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Cat fleas

…: Of course, fleas of any kind are a major annoyance in several homes, and cat fleas are one of the most common types of fleas that your pet can bring home. Although cat fleas mainly live in fur, they can also bite humans, and their larvae can survive in for instance floor cracks and the like, until they are large enough to jump on either animals or humans. These blood-sucking insects most pet owners will encounter at least once, but they are fort…

Ectoparasites

…g flea, Ctenocephalides canis. P.96. Feeds on blood, and is similar to the cat flea. Nowadays, dog fleas are quite rare. They are controlled like cat fleas. Will bite humans when given the opportunity. Cannot infect cats. Cat Flea, Ctenocephalides felis. P.96. It is a very common, blood sucking flea and the cat flea is especially common in the late summer. It bites humans. The fleas are transmitted between dogs and cats and both functions as host…

Human flea

…he human flea just looks like a “ordinary” flea, which typically means the cat flea. Although cat fleas, dog fleas and human fleas exist, most people are familiar with cat fleas, which also infect dogs and, in rare cases, humans. A human flea looks flattened from the side and are in average 2-4 mm long. It has a dark brown color all over the body and six legs in total. The hind legs are strong and developed to be jumping legs. It is these jumping…

Dog fleas and cat fleas

Fig. 62. Season for cat fleas in august. The cat flea will happily bite people The dog flea, Ctenocephalides canis and the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis, belong to the flea species that bite humans in the absence of a more suitable host. The two flea species are similar. Dog Flea was once fairly common, but today, the cat flea is more common. Cat fleas can live on both dogs and cats, while dogs’ fleas are never seen on cats. In actual practice,…

Cat flea, dog flea

…both species can live on both dogs and cats. Humans are mainly attacked by cat fleas. A cat or a dog may have a light infection of fleas without the human inhabitants of the house noticing, but if the domestic animals are carrying large numbers of fleas, there is naturally a greater likelihood that people will be infested too. A heavy infestation may occur if the cat or dog is removed from the house, for then the fleas left behind have no choice b…

Cat flea biology

…s when it has mated and have been an adult flea for a few days. Usually, a cat flea lives for about a month and can lay about 200 eggs. The eggs are laid in dog or cat fur. They fall off the host, wherever it is. On a dark background, the eggs look like spilled sugar. The hatching time of the eggs is 2-3 days at room temperature. The larvae then crawl into cracks in the floor or in the carpet, where they feed on organic material as well as bloody…

The hen flea

…attack birds and suck their blood. The hen flea is often confused with the cat flea, as they carry many of the same characteristics. However, hen fleas only feed on birds, but in some cases can attack humans if there are no bird hosts to live on. But the pleasure is short-lived. The hen flea can neither live nor multiply on humans or in their homes. Appearance An adult hen flea grows to about 3 millimeters long. Its body shape is flattened, and th…

Detection

…th a handkerchief on the mouth piece of the vacuum cleaner. Look for adult fleas, flea larvae, eggs and excrement. The flea excrement. Small, black particles that dissolve and turn red in water can be flea excrement. Flea excrement contains blood from the host animal. The blood can be determined by means of one of the test strips used for the detection of blood in urine. Shake a little dust from the pet’s fur or sleeping place into a glass of wate…

Flea control in the surrounding environment

…e coat once a month from midsummer to Christmas protect against up multiplication of fleas. The surrounding environment i.e. carpets and the sleeping place can also be treated with methoprene. Only 6 mg per day per m2 carpet prevents flea larvae from completing their development for the next 5 months. This treatment must be applied in mid-summer. You can also get the product in the form of tablet which the dog or cat must swallow once a month duri…

Human flea

…or bamboo which were gently warmed and placed between the sheets before they went to bed, the idea being that the fleas would crawl in and could then be easily killed. In the 14th-16th centuries ladies wore fur collars, known now as flea cravats, which were supposed to catch fleas, which could then be shaken out. Nowadays when one acquires a human flea it is usually as a result of a visit to a pigsty. The human flea also thrives on pigs. There is…

