Only just seen this.
During my years doing rescue I have been unlucky enough to come across kittens who have died as a result of flea anaemia, unless treated properly your kittens are at grave risk.Your queen will also be riddled with tapeworm and therefore not providing proper nutrients for herself and babies. Take them to a vet for treatment without delay.
As has been mentioned your house will need treatment maybe your vet would be kind enough to house mum and babies during short time this will take.
Vet can also advise you on subsequent treatments and worming which should commence when kittens are between 3 and 4 weeks.
There is excellent advive to be found on Purrs but it is not a substitute for a vet.
I apologise if this sounds harsh, its not meant to ( I am currently grieving) however this is very serious.
It's not harsh at all Teresa, in fact, I had full intention of going to the vet in the first place - I just wanted to see if I could get some quick advice in the mean time.
Spoke to the vet receptionist yesterday about making an appointment, what the problem was, do they have tape-worm etc.
She spoke to the vet and called me back. She told me that we need not bring the kittens and Jazzie in - even though I asked twice to make an appointment.
I think the concern was the difficulty of bringing in all 5 kittens + Jazzie. Anyway - the vet said to use frontline spray, and got some in for us. She also said to use it on 'mum' and for ease of use, apply it with a cloth if it's too hard to spray on.
I asked again about worms. She said that Jazzie is actually due for another 'worming', and the kittens were due for one now, as they are 2 weeks old. Again, she said not to bring them in, but to pick up the medication tomorrow, before 12pm.
I forget the name of what she said it was - I think it is pancur. One for kitties, one for Jazzie. It's a paste with graduated doses.
So, thanks for your help everyone, and I'm glad you told me about the worm issues.
And sorry Angie - I would have purchased from you, but I wanted it quickly.
I'm actually very impressed with the vet - she could have quite easily have told me to come in and spend £30+ for the visit plus whatever else for administering. But, she actually offered to talk to the vet and ring back, twice.
Thanks again everyone. I'll have to think of a way to treat the house. Perhaps a family member can cat-sit for a couple of days.
For treating the house, is using the smoke bombs the best way?
