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Introducing the Flea!

In cats and dogs, fleas are perhaps the most(black) and flea eggs (white) and their
common external parasite problem encounteredpresence means that there are fleas on your
by pet owners. They have been around for apet - even if you can't see any!It doesn't
very long time and know a thing or two aboutautomatically follow however that getting rid
species survival so getting rid of a fleaof the fleas will sort out the hair loss
problem  is  never  easy.problem. Alas, it is often more complicated
than that but reducing the flea load will
Keep the following in mind when tacklingalways be beneficial to a scratching
fleas on your cat or dog.They are anpet.Fleas, signs of fleas, or a skin reaction
environmental problem, not a pet problem.to fleas may be present on a single e.g. dog
Yes, you will see the fleas on your pet, butin your household, while your other dogs look
those you see are a very small proportion offine. You cannot only treat the affected
the total flea population in your petsanimal to get rid of the fleas. You must
environment(approx 1% visible to you vs 99%treat all the dogs (and cats) in the
hidden in the environment!). The implicationhousehold AND the environment or you are
of this is that you cannot hope to beat agoing to lose the battle.Very young animals
flea problem by only treating the pet - youcan literally be sucked (almost) dry of blood
have to include the environment in yourif they have a very heavy flea burden. This
plans.Fleas need blood meals to survive andcan obviously be life threatening on its own,
breed. They are also photophobic (don't likeand is often made worse by a concurrent worm
bright sunlight). So that patch of sand ininfestation.What do you use to treat for
the middle of your garden 20m from the dogsfleas? By now I hope you realise there is
kennel is unlikely to be the source of yourmore to this than simply buying a flea
flea problem.Fleas like warm, humid areas outcollar!There are a wide range of products
of direct sunlight.Dogs and cats are theavailable for treating both pets and the
preferred host for the normal pet fleaenvironment. Remember though that the
(C.felis). If you have pets but find fleasformulations for dogs are usually different
jumping onto you for a blood meal then youto those for cats - either in terms of the
have a huge infestation on your hands.Theactive ingredient or the dosage. Make sure
exception to this observation is if you moveyou consult your Veterinarian to establish
into somewhere that has not been occupied forwhat is safe for your pet - cats can be
a while then newly hatched fleas will jump onparticularly susceptible to some of the
anything to get a blood meal.One should notchemicals used to control fleas.Whatever you
stop the "anti-flea" drive over winter. As ituse to treat the environment, it is best to
gets cooler, the flea lifecycle takes longerstart with a thorough mechanical cleaning
to complete and the presence of fleas may bebefore you apply any sort of chemical.
less obvious. However, the lifecycle rarelyVacuuming, using only a nozzle to ensure good
stops altogether, even in very cold climatessuction into carpet pile and cracks between
because then the pets are often inside thefloor boards, will remove a significant
house with central heating. Hmm, letsnumber of the non mobile flea eggs and pupae
see...warm,constant humidity, out of directpresent in the environment. Outside, remove
sunlight - yes, ideal conditions for fleamoist and rotting vegetation, cut the grass
survival.You might not actually see any realshort and try to expose damp, shady areas to
live fleas on your pet (this is particularlyas much sunlight as possible.Natural flea
true of cats because they groom sorepellants are available but, as with the
frequently). But your pet may still have aother anti-flea formulations, don't expect
flea problem. If your dog or cat isthem to work miracles all by themselves.
scratching a lot and has some hair loss,fleas have been around a long time - several
especially just above the tail on the lowermillion years in fact - so they know how to
back, then look for little black and/or whitesurvive as a species. Your best efforts will
grains in the coat. These are flea faecesbe needed to keep them under control!



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