For millions of dogs and people, the tiny flea is a relentless enemy. The flea is a small, brown, wingless insect that uses specialized mouth parts to pierce the skin and siphon blood. When a flea bites your dog, it injects a little amount of saliva into the skin to prevent blood coagulation. many animals can have fleas without showing suffering, but an unfortunate number of dogs become sensitized to this saliva. In particularly allergic animals, the bite of a single flea will cause severe it...
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Commercial flea killing compounds can work if used properly but they are not the only alternative to stopping fleas. There are effective home remedies that work as well or better.

The life cycle of the flea has four different stages including the egg, larva, pupa and adult.

The adult flea uses your dog as a place to take its blood meals and breed. Fleas either lay eggs directly on the pet where they may drop off, or deposit eggs into the immediate surroundings around your home. Simply pu...

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Commercial flea killing compounds may work if used properly but they should not be the only alternative to stopping fleas. For millions of dogs and people, the small flea is a relentless enemy.

The vacuum cleaner can be a real aid in removing flea eggs and immature forms. Give special attention to cracks and corners. At the end of vacuuming, either partial vacuum up some flea powder into your vacuum bag, or throw the bag out. Otherwise, the cleaner will only serve as an incubator, releasi...

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