Sentences with phrase «flea excrement»
"Flea excrement" refers to the waste or poop produced by fleas, which are tiny parasitic insects that feed on the blood of animals. Full definition
You can try to find traces of flea excrement on your dog body.
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Also, you can look for flea excrements which look like black pepper flakes.
They will look for the presence of the fleas themselves and flea excrement which is small dark pellets called flea dirt.
We won't go into the details of why, but it has to do with flea excrement that contains your hound's blood.
If you suspect your puppy is harboring unwanted guests, wash her in a bathtub and rub your hands up and down her coat to look for flea «dirt,» dark dots that are actually flea excrement.
Larvae rely on adult flea excrement for nutrition, so this is a good reason to keep suspected areas where there might be fleas clean.
If you do this over a clean white surface such as a large piece of white paper, any fleas or «flea dirts» (flea excrement consisting of digested blood) will be deposited onto the surface.
On a routine visit, my vet found a single flea excrement in her comb and insisted on applying Advocate (Bayer pharma).
If flea excrement is not found on the dog's body, an intradermal skin test can be done.
Humans can be infected by cats via scratching or biting, or by coming in contact with fleas or flea dirt, which are small pellets of flea excrement.
When you notice this flea excrement, or flea dust, there are fleas someplace on your cat.
The fur also helps to create the appropriate microclimate for flea eggs to develop into adults, and hides the flea excrement (AKA flea dirt).
This is flea excrement, and even if you don't see fleas, this is a sign that they are present.
The eggs that are laid by females fall off the cat or dog into the environment along with «flea dirts» (flea excrement).
You might see fleas, eggs, or dark specks of «flea dirt» (flea excrement).
Flea dirt resembles black dirt or flecks of pepper, but it's actually a mixture of flea excrement and digested blood.
However, if the flecks are flea excrement, they will turn red in about 60 seconds because they contain dried blood and will be rehydrated by water.
However, flea excrement or flea «dirt» may be found on the dog's body upon careful examination.