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Fleas Pest Control Sydney

Fleas Information :

Fleas are parasites, feeding directly on man or other warm blooded animals. Usually you or your pet serve as these "hosts". Due to the flea cycle and weather conditions many people don't realize they have a flea problem until they return home from vacation or a move to new premises and are confronted by "hungry fleas". There are several types of fleas but the most common is the cat flea even on dogs. Fleas are attracted to body heat, movement, and carbon dioxide exhaled. Their bodies are narrow if you view it from the sides allowing them for movement in narrow areas. Because their bodies are covered with spines projecting backward, they are difficult to remove by shaking or scratching. This allows them to move readily between hairs in an animal's fur or in carpeting.

Size:

The average size ranges from 1/12-1/6 inch long, being very small and without wings.

Behavior :

Fleas are small, agile, usually dark colored, wingless insects with tube-like mouth-parts adapted to feeding on the blood of their hosts. Their legs are long, the hind pair well adapted for jumping. The flea body is hard, polished, and covered with many hairs and short spines directed backward, which also assist its movements on the host. Fleas also can be drowned in water and may not survive direct contact with anti-flea pesticides. Fleas lay tiny white oval shaped eggs better viewed through a loupe. The larva is small, pale, has bristles covering its worm-like body, lacks eyes, and has mouthparts adapted to chewing. The larvae feed on various organic matter, especially the feces of mature fleas. The adult flea's diet consists solely of fresh blood.

Habitat :

They are blind and avoid sunlight, keeping to dark places like sand, cracks and crevices, and bedding. Fleas live on pets, mammals, in carpets, in sofas as well as other household and farm goods. In a typical room, 5 percent of the fleas will be found on pets, 10 percent flea cocoons in the carpets, 35 percent flea larvae and 50 percent flea eggs, again in the carpets. Fleas may attack a wide variety of warm blooded animals including dogs, humans, chickens, rabbits, squirrels, rats, and mice. They are most often brought into the home on pets from outside.

Symptoms :

Dogs and cats often get infested with fleas through contact with other animals or contact with fleas in the environment. The flea's bite can cause itching for the host but for a sensitive or flea-allergic animal, this itching can be quite severe and leads to hair-loss, inflammation and secondary skin infections. Some pets, hypersensitive to the flea's saliva, will itch all over from the bite of even a single flea. Fleas dislike light so look for them within furry areas and on the pet's belly and inner thighs will provide your best chances of spotting them. If you see flea dirt, which is actually flea feaces and is composed of digested blood, pick some off the pet and place on a wet paper towel. If after a few minutes the tiny specks spread out like a small blood stain... it's definitely flea dirt and your pet has fleas. If there is flea dirt there are surely fleas present.

Health Concerns :

Plague, Murine Typhus and Tungiasis are the diseases caused by fleas. Fleas that are lodged on rats, often carry the bacteria, Yersinia Pestis, which is the bacteria that causes plague that is a killer disease.Murine Typhus is an infection caused by Rickettsia, Rat fleas called Xenopsilla Cheopis transmit this. Tungiasis is caused by the Chigger flea, and they can cause serious damage to the feet as the female species burrow into the feet and breeds there. Their feeding under the skin causes severe infection and irritation. The fleas are removed by surgery. Fleas also transmit Tularemia and tapeworms to humans as well as pets. Other than these diseases, fleas also can cause allergies to both humans and pets.

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What to do

1. Get Immediate Professional Inspection and Fleas treatment before it get severe problem

WARNING: Do NOT attempt DIY Fleas pest control in side or around the house, you or your children might get sick and there are heavy fines for using an insecticide that is NOT registered for Fleas pest control - will not eradicate the Fleas infestation

Things you MUST know

1. Be careful when selecting a pest controller it's far too easy to get a NSW Govt Work Cover issued Pest Control Licence and start up a pest control business - using mostly unsupervised trainees who have little knowledge of Fleas pest species or Fleas control pesticides

2. Be careful of very cheap prices for Fleas control - check which pesticides are to be used - do they propose to use the far cheaper, less effective, solvent based pesticides which can be acutely harmful in premises where occupants may suffer from asthmatic or other bronchial ailments.

How Much You Should Expect to Pay for the Fleas treatment?

The cost should be to solve your Fleas problem - depends on the size of the property - intensity of infestation - number of bedrooms/areas affected - ease of access for inspection and fleas insecticidal treatment.
Domestic premises: from $99 to $250
Commercial premises: Quote is advisable after inspection

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