I went to a friends house to feed her cats on Monday. On Wed I brought her home from the hospital and her cats are infested with fleas. I have 2 cats of my own but they have Frontline monthly. My friend thinks I gave her cats the fleas. Can they reproduce in 2 days if one jumped on the cat? (Its winter here in Ohio)
If I put blankets and sheets and clothes outside when it is below freezing will it kill the fleas and there eggs and larvae?
Yes and no. Yes, freezing temps will kill both adult and larvae fleas that might be on the fabric if you keep it outside for 24 hours. But as our FLEA CONTROL ARTICLE explains, the adults and larvae are really only 25-40% of the problem. If you currently have a flea infestation, the only way to get rid of them will be to employ one of the control methods we have listed in our article. And this will have to be done where the fleas are laying their eggs which is usually inside the home or on the resident pet.
My question is, can fleas live in and on furniture. If so for how long?
Yes and no. As explained in our FLEA CONTROL ARTICLE, adult fleas aren’t comfortable out in the open so yes, they can live on a couch. However, they won’t last long. If any person or pet came to the couch, adult fleas on it would naturally seek this warm blooded person or pet hoping to hitch a ride and to take advantage of what this host would provide: a stable living environment. As our article explains, if you left a flea on a couch without food, water or shelter, it would probably die in 5-8 days.
Can you tell if bathing my dog in Dawn Dish soap can help with the fleas. My Vet told me to bath her in the dawn dish soap. I did that on Monday morning and checked last nite and this morning and have not see a flea on her belly. She also isn’t itching and biting now. She is allergic to the fleas. I have been to the Vets since June till now. She has been having the treatments every month, but it seems that the bath has helped. Is it my e imagination or is that true is does work?
I have a 7 week old Shih-tzu puppy and everything we can find for treatment says “not to use on puppies under 12 weeks”. What can I use on her that won’t hurt her?
Hi,
My wife and I are from Canada and are vacationing in Orange County. We have a challenge we are hoping you can help us solve.
We recently stayed for 2 weeks at a friend’s home – where we found out the hard way – the home had a dog flea problem. It seems fleas will usually munch on pets – but if no pets are around – tourists will do just fine. In this case the pets had been out of the home since January 1 and so had the homeowners so when we arrived on January 16 they said ‘BooYah’ and began munching on our feet, then ankles then legs. At least that is what we think happened.
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