Kittens

[MROO]

Kittens can die because of flea bite anemia, and it's fine to bathe them, fast, in a flea shampoo, dry with a hair dryer, and comb them out with a flea comb. I've done ten day old kittens that way. Speed is the thing, warm water, and fast drying. The fleas must be killed, so then combing them out is necessary, because all the fleas won't be dead.
Also have seen puppies and kittens as young as ten days of age dying of hookworm infections, especially before good monthly heartworm meds for dogs. Those babies got treated for hookworms too.
Mary

YES! X100!
I've bathed young kittens, too - and in this heat, they should be fine, as long as they are quickly and thoroughly dried.

 

[chickenenthusiasts5698]

Put a couple of drops of Dawn in your comb-dipping water. That'll take the fleas off the comb and kill them, too. If you get in the habit of combing the babies daily, the fleas will disappear ... and the kittens will be so stinkin' spoiled that you won't have any problems at all finding homes for them ... if you can bear to part with them!
Please, Please, PLEASE, make sure all four get spayed or neutered ... including Mom. As cute as kittens always are, and as easy as it can be to find homes for wonderfully spoiled babies, every kitten (or puppy) we bring into the world takes a home away from one that is already here!

All of our cats are spayed/neutered but she just showed up (I think she was dumped) We plan on spaying her.

 

[chickenenthusiasts5698]

There needs to be a diagnosis, and then best treatment options can be sorted out.
Mary

I haven’t seen worms and I definitely haven’t seen the in mamas poop.

 

[orloffer]

I've done this a lot with 15 cats of my own.

That is a lot of cats!

Good luck with the mama cat and kittens, chickenenthusiasts5698! The pictures are adorable!

 

[MROO]

I haven’t seen worms and I definitely haven’t seen the in mamas poop.

Mama can be done when you routinely do the rest of your cats (it's that season again!) Whoever gets the babies will need to take them to a vet, anyway, so they can start the deworming under a vet's supervision. Everybody wins ... especially the kitties!

 

[casportpony]

I've given a blood transfusion more than once to kittens failing because of those fleas!!!
Mary

I've paid for a few of those, lol.

 

[EverythingDucks]

Are you going to keep them all? They share are cute, and the mama has a beautiful coat.
I don't know a lot about cats, I've only had dogs but I would take them all to the vet and be sure they're all healthy. My dog had worms and it was not fun, so getting them checked sooner than later is best.

 

[casportpony]

I've paid for a few of those, lol.

I thought maybe I should explain why I've paid for a few... The boarding stable I used to keep horses at was the dumping ground for unwanted cats, which were usually not spayed or neutered. Some of the boarders set out to get all of them spayed and neutered, but some managed to slip through the cracks. Many of these kittens and cats would become sick with fleas, worms, and respiratory disease, so a few of us saw to it that they got the veterinary care they needed.

 

[Cheeki]

I haven’t seen worms and I definitely haven’t seen the in mamas poop.

You won't see them all the time. I'd worm her to be safe. The kittens can be wormed at 8 weeks according to their weight. I had to worm a kitten I hand raised from birth at two weeks but that's only done in an emergency.
Here's my Leona

 

[Cheeki]

Be careful with what medications you give cats. They react differently than dogs. Their systems aren't set up for certain types of drugs. I always try to make sure anything I give my cats is formulated especially for cats.