Cat Fleas, Dog Fleas
When fleas make your home their home there is only one way to eradicate them completely and that is by using a pesticidal treatment strong enough to kill them. These pesticides require a certificate to purchase and use.
I am trained in the safe use and safe storage of pesticides for eradicating fleas and carpet moths/beetles and can treat your home for flea, moth and beetle problems.
What Do Fleas Look Like?
The bodies of fleas are thin and flat, allowing for easy movement through an animal’s fur. Their bodies are also covered in hair that serves to root them to the host.
Fleas are commonly visible moving in infested pet’s fur. Their presence may be marked by reddened skin.
Interestingly cat fleas require an enzyme in cats blood in order to reproduce, although they can feed from human blood they cannot reproduce with out the enzyme found in cat blood. The same is true of dog fleas, they must feed from dogs blood to be able toreproduce.
I am trained in the safe use and safe storage of pesticides for eradicating fleas and carpet moths/beetles and can treat your home for flea, moth and beetle problems.
What Do Fleas Look Like?
- length – adult fleas are approximately 2.5 mm long
- color – dark in color, ranging from brown to reddish brown
- body – thin & flat with hair
- mouthparts – adults have mouthparts which are used to extract the host’s blood
- legs – six long legs
- no wings – fleas are wingless
- jump – capable of jumping large distances from host to host
The bodies of fleas are thin and flat, allowing for easy movement through an animal’s fur. Their bodies are also covered in hair that serves to root them to the host.
Fleas are commonly visible moving in infested pet’s fur. Their presence may be marked by reddened skin.
Interestingly cat fleas require an enzyme in cats blood in order to reproduce, although they can feed from human blood they cannot reproduce with out the enzyme found in cat blood. The same is true of dog fleas, they must feed from dogs blood to be able toreproduce.