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Controlling Unwanted House Pests
If you have pets, fleas may be hitching a ride inside your home, so they can enjoy a more comfortable climate in the winter time. Fleas can reportedly jump very high so it's easy for a flea to jump on your dog or cat and come inside. With that in mind, you should check your pets regularly for signs of fleas.
When you check for fleas, look at the warmest parts of your pet, such as the underside where the back legs meet the body. Even if you don't find an actual flea, you may find evidence, such as eggs or "flea dirt." Fleas live off the blood of your pet and flea dirt is the partially digested blood they excrete.
It's easy to tell flea dirt from regular dirt. Just put some on a flat surface and add a drop of water. If the dirt turns red, you know it's flea dirt. Another thing to look for is flea eggs, which are white and about the size of a grain of salt.
If you find evidence of fleas on your pet, the fleas are in your house as well. Fleas start laying eggs within the first 48 hours of their first meal. They can lay 40 to 50 eggs per day, and a female flea can produce more than 2,000 eggs during her lifetime. Even though not every flea survives, this tremendous ability to reproduce means that you never have just a few fleas you have many.
To deal with a flea problem, you absolutely must treat every pet in your household. You need to treat the pets, the house, and the yard at the same time. If you don't, the fleas just multiply and relocate.
In the last few years, many advances have been made in flea treatments. Once you have the fleas under control, you'll probably be able to keep it that way; with all the new and
improved medications and shampoos on the market today. Frontline and Advantage are available from your veterinarian
These new products have been found to be very safe and effective. A healthy cat is a happy cat!
"A leopard is a form of dotted lion."
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