If there are enough
adult fleas in the home environment, then it is likely that you have flea eggs hiding out in tiny nooks and crannies where your pet hangs out.
Hundreds, potentially thousands of flea eggs, larvae, pupae and
adult fleas in your home & on your pets.
Not exact matches
Although not effective if
adult fleas keep finding their way
in to the
home, if you are just fighting the developing stages then it is very effective if you wish to use more natural
flea prevention methods.
Once there is a
flea infestation
in the
home, it's tough to bring it under control because the
adult fleas produce thousands of offspring.
Adult fleas represent just 5 % of the
fleas present
in an infested
home, whereas eggs represent 50 %.
For every
flea you find on your dog there are approximately 100 more
in various life stages
in your
home environment just waiting to become
adults and jump on to your pets or perhaps even you.
Even the «indoor - only» cat will need protection from
adult fleas hatching
in the
home environment.
Adults only represent 5 % of the problem
in your
home if you find
fleas on your pet!
Each of these stages come with their own risks — eggs fall into your carpets, upholstery and yards; larvae seek out dark areas
in your
home to hide; pupae grow
in cocoons for up to 9 days before emerging;
adult fleas jump onto your pet and bite!
When you and your pets are absent from
home for extended periods of time these
adult fleas remain
in the pupae because no host is available.
Most of these problems can be overcome by using an effective product on the cat to kill
adult fleas in addition to treating your
home.
This is important to remember because
adult fleas may emerge into the environment a considerable time after you apply insecticides
in your
home.
You may need to treat more than one time because immature
fleas in and around the
home will continue to develop into
adults that can reinfest your pet.
Flea control has always been a challenge for veterinarians and pet owners because the adult fleas cause the clinical signs, yet the majority of the flea population (eggs, larvae, and pupae) is to be found off the pet in and around the h
Flea control has always been a challenge for veterinarians and pet owners because the
adult fleas cause the clinical signs, yet the majority of the
flea population (eggs, larvae, and pupae) is to be found off the pet in and around the h
flea population (eggs, larvae, and pupae) is to be found off the pet
in and around the
home.
In addition, to guard against a repeat infestation of kitten
fleas you need to remove from your
home all the stages of the parasites, the eggs, larvae and pupae as well as the
adult flea.
If you find just one
adult flea in your pets fur, you are really looking at numerous hidden pupae, larva and hundreds of eggs which reside on your pet,
in your
home's carpeting and yard.
Remember that
adult fleas can love the nooks and crannies of your
home and might choose some of the warmer gaps to spawn their eggs — so get right
in amongst them with the steam.
This includes all the
adult fleas and
flea eggs on your cat,
in your cat's sleeping areas, and other locations
in your
home.
The only phase of the life cycle that lives on the pet is the
adult, this means that > 50 % of the
fleas are
in the environment of your
home.
Immature
fleas can remain dormant
in carpets, bedding, and other areas of your
home for a long time, and approximately only 5 % of the
flea population found
in a
home are
adult fleas.
Safely Rid Your Dog and
Home of Fleas Adult fleas can continue to reproduce and thrive on your dog and in your home until you break their life cy
Home of
Fleas Adult fleas can continue to reproduce and thrive on your dog and in your home until you break their life c
Fleas Adult fleas can continue to reproduce and thrive on your dog and in your home until you break their life c
fleas can continue to reproduce and thrive on your dog and
in your
home until you break their life cy
home until you break their life cycle.
During this time, pre-emerged
adult fleas are accumulating
in the
home, waiting for a host before they emerge.
Eventually the
adult fleas emerge to bite people or pets
in the
home.
Once you have an infestation
in your
home, that means that for every
adult flea you see, there are 20
fleas in pre-
adult stages as pupae, larvae and cocoons.
Vacuuming Vacuuming will allow you to collect the
flea eggs, larvae, and
adult fleas that are
in your
home.
You also have to remove the parasites,
in all their stages of development — eggs, larvae, pupae and
adult flea — from your
home.