Fleas

No, cat fleas and dog fleas are two different species.
Cat fleas can also affect dogs, but dog fleas do not affect cats.

Cat Flea: Ctenocephalides Felis

Dog Flea: Ctenocephalides canis

Fleas from a dog can jump onto any part of a person that is close enough for the flea to make the jump, so yes they could jump onto your head where they will find a home in your hair. You will then have a flea infestation in your hair. It is very easy for this to happen. If this happens there are special powders or shampoos to git rid of the fleas.

Yes, fleas do pop sometimes when you squeeze them.

No, you need to use a treatment supplied by a vet - and please understand if you sea a flea on an animal that is only a female feeding, the majority of the flea population is actually in the animals beading. Therefore it is no use just treating the animal you have to treat you house and the animals beading too.....a vacuum cleaner is the best defence against fleas - hoover and clean daily and wash/replace the animals beading regularly.

Yes. and for quite a while. you will probably notice small bites on your ankles and legs. use a fogger. it will do the job.

a flea can jump 20 times its length!

Orkin bases the cost of flea treatment on the severity of an infestation. Contact a local Orkin Branch to set up an inspection. Each Orkin Branch quoted prices are calculated differently.

The eggs can last for ABOUT A YEAR without a host...any heat or movement near them can make them hatch....they NEED animal blood within 12 hours of hatching, but even though they bite humans, they cannot sustain on human blood. Water is one of the best defenses against adult fleas, bath your pet daily to eliminate the eggs, larvae & adults, spray bottles work well when you find stray fleas on you or your pet. If they cannot lay eggs you will eliminate the population. I have found that there are Flea Traps that entice them to hatch & go to a small light bulb, then are caught on sticky paper..these work GREAT...I keep them in the basement, they make nice pathway light down there & if any eggs were missed, they hatch & go right for them....

about a year

No - the concentration for medication for dogs is pretty high since most dog breeds are not that sensitive to the side effects of pyrethrins. However, rabbits may be much more sensitive, so you would risk serious side effects or even death to use dog flea powder on a rabbit.

three things eat fleas, ants, spiders, and BLACK GROUND BEETLES.

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Fleas don't usually live in human hair but they sure do bite. So if you're living with a cat who has fleas be ready to wake up in the morning with red bite marks all over your skin. Sometimes fleas do live in human hair but as soon as they find an animal body they go there. Fleas produce 50 eggs a day and these eggs get into the carpets and floorboards and can hatch up to 13 years later ! So there are plenty of fleas to come on to humans too.

Well my cat had fleas about a two months ago and I was very surprised at the amount of flea and tick killers there where around the place. If you look in pet stores or even a supermarket you should find a range of different sprays and powders to kill them. You will probably need to repeat spraying several times because they will just keep growing and laying eggs.

The best approach is prevention. The best long-term preventive is an insect growth regulator called Precor. This flea hormone will cause sterility in the offspring of any flea that touches it, so spray it every four months on your carpets, hardwood floors, and upholstery (but never on your animals!).

I don't suggest you do this, because it is harming life, and you wouldn't like it if it was done to you.

Anyway, you probably can if you keep it in a dome, although this may be death from starvation or dehydration, not necessarily suffocation.

to answer above^:Then please come on down and take all of our fleas no really take them all then.

Harming life? FLEAS harm life (disease carriers) Im using a mixture of food grade diatomaceous earth, salt, boric acid, and sulfur

In general, no - dogs are notorious for licking at itchy spots on their skin, so you would risk intoxication through ingestion of the spray vehicle. Also, dog skin is very different from human skin (in addition to the dense fur, dog skin is generally thicker and less able to absorb materials through it), so Benadryl spray may have a different effect on your dog than it would on you.

There are tons of resources online to help you out with this problem. Wood floors can be so nice but can also sometimes be a pain to maintain. Take a look at some of the following links and also google your questions. I did for you and tons of sites came up. I linked them for you below. Sometimes you can fix such problems yourself and sometimes a professional would be best. Good luck with your repairs. Home improvement projects can be fun.

so they can live and production on the cat or dog and cause they can live no where else.

Just a few weeks ago I was wondering this!
We asked a vet about this and these are the answers he gave us:


They could travel on your clothes,
If you have previously had fleas they can hibernate for 2 years without needing to feed on the cat,
They could have them from a pet shop,
Someone visiting your house could bring them in on shoes,clothes or briefcases.

sometimes it can not always

Fleas hate peppermint!! If you have a dog and it has fleas, go to the pet store and ask for peppermint dog (or cat) shampoo!! It really works!

Hope that helped! :)

Fleas also hate the smell of vinegar. Mix up a spray bottle with vinegar and water and spray on your pets to help get rid of fleas. Its a nice safe natural way to treat fleas.

Flea season usually runs from early spring until December depending upon the weather. Once the warmer days of spring are here the fleas begin to hatch and infest our Pets and living areas. I usually suggest to begin flea prevention in February.

As trading got more popular more animals where traded rats would be infected with flees as to other animals they were infected also when the animals where killed or, the rats died from the flees they began to host on humans causing many people to die over the time period of The Black Death!

No. The rats didn't pass the plague to the fleas. The fleas gave it to the rats. If you look it up on a history website then it will be likely that this is the way round it goes. This is the right answer so do take notice of it!! :)