Flea Control - How to Eradicate Fleas

How to get rid of fleas - Permanently!

There are over seventy to eighty species of fleas in Australia, the cat flea & the dog flea being the most common. They are black or from time to time 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 these places after their pet has shaken off onto the ground.

The most effective option to remove fleas is to consistently wash your pets in a secure, recurring flea shampoo. Standard vacuuming flea-infested areas helps, yet in virtually all case of heavy infestations, you'll need to get in a specialist pest control company.

What are fleas?

Fleas are jumping insects without any 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 have to do to get around is compress all these legs & quickly release them. Using this technique, they can jump up to 20cms and up to 35cm horizontally. This is over 150 times their body length!

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

FLEA LIFE CYCLE:

Female fleas might lay up to around twenty five eggs every day, & have over 800 offspring in a lifetime. 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 just like dried skin. After another 2 to three weeks, the larvae will be completely grown, & and will then become pupae.

How they will greet you once you return from holidays!

Whenever vibrations as well as heat is sensed, the pupa will emerge just like an adult and start biting and feeding off the host. This may take from 2 or three weeks, or in uncommon cases over a year. this is the reason after you return from holidays & enter your home, you're all of a sudden bitten by large quantities of fleas. Sound familiar?

How to Eradicate FLEAS PERMANENTLY IN SYDNEY AUSTRALIA:

Fleas are first of all controlled by shampooing your pet with a safe, continuing insecticide. Your vet might have highly recommended a really safe insecticide called pyrethrin, but this will just last a day or so.

The shampoos we advise contain "Permethrin", which are technically called a synthetic pyrethroid. There will last 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. continually follow the application form and security directions on any flea control merchandise.

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

Preparing your house for flea treatment

On the day of treatment, such things should be done before the flea pest control company gets there:

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

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

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

4. Vacuuming all floor areas and carpet, specifically skirting boards & under furniture & cushions. Vacuum bags could possibly be discarded or sprayed with common fly spray in order to kill any adult fleas captured within the bag.

5. BLOCK OFF AREAS FROM ENTRY BY PETS

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

Hence the answer to permanent flea relief is to block entry permanently to make sure that your pet can't enter. I'm sorry, yet that's the Just answer. Or else it'll be an countless cycle of fleas being killed outside, and being picked up again when your pet goes underneath your house.

6. 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.) could also be employed in tablets which are added to your pet's food. You could possibly get I.G.R.s from your vet. A common trade names are known as "Programme" or "Pro-ban."

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