There has been a steady increase in the demand for flea extermination service in Guelph. The spike in the demand for this kind of service is in line with the number of households that decided to acquire a pet in recent years. Social media actually played a major role in triggering the resurgence of the interest of people in having a pet of their own. And now, the issue that has beset most households of today is the fact that pets are prone to acquiring fleas.
Flea infestation has got nothing to do with how squeaky clean your house is but in most cases, it would definitely make a big difference especially if you can vacuum out the flea egg deposits that is most likely scattered around your indoor and outdoor living space.
So, what are fleas?
Fleas are small insects. They’re ruthless parasites that live their lives by sucking out the lifeblood out of their warm-blooded animal prey. They have a specially designed skin-piercing mouth that enable them to draw out blood from your dog, cat, or even you.
The life cycle of a flea normally begins when the female flea begins to suck live blood off its prey. It is normal for them to start laying their eggs afterward, normally from 4-8 eggs. Once laid, they will, later on, fall off to where, say, your dog wanders off. These eggs will, later on, develop into larvae, and then will enter into the pupal stage. During the pupal stage, anti-flea treatments of any kind will not work on them because they would have developed a cocoon around them and this will shield them off from the outside world as their bodies metamorphose and onto the next stage of their physical development. Normally, this stage of development, would last for about 20 weeks. Then, from the cocoon, the adult/mature flea will start to emerge. They do so on their own, or sometimes they emerge triggered by sudden jolts or, vibrations or movements by humans or animals that surround them.
The moment that a flea matures, it will need to find a way to latch itself to a host and after which it will commence feeding on its blood which it does by using its mouth to pierce through its skin. For a female flea, it is a habit for them to always lay their eggs after every meal, that is after sucking off blood from its prey. They can lay eggs to a maximum of 400-500 eggs in its entire lifespan.
How Can Your Domesticated Pet Acquire Fleas?
Once they become adult fleas, they can jump to a height of 7 inches. This amazing ability of fleas enable them to easily latch themselves to your pet’s coat, and later on, to its skin. And when the female flea lay an egg on your dog’s or cat’s coat, they will easily fall when the animal scratches its skin. Consequently, these egg deposits fall off to where the animal frequently stays in.
An outdoor living space that is warm and humid too is a perfect environment conducive for fleas to develop and multiply. But if by chance, you are letting your dog or cat go out and spend a good amount of time in these areas there is a high chance that these fleas will latch themselves to them and then back to your home, bedding, or carpeting.
This is the main reason why it is crucial that for any kind of flea treatment to work, it should be able to cover and exterminate both the adult fleas and their laid live eggs. Eliminating both of them simultaneously is essential for the treatment to be considered as effective and high-impacting.
In most cases, a reputable pest management company offering a high impacting flea extermination service in Guelph will be of substantial help in putting a stop to your flea infestation problem. It will definitely keep the infestation from even spreading to other parts of your home because these professionals know exactly what to do with the straggle of unseen flea eggs in your outdoor and indoor living space.