Flea Control

Fleas may hop onto your pet’s fur from another pet or from infested dirt or grass outside. When the fleas reproduce, more fleas can infest your home. They tend to hide in bedding, furniture, and floor cracks.

Fleas also like to stay on an animal’s underbelly, so they can easily be transferred to your carpet when your pet lies down.

Fleas live and breed in warm, moist places, so infestations are usually worse in the summer months. While flea activity does slow down in winter months, it doesn’t completely stop. The warmth of your home provides the ideal environment for fleas during the colder months.

Signs of a flea infestation include seeing:

• fleas hopping on your drapery, carpet, or furniture
• multiple dot-like insects in your pet’s fur
• your pets scratch, lick, or bite their fur excessively

Also, lots of brown and black debris throughout the fur coat can indicate a flea infestation. (This is the flea poop that is left behind after a blood meal.)

Your pets can get scabs or lose their fur in the infested area. They may develop pale gums from blood loss.

Animals infested with fleas are also more susceptible to tapeworms, as some species of tapeworm use fleas as their hosts. If you see tapeworms in your pet’s stool, your pet likely has a flea infestation.

Knowing that your body may be bitten as you sleep can be extremely stressful. Although bed bugs are not known to carry disease, their bites and the subsequent itching can lead to infections. Some people may suffer from an allergic reaction due to these bed bugs.

People might experience redness and swelling. Bites can be extremely itchy, making these pests particularly pesky. Welts often develop a few days after being bitten