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FLEA'S LIFE CYCLE

Flea infestation is one of the great banes in life for pet owners. Infestations, either mild or severe, can be a nuisance and make your pet's life, as well as your's, miserable.

These rather common insect parasites pose a variety of problems for pets and pet owners including:

•     FLEA BITES - adult fleas bite pets and humans, causing pain, redness and itching of the bite site;
•     Flea allergy dermatitis - pets who are severely allergic to flea saliva can become so itchy (pruritic) as a result of flea bites that they literally tear their skin and fur apart with their scratching and chewing activities;
•     COAT DAMAGE - breeding and showing pets (e.g. poultry, cats) can be penalised in the show ring if their fur (or plumage) is damaged by scratching and over-grooming activities or if it bears the evidence (fleas, flea dirt) of flea parasite infestation;
•     SKIN DISEASE - flea infested skin that is traumatized by flea bites and by animal scratching and biting activities can become secondarily infected with nasty, itchy, skin bacteria;
•     ANEMIA - heavy flea infestations can suck so much blood from their animal host that the host can weaken and even die from severe blood loss (anemia);
•     INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION - many infectious diseases including: feline infectious anemia (FIA or Mycoplasma hemofelis), bubonic plague (Yersinia pestis), flea tapeworms (Dipylidium caninum), Dipetalonema reconditum, feline parvovirus, murine typhus (Rickettsia typhi), Rickettsia felis, rabbit myxomatosis and certain avian (bird) blood diseases can be transmitted from animal to animal by flea parasites.
•     ANNOYANCE - most owners don't like to see or hear their pets scratching, particularly at night when the repetitive 'chink, chink, chink' of a collar or chain keeps them awake;
•     GROSS-OUT FACTOR - the sight of insects crawling through a pet's fur is revolting and off-putting to many people who see such infestations as a sign of 'dirtiness' (even though perfectly clean pets can and do get fleas);
•     ZOONOSIS - fleas from pets can infest humans, inflicting painful bites and causing itchiness of the skin and scalp.