Thoroughly going over your dog's coat with a flea comb also allows you to remove other yuckies
like flea poop that you don't want hanging around in your dog's fur.
As for the dark stuff, we hate to break it to you, but once a flea has digested and passed the blood it consumes, it leaves small deposits of pepper powdery looking stuff behind, otherwise known
as flea poop.
It eliminates adult fleas as well as flea eggs, larvae, some pupae as well as the
disgusting flea poop scattered around your house
This may include jumping fleas themselves or
flea poop and eggs, which look like salt and pepper.
Cats become infected with Bartonella Henselae by a flea bite or flea dirt (
flea poop) getting into an open wound.
The veterinarian will examine the pet for live fleas, which may be seen jumping on the pet, or more likely for what is called «flea dirt» (
flea poop) on the pet.
This digested blood is
flea poop and it turns red when placed on a damp cloth.
and put the Possible Flea Dirt (
flea poop) in the wet area... It it turns RED... it IS Flea Dirt...
Also: I do not see any jumping on furniture or anywhere so I don't feel like I am infested, just seem to be finding a lot of signs............ dead adult fleas (from spraying)
flea poop and eggs
The black stuff is
the flea poop (flea dirt).