How to do when cats have lice

Lice in cats may be spread by people or by other mammals such as dogs and cats. To prevent and treat lice on cats, it is necessary to take both extermination measures and to eliminate or cut off the source of transmission. Treatment steps 1. If there are more lice on the cat, the cat’s hair can be shaved in order to facilitate the extermination of lice, which is also conducive to the complete extermination of lice. The shaved hair should be treated to prevent the spread of lice, burning, boiling water, insecticide extermination can be done. It should be noted that the practice of shaving the cat can only be done in the warm season, the weather will be cold or cold conditions must not do so. 2. lice are blood-sucking parasites, so you can use the blood medicine to kill the method. Veterinary ivermectin can kill many mammals through the blood and blood-sucking parasites on the body surface, you can take your cat to the veterinary hospital to inject ivermectin injection, which can kill lice most quickly; if the injection is not convenient, go to the veterinary store to buy veterinary ivermectin products, mixed in food and fed to the cat to eat, usually fed once or twice. 3. 4. If the cat is not used to bathing, you can buy anti-lice spray, generally available in veterinary stores or pet supply stores. Cats may not be used to the smell of the spray and may run away, so keep them locked up or on a leash when applying the medicine. Note that the cat should not be sprayed in the eyes, the spray can be sprayed around the eyes, but also can play a fumigating effect. Some aerosol lice supplies can not kill the eggs, so after the first dose, should be used again on the ninth day. 5. Some places can not buy or not convenient to buy special animal lice products, so you can also use the home cockroach and mosquitoes aerosol insecticide for lice. This insecticide basically does not work on the eggs, so pay attention to repeated medication to completely kill the lice. 6. cat litter and toys and other supplies and rooms where cats live, also disinfection and insecticide to kill the lice attached to objects. If it is convenient to spray the liquid, use a low-toxicity broad-spectrum insecticide such as Chlorpyrifos with water to spray on the floor and wash various cat supplies. If it is not convenient to spray liquid, insist on spraying aerosol insecticide once a day for about ten days to completely exterminate lice. 7. To prevent cats from re-growing lice, cut off the source of transmission. Cats are likely to be infected with lice from other dogs and cats, so persuade neighbors to exterminate lice on their pets, and if others are indifferent, take steps to restrict your own cat to prevent it from coming into contact with those pets that have lice. Note 1. cats have the habit of licking their fur, therefore, when externally used to exterminate lice, be sure to use a low-toxicity insecticide, do not use highly toxic drugs on cats to exterminate lice, otherwise, it will poison the cat. 2. when using topical drugs on cats, cats may resist and are likely to scratch people, so that people have to be vaccinated against rabies. For the safety of cats, but also for the safety of personnel, conditions permitting, it is recommended to use internal drugs to exterminate lice.