Your Tulsa exterminator can help you with fleas attacking your pets. Fleas are parasites that attack most warm-blooded animals. These pests can survive in different places they can find themselves and on different hosts. They prefer us, cats, dogs, rats, and other rodents.
These pests survive by feeding on the blood of our pets and this causes them some discomfort and can make them sick. Apart from living on our pets, fleas can also be seen in places where our pests come often, such as their resting places, carpets and furniture. Their ability to survive in different places makes it difficult to eradicate them from your home once it has been infested. Fleas can transmit tapeworms which might make your pets lose blood. Their bites are painful and itchy. In this article, let’s look into fleas, their life cycle and what you and your Tulsa exterminator can do to prevent it from attacking your pets.
Life Cycle of Fleas
Flea’s life cycle is made up of four different stages of egg, larva, pupa, and adult. This cycle allows fleas to develop and maintain their population as pests. Adult fleas lay eggs on a host after feeding on its blood. A single female can lay up to 50 eggs per day, and over her lifetime, she may lay hundreds of eggs. These eggs hatch into larvae within a few days to two weeks. The larvae feed on debris and molt twice before spinning cocoons and entering the pupal stage.
The pupal stage can last from a few days to several months, depending on where the pupa is developing. Once conditions are favorable, adult fleas emerge, seeking a host to feed on and start the cycle again. This whole process normally takes about three weeks if they are in a favorable host, but can be extended if where they are is less favorable. Contact your Tulsa Exterminator if you suspect that you have fleas in your home.
Control and Elimination of Fleas by Tulsa Exterminator
You can prevent flea infestation by regularly vacuuming your carpets, rugs, and furniture to remove their eggs that might be hidden there. Also dispose of the vacuum dirts outside to prevent reinfestation. Remove garbage, debris, and pet droppings from your yard to reduce flea breeding spots. Keep your pets on a leash outdoors, bathe them regularly to remove fleas, administer monthly flea and tick treatments, and schedule annual vet visits for preventive care. Contact your Tulsa exterminator if you suspect a flea infestation. They can apply insecticides indoors and outdoors, targeting fleas in carpets, furniture, and yards. They will also provide ongoing preventive advice to prevent fleas from returning. Check out our reviews!
If you’re having trouble with fleas, or any other pests, then it’s time to call a Tulsa Exterminator that can help you. Here at TermMax pest control, we are the best in the business when it comes to dealing with fleas, or any other pests. We service the greater Tulsa area, including Broken Arrow, Coweta, Claremore, Catoosa, Owasso, Turley, Bixby, Jenks. Sand Springs, Sapulpa, Prattville, and so much more. Call today for a free estimate. We’re here to help!