Do animal fleas feed off humans?

Answer 1

From a can of DEEP WOODS OFF!: "Provides long-lasting protection from mosquitoes, ticks (including ticks that carry Lyme disease) and biting flies: stable flies, black flies, and sand flies. Also repels chiggers, fleas, gnats, no-see-ums from treated skin or clothing." So yes.

Answer 2

A bit of baby oil rubbed on your skin helps keeps fleas from being able to crawl on you and prevents them from being able to bite you due to the oil making your skin slicker. It also makes your skin soft and healthy looking as a plus!

Answer 3

Animal fleas are all different. There all flees for dogs, cat, rabbit, etc. If your pet has fleas, then your house will most likely have them. Fleas don't live on a human but will jump onto any "warm body" and bite them, and then leave.

If you do have fleas in your house you may want to go to a local store and buy a flea bomb. This is something that gives off a fog through your household and kills the fleas instantly (but not the eggs). It does work but when you set it off, all humans, animals, and pet birds MUST leave house for a couple hours and you might need to set off a second one because of the new hatchings.

Frontline Plus is a highly recommended topical application (a medication that is put on the skin at the back of the neck). It has always worked on my pets and recently my new kittens just got fleas and I put that on and after maybe a week they were all dead.

Frontline also makes a product that kills fleas AND will kill internal worms at the same time. When animals bite an itchy area, the animal often ingests (swallows) a flea. In the intestinal tract, the once-flea (or egg) hatches into a tape worm. Wormy cats and dogs often have very plump bellies, at least at first. So, if your animal has fleas, the chances are extremely high that the animal also has worms. Both need treated at the same time.

Additionally, if your animal has fleas, your household items may harbor flea eggs. It is best to wash all sheets, blankets, pillow cases, washable fabric toys, etc. Hot water and a warm to hot dryer will kill any mature fleas and unhatched eggs. Also vacuum well. BUT after you finish, remove the vac bag immediately and take it to the garbage outside. Eggs can hatch in the bag and find a small opening, escape the bag, find a warm body in the house---and start the flea problem all over again!

NOTE: Any indoor animal that goes outside has most definitely contaminated the yard also. Fleas or eggs drop into the soil. Eggs can reside in grass and soil and when they sense a warm body (the animal, a small child, or adult's legs), the young flea will jump on the warm body to feed. So you must treat your yard, *even if the incident occurred in winter*.

Answer 4

Common chemical flea repellants for use on humans are deet and permethrin spray. Natural sprays can be made by diluting essential oils including eucalyptus, lavender, rosewood, citrus, peppermint and tea tree oils.

Answer 5

Well my cat had fleas a while ago and i am very prone to insect bites so i got covered in bites. If you look in supermarkets, pet-shops and chemists you should find flea or insect repellents. If you apply these regularly then the fleas should stay of, of you.

Answer 6

honestly, there is a reason why people created bug spray. and I honestly never had a tick ON my skin before but I know that bug spray does a pretty good job of keeping ticks and other insects away for the most part.