Cat With Flea Dermititis
My colleague Mike Dryden, who has spent his career studying fleas on pets, has a very informative YouTube video called, The Dirt on Fleas. The video outlines a basic strategy for minimizing flea problems.
When fleas on a pet become noticeable, there will be many fleas in the pet’s environment. Fleas on a pet begin to lay eggs 24 h after they begin feeding. Fleas lay 30 or more eggs per day which drop off the pet and are distributed in the environment. A noticeable flea infestation on a pet will have already produced thousands of flea eggs. The eggs hatch into larvae that develop in carpet, cracks and crevices or in shady areas of a yard. Depending on conditions a flea takes 3 to 8 weeks to go through its larva and pupa stages and become an adult. This means that if a pet has a…