Flea Control
Firstly, just for interest;
A few flea facts
- The most common flea is the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis).
- Most flea bites are rarely felt, it is the reaction to the fleas saliva that causes discomfort.
- If your pet is allergic to flea saliva, one or two flea bites can cause a severe reaction.
- Bubonic plague is transmitted by fleas.
- Fleas carry the tapeworm dipylidium caninum.
- Dipylidium caninum can infect humans.
- Fleas can jump upto 7 inches vertically and 13 inches horizontally.
- The equivalent jump for a human would be 250 feet vertically and 450 feet horizontally.
- The flea life cycle varies between 2 weeks and 7-8 months
- Fleas very rarely move from one animal to another. They prefer to spend their entire life on one host.
- Newly hatched fleas can start laying eggs in 24-36 hours.
- Female fleas usually outnumber male fleas 2:1
- Adult fleas die within 12 days if they haven’t fed.
- Fleas can carry diseases that affect your pets such as Myxomatosis, Yersinia Pestis, Rickettsia, Bartonella, Haempoplasma and potentially feline leukaemia virus infections.