Cat fleas bite people

…fleas are almost upside down when feeding. (Wenk) You can get infested by cat fleas by being in contact with infested pets, or by being in places where infested pets are or have been. Cat fleas, however, prefer their natural host animals such as dogs or cats. Consequently, the family pet can have fleas without the other family members noticing. For this reason, there is no risk of infecting other people at work or school with fleas, even if there…

Flea bite allergies

…lea bite allergies, flea control is necessary. Conditions, which resemble flea bite allergies, can be seen in the dog if the owner – in an attempt to eradicate the fleas – has treated the animal’s fur with excessive amounts of pesticides….

The adult flea

Grown flea Only adult fleas bite. The adult flea is elongated, 1-3 mm long and has flat sides. They look like small grasshoppers. The flea’s ability to jump is well known. An adult flea can jumps vertically up to 20 cm. Fleas are dark-colored. Fig. 56. Male bird flea. (Seguy) The head, the thorax which consists of three segments and abdomen are all covered in backward-facing hairs, thorns and outgrowths, all facing backwards so the flea can only…

Fleas

( Latin: Order Siphonaptera) Cat flea and human flea Fleas are extremely well adapted for their special way of life. The hard, tough, chitin exoskeleton makes it almost impossible to squash them and the tall, thin body allows them to move about very rapidly among hairs or feathers. If all else fails, a flea can jump up to about 30 cm.. This may not sound much, but it is more than 200 times the flea’s own body length and is comparable to a man bei…

Prevention of dog- and cat fleas

…development for the next 5 months. This treatment must be applied in mid-summer. You can also get the product in the form of tablet which the dog or cat must swallow once a month during the flea season. In the spring, dogs and cats can bring bird fleas inside. Bird fleas can only survive inside the house for short periods of time, and consequently, control is rarely necessary. If the dog or cat suddenly is infested with fleas in April-May, be sur…

Many kinds of fleas

…as on mice, fleas on rats, fleas on foxes, fleas on badgers, dog fleas and cat fleas. Of these fleas, human fleas, hedgehog fleas, bird fleas, dog fleas and cat fleas that are the biggest nuisance to humans. Based on the circumstances of the findings and the season, it is often possible to determine the fleas’ origin. Each species of fleas must be controlled in their individually, and it is therefore important to know where they originate from. Hu…

Control on the host animal

…these methods only functions a supplements to another control methods. B. Flea collars and pour-on medications work by depositing the insecticide into the fur of the pet. From there, it sprinkles onto the places where the animal is, and thereby also where the flea eggs, larvae, etc. are located. These control methods can often kill a small population of fleas, but they are also used as support other control methods of the pet’s surrounding enviro…

Index

…igeon tick Euscorpius italicus Felicola subrostrata Flatworms Flea allergy Flea collar Flea control Flea excrement Fleas Flies Flower mite Folie a deux Formic acid Fruit mite Fruit mites Fur mites Ginny pig itch mite Gliricola porcelli Gyropus ovalis Haematopota pluvialis Haemodipsus ventricosus Haemopsis sanguisuga Hallucination Harvest mite Head louse Hedgehog flea Hepatities Hexicid Hippoboscidae Hirudinea Hirudo medicinalis Honey bee Hornets H…

Eggs and larvae

…arvae feed on various types of organic material, supplemented by the adult fleas’ bloody excrements. Flea larvae are blind and worm-like, and have bristles around each segment of the body. They are white, but the skin is transparent, so you can see the dark intestines. If flea larvae are disrupted, they roll up into a spiral shape and play dead for a moment. After four larval stages, the larvae have grown, and they pupate. They pupate in a cocoon…

Flea bites

…lly on the thighs, buttocks and shoulders are also often caused by fleas, which like to crawl under the body and bite where there is contact with the bed. One of the characteristics of flea bites is that they are often grouped. Each group is caused by bites of the same flea that had trouble finding a vein offering enough blood….

