You may think your pet is safe because you religiously follow a flea prevention routine and don't have
fleas in your home environment.
There are also a range of products available for killing
fleas in your home environment, powders, sprays etc..
Often more than one product is required to fight infestations of
fleas in your home environment.
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.
Not exact matches
These parasites are
in so many
environments that even pets that rarely leave the
home should be considered at potential risk for picking up
fleas, and to a lesser extent, ticks.
Exposure to pesticide residues that remain
in the
home environment from use of
flea control products.
Due to the life - cycle of the
flea (5 % on the animal, 95 %
in the carpets / flooring), it is very important to treat the
home environment as well.
In colder climates if your
home is centrally heated then this provides a particularly good
environment for
fleas to develop, this fact is easy to overlook.
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.
After the initial 12 hours are up, any
fleas in the
environment or your
home that jump on your dog are killed within 2 hours.
Some owners today feel that they would prefer to use
flea treatments that are natural and non-toxic, as they are concerned about the use of chemicals on their pet and
in their
home environment.
Even the «indoor - only» cat will need protection from adult
fleas hatching
in the
home environment.
If there are
fleas or ticks on your pet, they are
in your
environment (
home).
All cats are at risk of
flea infestation, but those at highest risk include cats that have access to outdoors, cats living with other pets that go outdoors, and cats
in multi-cat
homes or
environments.
However, with 95 % of
flea and egg larvae living
in your
environment rather than on your pet, it is equally if not more important to treat your
home too, otherwise the infestation will return time and time again.
This is important to remember because adult
fleas may emerge into the
environment a considerable time after you apply insecticides
in your
home.
Fleas can be acquired from an environment such as your grandmother's house, but these fleas have not had time to reproduce in your
Fleas can be acquired from an
environment such as your grandmother's house, but these
fleas have not had time to reproduce in your
fleas have not had time to reproduce
in your
home.
If your pet had
fleas when he came to us, there is a good chance that you have
fleas in the pet's
home environment that have re-infested him.
Controlling
fleas in your
home is
in your control but you can not do much for the outside
environment except keeping your dog
in your house or set a specific area for his outing, sports playing and other physical activities etc..
These parasites are
in so many
environments that even pets that rarely leave the
home should be considered at potential risk for picking up
fleas and / or ticks.
Since
fleas can lay eggs
in your carpets and furniture, you may have to treat your
home environment with a
flea treatment as well.
Wash blankets, vacuum floors and furniture, and treat your
home and yard with
flea killing spray to effectively eliminate
flea populations
in your
environment.
No matter how much you directly treat your cat for
fleas, if you don't treat her
environment and keep it clean, you won't be able to eliminate all the
fleas in your
home and on your cat.
Before Leo could stay
in a foster -
home environment, it was imperative that Leo be vetted beforehand, including vaccinations,
flea treatment and testing for FIV / FeLV.
If you can't find any signs of actual
fleas on your dog or
in your living
environment, or if you have done the full
flea eradication treatment on your dog and
home but your dog is still scratching excessively, it's time to ask your veterinarian for advice.
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.
In the average
home environment, the larval stage of cat
fleas typically lasts for 7 to 11 days.
Over time,
flea numbers
in home environments get reduced by 99 % when pets are treated with imidacloprid.
Flea eggs hatch into a larval stage which feeds on debris and organic matter and lives freely
in the
environment outdoors or
in your
home.
Other things to do to help rid your
home of
fleas include washing your pet's bedding and vacuuming often to help get rid of eggs and pupae
in the
environment.
Once
in your
home the
flea hops off of you and onto your cat who provides a better
environment (because of her higher body temperature.)
Treating the ENTIRE
environment when one has a
flea infestation is very important, as most of the
flea life cycle does occur
in the
home or yard.
Kill
fleas, ticks and mites on pets and
in their
environments Remove stains caused by urine, vomit, feces, and much more Remove odors from pets and around the
home Provide gentle and relaxing bathing experiences
Evaluation of the speed of kill, effects on reproduction, and effectiveness
in a simulated infested -
home environment of sarolaner (Simparica ™) against
fleas on dogs.