aww thank you :)
You are a good person! Watching videos like this on youtube has inspired me to volunteer at a local no-kill animal shelter. I actually really like it despite being very OCD about pee and poop. I enjoy cleaning the animals environments and making them as comfortable as possible.
That’s fantastic!! I am so happy you volunteered. The shelters need so much help!
Awww poor little kitties, so many fleas. Thank you for what you do. And I hope they feel much better after this bath.
That’s lots of work, so many flees 😱😱😱, god bless you lady :-)
Awwwwwwww,,,what sweet cute little darlings,, they are so beautiful,, and have great lungs!!!!! You did a great job on getting them all cleaned up, now their little balls of fur,,cuteness overload,its great that you were there to save them, it must be very rewarding to you to see them get better, your awsome, should be more people like yourself,😘👍🌹🌺🌹🌺😺🐈🐱
Poor babies! You can really tell the difference in the colors of their coats before and after their baths. And the little kitten with the eyes crusted shut, bless it!
Always stresses me out to see such a smal creature in distress, but its is in good hands. Bless your soul for caring for these sweet creatures.
God Bless You for all of your loving kindness, your knowledge, patience & your determination to champion for those who can't speak for themselves.
Best video ever!
Thanks for showing us what to do. Love the new little ones and mum. 💜
seeing them all cozy and warm and dry after you bathed them made me almost cry. I am so glad there are people like you out there.
Oh such tiny woes and huge opinions! Lol. Thank you for helping this tiny family!
Those tiny baby mews are so sweet!
I use to foster the tiny babies. It's a lot of work but I loved it. You are right people need to be educated about cats.
So hard! Good job :)
I use Dawn on my dogs and cats. After you rinse the Dawn, apply a small amount of conditioner and then comb and rinse. That little tip helped me bunches, especially since one of my dogs is a Husky. Also, using a washcloth to kinda rub the soap in also helps to remove the fleas. Thanks for helping these babies, I know it is time consuming, but you are doing something awesome ❤
Goodness gracious those tiny meows and little lion faces!! Adorbs.
Bless your heart for taking care of these babies I have four of my own and they call me the crazy cat lady but I don't care I love my babies and it warms my heart to see people like you that really have a love for these little fur balls and take care of them
If you fill the sink with warm water after a good soaking with the Dawn, hold the kitten under except the head...the fleas should float off the kitten, no need to comb that much.
Usually they will end up crawling to drier skin...some will pop off, but most will just crawl up./
@Linda Nitzschke We used to have an "outdoor cat" when I was a kid because my mom hates animals, or rather, she doesn't want to live with them. However, we started spending our allowance on cat treats for an orange stray and he just adopted us! He was kept outside most of the time, until he was old, then my parents didn't kick him out if he didn't want to go out. I was away at college by then and I was very angry that my parents had to euthanize him and didn't let me come say "goodbye." Am STILL mad at them for that, but they said he was sick and weak it was pitiful to see how he wasn't eating or drinking.
We had great neighbors who loved him too and if it was a cold day in winter, he would go next door and meow to be let in. They'd let him in during those cold winter days, or we would keep him inside and he also could get inside the neighbors garage. In the summer he would sleep in the garage at night, so he wouldn't get into fights with other cats. Every fall, after the third night of frost, we would take him to the vet to be "dipped" in a flea bath before letting him in the house for the winter. We never had a flea problem, or a mice problem. If he was in the basement for the night, and someone entered the kitchen, he would sit at the basement door, pitifully crying to be let upstairs. It was hard to hear, but when the person left the kitchen he would stop.
One time he was crying strangely at the basement door and so we let him up, and he came running up the last few steps and dropped a live mouse at my mom's feet! It was hilarious! It ran under the dishwasher, but he was bringing us dinner in his eyes, so proud! Sadly, he also murdered quite a few bunnies and birds in spring, and we had to put bells on his collar to give the bunnies and birds half a chance. He also would get up on top of the garage and try to stick him paws under the overhang where we had a birdhouse. He couldn't reach them though and would sit above them for hours!
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@@megamegaO I know your comment is years old but just wanted to point out that dawn soap will kill the fleas. So that's why this person said "after a good soaking with the dawn" bc the fleas will be dead and therefore cannot crawl upwards to dry skin. Most groomers recommend a thick ring of dawn around the neck to prevent the fleas from reaching the face.
You are an angel for taking care of these kittens!! Thank you. 😻😻😻
I love what you do for the kittens/cats❤️
WOW. So much work and loving care is involved. Thank you for sharing this!!!!
I love to see you working with the babies. You are so kind with such a generous heart! Thank you for sharing your work with us! Keep up the good work, Melissa, I hope that you inspire others to help. I know you inspire me. Much love sent to you and your family and the fosters you Help! 💚💚💚💚🐾🐾
Aww!!! Thank you so much!!! :)
Cream tabbies! Ash is so sweet~
Thank you for helping these fragile babies. If you have something you haven't come across before Hannah Shaw, The Kitten Lady, has a TH-cam channel the covers almost everything you could see. AWESOME resource. Thanks again for helping them!
I'm glad their are people out there like you thank you for caring for those sweet babies
Adorable little furbaby. I wish my building manager would allow us tenants to have cats and dogs. I love kitties. 🐱🐈❤❤❤
You’re so kind, thank u very much!
Bless you for taking care of all these sweet little fur babies & the mama . We recently found a kitten about 3 weeks old covered in dirt and fleas everywhere . I had to do the Dawn bath and the flea comb and it is so hard to get those little blood suckers off!!!! I only had to do it on 1 baby so I know how hard it had to be to do 4!!! You are an AMAZING PERSON for taking care of these beautiful creatures!