Fleas

Cat flea and human flea ( Latin: Siphonaptera ) Fleas (Siphonaptera) constitute an order of insects. Their biology is similar to that of flies. Some researchers believe that fleas were once a kind of flies, who lost their wings and adapted to a life as bloodsuckers on birds and mammals. Fleas are usually the most obvious possibility when insects bite people. In Denmark, there are about 45 different flea species. Each species is more or less depen…

Bird flea control

…As bird fleas can only breed in birds’ nests and as they are only a problem during spring, it is not always necessary to do eradicate the fleas. The fleas that have found their way inside will die within a few weeks. You can speed up the work by applying a cat flea control product. Otherwise you need to font the hotbed, remove the abandoned bird’s nest and teat the surroundings with an insect powder….

Bird fleas

…e, in the garage or in a bush used as a hiding place by children. Dogs and cats can get infested by bird fleas and drag them into the house. Bird fleas can also invade the home directly from birds’ nests in the roof or in a chimney, or they can sit on laundry, which has hung to dry in the garden near a bird’s nest. Furthermore, a typical situation in which to get infested by the fleas in the spring is while gardening. Nest boxes can contain hundre…

Human fleas

…still common inside houses. Human fleas are controlled by spraying the house with one of the remedies used to control cat fleas….

Lice in cats

…the cat. The feline chewing lice are uncommon in domestic, well-nourished cats and more common in wild cats, especially during the winter. Fighting is rarely necessary, however, if necessary, the same treatments as used on canine lice can be applied. Be aware that cats may be intolerant of some treatments. Dog louse Dog biting lice Cat biting lice Fig. 12. Lice on dogs and cats is not easy to see. Here, they are shown in actual size. The lice are…

Index

…arpet beetle Carpoglyphuslactis Case-bearing clothes moth Castor bean tick Cat flea Centipedes Cerambycidae Ceratophyllus sp. Chalcids Cheese fly Cheese mite Chelifer cancroides Chilopoda Chiroptera Chlorophorus annularis Chrysopa carnea Cimex columbarius Cimex lectularius Cimex pipistrelli Ciniflo fenestralis Cis boleti Cluster fly Clytus arietis Coccinellaseptempunctata Cockroaches faeces scent Cocoa moth Codiosoma spadix Coffee weevil Coleopter…

Control

…the animal’s sleeping place – there are 500 adult fleas, 500 cocoons, 3000 larvae and 1000 eggs. Therefore, the surrounding environment must also be treated. There are several different ways to control fleas on cats. Some are quite effective if you are thorough, while others work best in combination with others. Most flea control methods are combinations of the following methods….

Brown dog tick control

…n make the dog sick. When in doubt, consult your veterinarian about the problem. In the surrounding environment. High levels of infestation demand more drastic measures. Treat the house with a cat flea repellent combined with a bed bug repellent because the brown dog ticks virtually hide the same places as these pests and they spread in the same way….

Control

…k against fur mites. In the surrounding environment. The products used for flea control in the home environment can also be used against possible infection from fur mites that have fallen from the animal. However, it is not necessary to carry out a thorough and troublesome flea control program. It is sufficient to treat the animal’s sleeping places and favorite relaxation spots. Cleaning the house is a good idea, however, you should only vacuum th…

Walking dandruff

…x, mostly not cause any problems, like most fur mites on wild animals. The cat fur mite, C. Blakei, does not cause symptoms on cats, but can cause skin irritation on humans. The dog fur mite, C. Yasguri, bites both humans and dogs. The specific species of fur mites can only reproduce on their host animal to which it is adapted. A dog fur mite must therefore be located on a dog to be able to breed and lay eggs. Likewise, they cannot survive on huma…