Flea Control - How to Remove Fleas

How to eradicate fleas - Permanently!

There are over seventy to eighty species of fleas in Australia, the cat flea & the dog flea being the most typical. They are black or sometimes brown in colour & about 1-6mm in length. In Sydney, cat fleas are much more common, which are found upon dogs and cats.

"Grass Fleas" & "Sand Fleas"

A common urban myth is that there are 'sand fleas' and 'grass fleas'. All fleas live off hosts, and could not survive just living in grass or sand without a host. The real culprits are cat fleas lying in all of these places after their pet has shaken off onto the ground.

The best option to eliminate fleas is to continually wash your pets in a secure, residual flea shampoo. Typical vacuuming flea-infested areas helps, yet in most case of heavy infestations, you'll need to get in a professional pest control company.

What are fleas?

Fleas are jumping insects with no wings. They have flattened body, with hooks on their hairy legs to ensure that they can slip via & grip onto their human and animal hosts. Their powerful hind-legs have resilin which is like rubber in their joints.

All they've to do to get around is compress these legs & rapidly release them. Using this way, they can jump up to 20cms and up to 35cm horizontally. This is over 150 times their body length!

An individual with the same jumping power could jump on top of Ayres Rock!

FLEA LIFE CYCLE:

Female fleas may lay up to around 25 eggs everyday, & have over 800 offspring in a life-time. Their eggs will hatch between 5 & fourteen days & then becoming larvae. The larvae are blind & also leg-less. They feed upon dried blood from the host & other organic matter similar to dried skin. After another 2 to 3 weeks, the larvae will be fully grown, & and will then become pupae.

How they'll greet you after you return from holidays!

Anytime vibrations and even heat is sensed, the pupa will emerge as an adult and begin biting and feeding off the host. This could take from two or 3 weeks, or in uncommon cases over a year. That is why as you return from holidays & enter your house, you're suddenly bitten by large amounts of fleas. Sound familiar?

Howto Remove FLEAS PERMANENTLY IN SYDNEY AUSTRALIA:

Fleas are first of all controlled by shampooing your pet with a secure, continuing insecticide. Your vet might have advised an incredibly safe insecticide called pyrethrin, but this will only last a day or so.

The shampoos we recommend contain "Permethrin", that are technically called a synthetic pyrethroid. There will last considerably longer and aren't as dangerous and smelly as are other Organo-phosphates like Diazinon & Maldison.

Tip: evaluate  the active ingredients section at the front of the bottle or can. normally follow the application form and safety directions on any flea control item.

We recommend highly which you shampoo your pets every 2 weeks in the summertime and about each and every month in winter.

Preparing your house for flea treatment

On the day of treatment, such things need to be done before the flea pest control organisation gets there:

1. Remove all children & pets from the areas about to be sprayed

2. To get the maximum benefit of the treatment, remove all items from the floor & lawn areas

3. We cannot spray long grass, as it will not get to the ground area that requires to be remedied. Mow lawns & hose dry areas to get the eggs to the surface. This will even help keep the evaporating effect of the insecticide down.

4. Vacuuming all floor areas and carpet, particularly skirting boards & under furniture & cushions. Vacuum bags can certainly be discarded or sprayed with common fly spray so as to kill any adult fleas captured in the bag.

5. BLOCK OFF AREAS FROM ENTRY BY PETS

This is essential for long-term protection. If your pet is going under the home carrying fleas, all these will be dropped into the soil. We can not flood the area to get to where they're breeding, as the amount of pesticide which is require would be dangerous to your pet and to yourself.

So the answer to permanent flea relief is to block entry permanently so that your pet can not enter. I'm sorry, yet that is the Only answer. Otherwise it'll be an almost endless cycle of fleas being killed outside, and being picked up again when your pet goes underneath your home.

six. The bedding of your pets is to be thoroughly washed or thrown away prior to treatment

seven. An Insect Growth Regulator (or I.G.R.) may also be utilized in tablets that are added to your pet's food. You can get I.G.R.s from your vet. A common trade names are known as "Programme" or "Pro-ban."

eight. After treatment your pet should be washed again ASAP after the treatment with shampoo or a recurring flea powder.