Don’t miss flea treatment news sign up for news via RSS now. This brief video discusses how to identify a cat flea infestation and how to determine if your cat is at risk from flea bite anemia.
Using flea treatment on kittens under 8 weeks of age is not recommended. This video shows how to use a flea comb to get rid of fleas and determine if a kitten has a flea infestation. Large numbers of fleas can endanger kittens due to flea bite anemia and a veterinary visit is always recommended [...]
I’ve talked about identifying a flea infestation on a pet before but here is a video that shows you how to look and then how to use a flea comb to identify your pet has fleas. Most fleas can be seen on the lower belly, near the undersides of the thighs, and at the base [...]
The Acme Flea Circus visits Chicago, Illinois…fun news report. Fleas used are not the dog or cat flea but the human flea–one that prefers human hosts but that is rare today in civilized environments.
Flea Circuses were more common in the Victorian age. Learn more about these novel flea acts here or the flea circus history website. You can also listen to a public radio interview about flea circuses.
I thought it might be time to inject a bit of fun into this topic. If you want more than the flea circus video above, read more about Victorian flea performers or I’ll be posting a few other videos today.
People often ask how they can tell if their animal has fleas–which surprises me since anyone who pays attention to their animal should be alert to some of the warning signs. Some signs of a flea infestation include: excessive scratching, black insects crawling on pet, presence of flea dirt on animal and animal bedding, and [...]
There has been much speculation as to whether or not fleas are becoming immune to flea treatments on the market. Just whether or not flea treatment resistence is a reality has not been widely studied. In fact, I blogged about the Bayer Animal Health-funded Flea Susceptibility Monitoring program being the first and only companion animal [...]
Mark Govan discusses how to use Boric Acid for flea treatment in the home but does not discuss the dangers to pets as I mentioned in the first post in this series. Again, less toxic options are always better choices than chemical flea treatments but use caution and research your options prior to using any [...]
In this pest control video Mark Govan discusses how to use Borax in the home but fails to discuss pet dangers which I wrote about in the first post in this series. Obviously, borax powder can be used for flea control and is a better alternative than some chemicals. BUT I think diatomaceous earth is [...]
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