My kitty Audrey was jumping up to the computer and trying to find the kittens when they cried. They're so cute!
You did an awesome job! I rescue as well. Buff Tabby boys are some of my favs too! My boy, Isaac, is buff. He's my sweet boy, 8 years old. Keep it up!
God bless you for taking care of these darling kitties.
Awwwww. Thank goodness they were found so you could help them. All those yawns and stretches after their baths. :)
Glad Lucy got her dog back, & that they will be happy together. 🐶🐶
When I saw these kittens, I didn't even think they were buff orange, because they were so dirty. Poor babies! Especially the one with the swollen eyes. I hope they got better.
They are doing great now thank
You :)
That''s so cool you saved those cutie kitties. I recently saved one that was stuck in a wall for a couple days in the neighbor lady friends house. I had to crawl into the attic in the tightest little spot and heard it was down below inside the two by fours and wall with only a foot of room across. I then cut it out of the wall and i immediately was glad i used the shorter blade but faster saw of the skill saw or i'd of cut the sucker forsure. Anyways her name is now Wally girl,haha. Man she was dirty and has flees always. Sucks because i tried coconut oil and that seems to work but it's hard to maintain and keeps them kinda cold. Tried the dish soap as well as i just washed them with flee soap. They have like hundreds it's so gross. Also found another black and white one meow meowing one night in the same lady's back yard. I went over and it was stuck hiding in a chair with it's eyes completely shut . I tried for a week different things and nothing really worked well and it kept gooping back up. They said it was feline pink eye. I remember my adopted mom once telling me you can use triple antibiotic ointment on stuff like that. The dollar stores often carry them as well as dollar bell or 99 cent store. Put some of that and the next day it was way better and looked to be working. Did it for three days and it's been gone ever sense. Anyways if anyone's got a great way to kill most these damn flees i'd be grateful. I don't like those goups or pills because i heard they are poison and heard cats dying after having them and the collars sometimes though it could be wrong i guess.
How old are they? Once they are 8 weeks they can have cheristin or revolution. Don’t use any others though. They do have bad effects. I’m so happy you rescued those babies!!! Wonderful job!!
Bless your heart taking care of those kitties.
huh this was posted on my birthday ^^ neat. my cat was in the room with me while watching this and she's darting around my room looking for the baby crying xD it's so cute how motherly she is
A hint: try not to wet their ears or get water in their ears, either they can get an ear infection. Also, maybe using your sink as a bath may be easier and less stressfull for the kittens :) And you get wrap them in a warm towel to keep them warm, it helps too ^^ And as soon as the mom slowly blinked at you, I knew everything will be ok :) This means she trusts you
They make snugglesafe covers that keep it from burning the kitties, add it to your wishlist on amazon :)
Ty i will get one of those.
I wish you all the best of the good things in life to be yours all the times thank you for taking care of the kitten
You are absolutely right about the Dawn. I had found a litter of kittens a few months back. I wanted to take care of them, but they needed bathing. So I called the local animal shelter. And the people told me Dawn was the best thing for them. May have dry skin for a few days but it was safest for the kittens. So I trusted the professionals. And the kittens were happy to be clean and inside.
That’s Awesome way to go! I’m proud of you, it’s hard work
These little beauties are calling for their mama - but thank God they now have a wonderful human mother to love them and care for them! God Bless you and thank you for all that you do for animals 💕
OH DE SWEET LIDDLE FUZZEEES!!! Mama cat approves of the great job you did for her babies!!!
They looked so much better after the bath
You are such a hero....the one with the crusty eyes looked like it really needed that
Kittens meow are so adorable.🐈😻❤
You girls r both great an know she much about the babies. It's such a pleasure to watch the 2 of you. Animal activist r so proud of you!
I'm so grateful that they have you!!
Awww Casper was just comforting her he so sweet
They look like a tiny little lion pride.
The momma slow blinked at you saying thank you!
Just clicked this video on n the kitten soothing the mother cat was SO precious omg 🤗
Aww thank you!
I have so much respect for you, caring for these poor babies with such tenderness.
That’s so cute. I mean adorable. My cat is watching with curiousness right now. 😂
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So nice to see the momma cat and the kittens so clean ,and comfy.
You are so sweet to these kittens. Thank you
Aww thanks for saying that :) We have another group of kittens right now. These were quite a while ago :)
God bless you girl!
I love the way you handle the kittens, so gentle
You are so amazing.....thank you for your love and kindness😽
Baths are very traumatic for cats..kittens especially. You should massage unrefined coconut oil all through their fur. It kills fleas in seconds, repels any that may be around, soothes their skin/flea bites, conditions their coat, isn't harmful to their eyes, isn't traumatizing, and they like the taste so they will clean themselves as they lick it. Start at the top of the head and work back towards the neck, chin...mouth...around ears then keep working your way back. Even adult cats are fairly easy to do this way. I've done it countless times.
I am really love this video, it is so cute and also really adorable, thanks for take care of them, you are doing a really great job, it is really important to give them a bath especially they have infest with flea and show us how to care for them when the cat have flea, thank you for post and share this video, really great they get rescue and hope they can find forever home as well and good luck to this mother cat and her kittens!
You're such a good foster mother! Ash was waaaaay too cute at the end!
I loved when that kitten was tapping the mother cat on the head. So sweet.
Mama is so cute playing with her strawberry.So so adorable.❤❤