An in-depth look at the dog flea

Just imagine this, fleas can jump 14 inches, start laying eggs after just 48 hours from their first blood meal, the female flea can lay over 50 eggs per day and over 2000 in her lifetime resulting in millions of offspring, and your dog is likely to become a walking flea hotel.

Did you know that there are more than 2000 varieties of fleas worldwide, and in North America there are more than 200 varieties, the cat flea (Ctenocephalids felis) and the dog flea (Ctenocephalids canis) being the most common?

The irony is that the most common flea found on dogs is the cat flea, and it can sometimes carry disease, plus if your dog eats a flea that is infected with a tapeworm, then your dog will soon have a tapeworm as well.

Can you imagine that a single flea can bite your dog more than 350 times a day, and once your dog gets infected with fleas, he can become obsessed with cleaning himself and can lead to hair loss and hot spots or allergic dermatitis? , so receiving treatment is vitally important.

The way to know if your dog has fleas is to look for flea feces, they will be small grains of what looks like dirt, but if you crumble it between your fingers with a little water and it turns red, then you have found it. your test, is because flea feces contain dried blood.

The most common places to look for fleas are dogs’ bellies, sleeping places, or areas where your dog frequently lies down.

Flea eggs hatch into larvae, which is the second stage of their life cycle, they then develop a tough silken cocoon called a pupa and can live inside this cocoon for up to a year without feeding, just lying down waiting for a host, and emerge when they feel the warmth of your dog probably lying directly on top of them.

Many store-bought flea treatments, like flea collars, contain harsh chemicals and can damage your dog’s nervous system, so it stands to reason that home remedies are not only effective but completely safe for getting rid of this threatening infestation and it’s much less expensive, and that’s a no-brainer.