First Aid Tips of Flea Infestation

The whole thing of dealing with fleas makes most people itch all over. No wonder: these are really nasty, disgusting little bugs.
Not only will they crawl on your pets and suck their blood, they can jump on you and bite you, causing much scratching and allergic reactions. Creepy, isn’t it?
Read below for details about flea identification and ways of their elimination.

How to Recognize a Flea
Before proceeding to treatment, it is necessary to be sure that the bugs you see are really fleas. Effective riddance and control depends to a large extent on targeting the right action to the right insect. So, what do they look like?
Fleas are very small wingless bugs that look at the first sight like specks of dust. When adult, the insect is about 0.1 inches long and its color ranges from dark brown to black.
Though these insects cannot fly, they’re extremely good jumpers – they can jump up to 3.9 feet! It is over 100 times their body size! Due to this ability, they easily move from one host to another, and will also land on anything around your home, including you. That is the way infestations are spread.
There are more than 2.000 types of these pests and they are generally species specific: e.g. cat fleas won’t feed off of dogs and vice versa.

Flea bites can cause allergic reactions in both people and pets.

The bodies of the bugs are very flat and resilient to physical damage, that’s why they can withstand scratching or other hitting. You’ll have to use your fingernails to squash it if you manage to catch one. However, it’s not effective method of extermination at all.

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