FLEAS- WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
When you see a flea, what’s the only thing you want to know? Yep, there' s an "oh, no" moment when you realize your pet (and house) have a problem. After that all you want to know is: how do I get rid of them? You do need to know how to get rid of them, but you also need to know how to prevent them in the first place. DOES YOUR PET HAVE FLEAS? First step is to know what you’re looking for when you examine your pet to know if she’s got fleas. Fleas are little brown insects that jump. They’re about the size of the head of a pin. Sometimes you can find them on your pet. Sometimes you can’t because your pet may eat them as soon as they are detected (hence the stop-drop-and-chew phenomenon we see with an infested pet). You might see what we call “flea dirt” which is black debris left by fleas. To confirm dirt isn’t just dirt, take a few pieces of the black debris, put a small dab of water on white paper and rub the debris through this. If there is a red smudg...