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"We've Got Fleas!"

I try, I really do, to find the good in everything in Nature, and generally I am able to look at the big picture and understand the value of each living organism in the smooth flow of a natural environment. Even most of those bugs that we consider to be "pests" - flies, termites, carpet beetles - have a very important and helpful role to play outside of our homes. But, when it comes to the parasites, like fleas, I admit I tend to stumble.

However, fleas exist, so there's no sense in denying it, and unfortunately they commonly exist on our pets. There are actually well over 2,400 different kinds of fleas known around the world, and around 250 different species in the United States. They range from tiny, almost microscopic fleas to one called the Mountain Beaver Flea that is over ¼ inch long, but the one that we almost always are dealing with, when it comes to fleas in our homes in the United States, is The Cat Flea - its Latin name is Ctenocephalides felis.

Fleas are all parasites, feeding on the blood of warm-blooded animals, as well as some reptiles. The Cat Flea is the common flea on both our dogs and cats, and actually got that common name from its association with the large felines in Africa. When it bites our pets, or the people in the house, the flea causes quite a bit of distress to some people who are particularly sensitive to the bite. The "flea bite" reaction usually is caused by the saliva of the flea and our body's immune system reaction to it, and for some people the reaction is quite severe, while others in the family may not have any visible bumps or itching.

The point of this article on fleas is to discuss how you can deal with them, initially by prevention and often by elimination, and what to expect from a flea control program from a licensed professional pest management company. I will pretty much steer clear of making specific recommendations on chemicals, as we feel that applications of pesticides might best be left to those licensed and trained to use them. But, chemicals are only one part of the important steps in a flea control program, and those other steps are entirely up to you, even when you hire a company to take care of the flea problem for you.

There are also new technologies and non-chemical alternatives being used by some professionals, and these may be very effective and preferred by you if the economics of it fit your budget.

The life of a flea

The eggs hatch in just a few days, and become the larva. You will never see a flea larva. They just stay hidden in the thatch of the carpet and avoid light and activity. You also are not bitten by the larvae, but that's only a small consolation, since they all become adult fleas. The larva feeds for around 10 days and then goes into the pupa, or cocoon stage, by wrapping local debris around itself with a sticky material that causes it to adhere to the carpet fibers.

Inside this pupa the adult flea develops, and there are two groups - those that will hatch in a few days simply because the temperature is warm enough for them, and those that may stay in that pupa case for over 6 months (!!), waiting for the presence of some animal nearby to trigger it to emerge as the hungry adult flea. It may be the vibration of the animal (or people) walking on the carpet, or the physical contact of being stepped or sat upon, that causes the flea to emerge within seconds after resting there for a long time. This is another very important point we will discuss more.

I came back from vacation, and in 10 minutes had fleas all over me!!

This is a typical problem for people who have pets with fleas. You go on vacation, either taking the dog with you or leaving it boarded or loaned to a neighbor for the two weeks. You really didn't have a flea "problem" when you left, but you sure have one now when you return. What the heck has happened?

Well, a pet with fleas has a constant production of flea eggs falling off, larvae moving through their life cycle in the carpet, and adult fleas generally hopping back onto the dog or cat once they emerge from their pupa, since these warm, hairy animals are much better environments for fleas than people are. We just don't have enough hair to make the flea comfortable, but we still will do in a pinch if the dog buffet is not available. Since there is a gradual cycling of eggs off and fleas on the problem remains pretty invisible. But, when we leave the house vacant for two weeks, there is no stimulus to cause the fleas to emerge as adults, and they all move on through to the pupa stage…..and wait for you.

How about if I just "bomb" the place?

It's very tempting to give into advertising, and believe that an aerosol can will eliminate a severe problem in which the fleas are living and breeding within the house. However, don't count on it. Aerosol "bombs" (more properly called Total Release Aerosols) give off a spray mist that goes up…….and falls down. The droplets land on top of the carpet and may kill lots of adult fleas, but do nothing to affect the eggs or larvae down deep in the carpet. Plus, the ingredients in aerosols quite often are very, very short-lived - perhaps only a couple of hours - and don't affect adult fleas emerging after that.

What you are looking for is some way to kill the adult fleas and the larvae, and also to kill flea adults that emerge over the next couple of weeks.

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