Fleas
Crowds fleas is one general health problem in dogs and cats. Almost every dog and cat fleas will be surrounded by this one time during his life. Small bug that nearly not visible and annoying. They make daily life became miserable by disrupting your household with bites and scratches.
There are two types of fleas, dog fleas and cat fleas. Cat fleas more commonly found and can live and breed in dogs and cats and can bite humans and other small animals. This means that cats often become the source of this fleas problem when cats and dogs maintained a home.
Fleas Season
Fleas season was once thought to start from late April until the end of November. But now the fleas are a problem throughout the year, with heating and carpets that they breed throughout the year in your home. Despite the cold outside
Always warm and quite tasty in the house which supports the fleas population. Therefore, pets should be given medication on a regular basis throughout the year.
Flea’s Life Cycle
Although adult fleas cause all the problems associated with fleas, they only represent 5% of the total population. Another 95% contain fleas life stages of the immature developing in environments such as pet bedding / mattresses, carpets, furniture etc.. This fleas cycle can be up to several months or fastest three weeks, depending on the temperature and humidity.
- Egg Stage - A female flea can lay 50 eggs per day on your pet. The eggs are not sticky, they easily fall from your pet and hatch in two to five days. If a female can lay about 1,500 eggs in her life.
- Larvae Stage - After hatching, the larvae will shy away from light to dark areas around your house and eat from fleas dirt (dried blood that is released from fleas). Larvae will grow, molting twice and make the larva where they grow into pupae.
- Pupae Stage - Long this stage an average of 8 to 9 days. Depending on weather conditions, population explosions typically occur 5 to 6 weeks after the weather began to warm. Pupae stage the most resistant in the environment and can continue to be active up to one year.
- Adult Stage - Adult fleas out of her cocoon when they're warm, vibration and carbon dioxide, which indicates there is a host in the vicinity. After they jump to the host, adult fleas will marry and start a new cycle. All the cycle can be gone for 3-4 weeks.
There are several drugs that can break this cycle by killing adult fleas before they lay eggs. Then continue to provide continuous protection against fleas.
How the Influence of Fleas on Pets
This fleas not only make your pet itchy, but also can make your pet really sick. Conscious of how this can interfere with fleas your pet. Maybe a bit hard to see these fleas but fleas will feel its presence, especially your pets.
The first step to terminate lice infestation is to know its existence. Disease that can be caused lice infestation can make your pet is not happy. Imagine how uncomfortable your pet caused by this bug.
Warning Sign
Be aware of warning signs below, which indicates the existence of fleas on your pet.
Flea dirt - black dirt on your pet or flea dirt on her bed, which is dried blood, was thrown by adult fleas. There are two easy ways to check out this flea dirt.
Lice comb, available in stores or clinics. Comb your pet, be sure to comb through her hair to the skin. If there is a black stain on the comb when appointed, was the possibility of dirt stains the lice. If there are fleas on the comb, drowned them into soap water before they jump back into your pet. To distinguish whether the black stains flea dirt or not, put the stain on the tissue paper and give some water. Black flea dirt that will become taxable when red or brown water.
Examination with white paper towels. Place white paper under your pet and rub into hair. If black spots appear, they may be flea dirt, give some water to ensure the difference.
Scratching - your pet will be agitated, disturbed, and if surrounded by excessive scratching fleas.
If one of these signs appear, check with your veterinarian. You can eliminate existing fleas and prevent the return of your pet they interfere with the use of anti-lice medications.
Diseases Associated with Fleas
Fleas can affect your pets health as below:
- Flea Allergy Dermatitis (FAD) - Allergic skin diseases fleas. When a flea bites your pet, he was entering the saliva into the skin. Your pet will develop allergic reaction to saliva / saliva (FAD) which causes a very itchy itch. Not just your pet will scratch or bite-bite in the area over the tail, groin or back, the bump will also appear around the neck and back.
- Ribbon Worm - Dipylidium canium. Tapeworm (tapeworm) disbursed by the fleas larvae stage within the time pet food. The eggs grow in life that are not active in the development of this fleas. If this fleas in ingested by the pets when grooming, tapeworms and continuously develop into adult worms in the intestines of your pet.
- Anemia - occurred in the young, the elderly or the sick even if too many fleas that suck their blood. Symptoms include anemia, pale gums, lethargy and listless on your pet.
You can reduce the risk of fleas problem this can be done with medication on a regular basis are available for your pets. If you believe your pet suffer from this problem, check with your doctor immediately.
Prevention
Coupled with medication, the steps below can be done to prevent fleas your pet to attack you:
- Sucking Vacuum use – Frequently suck in the area where your pet just to visit, especially in the car if you travel frequently, carpeted areas and furniture are frequented by your pet so that all ticks, including eggs and pupae cleaned it as much as possible.
- Washing - Wash your pet beds, mattresses, blankets and other items with hot water if possible.
- Environmental Spraying - There are several kinds of sprays / sprays are available which aim to kill fleas in the surrounding environment.
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