Flea Control - Howto Get rid of Fleas

Howto remove 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 sometimes brown in colour & about 1-6mm in length. In Sydney, cat fleas are way 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 couldn't survive just living in grass or sand without a host. The real culprits are cat fleas lying in these places after their pet has shaken off onto the ground.

The best way to get rid of fleas is to regularly wash your pets in a safe, recurring flea shampoo. Normal vacuuming flea-infested areas helps, yet in nearly all case of heavy infestations, you will need to get in a skilled pest control company.

What are fleas?

Fleas are jumping insects with no wings. They've 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 that's like rubber in their joints.

All they have to do to get around is compress such legs & rapidly release them. Using this way, they can jump up to 20cms and up to 35cm horizontally. This is over 150 times their body length!

A person with the same jumping power could jump on leading of Ayres Rock!

FLEA LIFE CYCLE:

Female fleas can lay up to around twenty five eggs day-to-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 similar to dried skin. After another two to 3 weeks, the larvae will be completely grown, & and will then become pupae.

How they'll greet you after you return from holidays!

Each time vibrations or even heat is sensed, the pupa will emerge as an adult and begin biting and feeding off the host. This may take from 2 or three weeks, or in extraordinary cases over a year. for this reason once you return from holidays & enter your house, you are all of a sudden bitten by large quantities of fleas. Sound familiar?

Howto Get rid of FLEAS PERMANENTLY IN SYDNEY AUSTRALIA:

Fleas are firstly controlled by shampooing your pet with a safe, residual insecticide. Your vet might have suggested a really safe insecticide called pyrethrin, but this will only last a day or so.

The shampoos we recommend highly contain "Permethrin", which are technically called a synthetic pyrethroid. There will last considerably longer and aren't as dangerous and stinky as are other Organo-phosphates for example  Diazinon & Maldison.

Tip: evaluate  the active ingredients section at the front of the bottle or can. Always follow the application form and safety directions on any flea control product.

We suggest which you shampoo your pets every 2 weeks in the summertime and about every single month in winter.

Preparing your house for flea treatment

On the day of treatment, all these things need to be done prior to the flea pest control firm gets there:

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

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

3. We cannot spray long grass, as it'll not get to the ground area that requires 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 can be discarded or sprayed with common fly spray so as to kill any adult fleas captured within the bag.

5. BLOCK OFF AREAS FROM ENTRY BY PETS

This is critical  for long-term protection. If your pet is going under the home carrying fleas, all these will be dropped into the soil. We can't flood the area to get to where they're breeding, as the amount of pesticide which is need would be dangerous to your pet and to yourself.

Hence the answer to permanent flea relief is to block entry permanently so that your pet cannot enter. I'm sorry, yet which is the Just answer. Otherwise it will be an limitless cycle of fleas being killed outside, and being picked up again when your pet goes underneath your home.

six. The bedding of your pets is to be thoroughly washed or thrown away prior to treatment

7. An Insect Growth Regulator (or I.G.R.) can be also used in tablets that are added to your pet's food. You could possibly get I.G.R.s from your vet. A common trade names are classified as "Programme" or "Pro-ban."

eight. After treatment your pet ought to be washed again ASAP after the treatment with shampoo or a continuing flea powder.