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1. Treating Fleas on Pets Fleas are common parasite, found in almost allregions of the world. Dogs and cats mainly get infested with fleas during contact with other animals or contact with the fleas infested environment. Fleas can be a problem for your pets throughout the year because they survive even in cold climates by living warm body of pets, wild animalsand even in warm buildings. Flea populations usually grow majorly 5 to 6 weeks after warm weather starts. That is why it is important for pet owners to take special care to prevent flea during spring and early months of summer.

2. If your pet is infested with fleas, your pet may become very nervous, irritated, lose patches of hair or will scratch excessively. Fleas can cause severe itching and skin diseases. Another reason why fleas must be treated is that they can carry and spread some serious diseaseslike tapeworms, murine typhus, Cat scratch disease (Bartonella) and the bubonic plague.

3. The Flea Life Cycle An Adult female flea usually lives for quite a few weeks on the pet. Through this time, she sucks the animal’s blood 2 to 3 times and lays 20 to 30 eggs each day making the egg count go up in hundreds. Understanding flea life cycle is important as it helps us treat both the host environmentinside and outside your houseso that you can fully control flea numbers. animal and the Flea life cycle comprises of 4 stages:

4. 1.Adult female flea lays eggs on a host. The eggs roll off fromthe host into the environment. 2.After a few daysthe egg develops into larvae where they have landed. Larvae survive by feeding onorganic debris, flea eggshells, flea faces, and other flea larvae. Larvae can crawl and move up to six inches per day. 3.After a few days when conditions are conducive, larvae advances into pupae stage. The Pupae have a very thick shell, is very resistant to environmental conditions, and can survive quite a long time. 4.Adult flea emerge from their cocoons when they detect heat, vibrations and exhaled carbon dioxide, all of which indicate that a host is nearby, they mature into adult fleas that hop on another host. Tips for Treating Fleas In Your Home Fleas thrive in warm wet and humid regions. To prevent flea infestation from harming your pets, it is important to know where fleas live in your home.

5. Know Where to Look For Fleas: Though fleas are small but they are visible to human eyes as tiny black spots. Indoors fleas typically found in areas frequented by your pet that includes: Pet Bedding Throw Rugs Along the walls Yard It is also important to consider your yard in outdoor space. Flea larvae develop in shaded, humid areas. Outdoors fleas typically found in areas that include: Sheds Under and around tree or bushes Areas with high grass Weeds Debris Places visited by other animals such as raccoons, squirrels or deer.

6. Don’t forget to check your pet! Fleas like to up close and personal to have their blood meal. These parasites can find anywhere on your pet’s body. The main pet body parts where Fleas are often found are: Armpits Groin Belly Base of the tail Ears Run a comb over your pet, ensuring the comb reaches the skin through the coat or place a white paper towel under your pet and brush your hands through its fur. If black specks are on the comb or on the towel, they might be flea dirt. If fleas are on the comb or the paper towel, make sure you drown them into a bowl of soapy water before fleas can get away or jump back on your pet.

7. Steps to Terminate Fleas Once you discover fleas, it’s time for action. Follow these 3 steps: 1. Treat Your Pet Fleas at any stages can be killed by drowning them in soapy water. Therefore, start the treatment by bathing your pet in soapy water. Soap loosens flea hold onto your pet hair and they fall into the water and sink eventually.

8. After bath comb your pet with a flea comb to catch any live flea and drown them in soapy water. Make sure you drown the pet hairs on the comb before combing back the pet again. Prefer doing this outdoors to prevent fleas falling all over the floor. But if you have to do inside, make sure you lay down use and throw cloth or paper towel and later vacuum the spot. Repeatedly comb all hair parts of your pet till it can tolerate it.

9. Apply veterinarian recommended anti flea products for your pet to prevent. If you are applying something of your own choice, ensure it is a compliant product. Keep your pet indoors as much as you can for the next 30 days to avoid re-infestation. If a pet has to go out, keep your pet away from sandy patches, long grasses or fallen leaves. 2. Treat Yourself Flea lives on warm-blooded hosts, including humans.Following tips might help you: Bathe regularly. Wear clean clothes. Apply citrus or other essential oils on your legs and feet. Don’t let kids crawl on floors and outdoors without proper clothing.

10. Spray your socks, trousers and ankles with DEET-containing mosquito spray. Practice this until you are sure the fleas have been terminated. 3. Treat Your Home Wash all rugs, beddings (including your pet bedding) and clothes in contact with your pets in hot soapy water. Vacuum your smooth floors, upholstery, carpets, furnishings and rugs repeatedly until there are no signs of fleas.

11. If your house is carpeted from one end to the other, vacuuming might not help. Brush your entire carpet, rug and upholstered furniture with either borax or food grade diatomaceous earth and don’t vacuum for a week or so. This will kill the left over flea at different stages. Repeat twice or thrice depending on the level of infestation. Mow the grass in your lawn and flood it with water to kill the flea repeat it for some days. Use flea control products (natural or chemical) in your lawn and yard to kill the flea at any stage.

12. Preventing future infestations of Fleas: To ensure that the fleas don’t take over your home again, it is important to regularly wash your pet and both pet and human bedding, sweep floor and vacuum carpets. Vacuuming removes up to 30% of flea larvae and up to 60% of flea eggs. Keep your yard flea free remove debris and weeds, and keep the lawn mowed to expose the flea environment. Spray the grass with water until the yard is slightly flooded. This will kill flea eggs and larvae. Consider using a chemical or natural flea control products to treat your yard and prevent fleas from coming back.

13. Regularly check your pet with a flea comb, use a flea Shampoo and talk to your veterinarian if you find fleas on your pet. The best way to keep fleas off your pet is to use year round flea-tick preventative, ask your veterinarian which treatment is best for your pet and your lifestyle. Your veterinarian can also guide you better with a flea control program based on the kind of pet you own and the intensity of flea infestation. Contact your veterinarian to know more about the treatment options suitable for your pet.