If you have these, chances are that    eventually, you will experience .... FLEAS!

But if you don't have warm blooded mammals co-habitating, and you get fleas, then you really have a problem. Adult fleas sole source of sustenance is blood. Fleas pass through a complete life cycle consisting of egg, larva, pupa and adult. A typical flea population consists of 50 percent eggs, 35 percent larvae, 10 percent pupae and 5 percent adults.

Completion of the life cycle from egg to adult varies from two weeks to eight months depending on the temperature, humidity, food, and species. Normally after a blood meal, the female flea lays about 15 to 20 eggs per day up to 600 in a lifetime usually on the host (dogs, cats, rats, rabbits, mice, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, opossums, foxes, chickens, humans, etc.). Eggs loosely laid in the hair coat, drop out most anywhere especially where the host rests, sleeps or nests (rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, cat or dog boxes, kennels, sand boxes, etc.). Eggs hatch in two days to two weeks into larvae found indoors in floor cracks & crevices, along baseboards, under rug edges and in furniture or beds.

Outdoor development occurs in sandy gravel soils (moist sand boxes, dirt crawlspace under the house, under shrbs, etc.) where the pet may rest or sleep. Sand and gravel are very suitable for larval development which is the reason fleas are erroneously called "sand fleas".

Our flea control starts with sanitation, vacuum very thoroughly, making sure to get the cracks and crevaces along baseboards. We make a liquid application of an adulticide (normally Permethrin) and a growth regulator (normally Nylar). Your pets should be professionally treated by your veterinarian, not the groomer. Plan to be out of the house for 3-5 hours after the treatment.

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