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Protect your pets from fleas and ticks that can cause health problems. From allergic reactions to serious tick-borne illnesses.
Fleas and Ticks
Learn More About Flea
and Ticks
Fleas are tiny, wingless pest that live on animals by feed their blood. Ticks are much larger than fleas, and have eight instead of six legs. They have mouthparts that allows them to pierce and inject their saliva into the animal skin.ย Ticks carries various disease such as lyme disease, spot fever, and tularemia.
Ticks and fleas are the most common parasites. They find hosts from both animals and humans for a blood meal nutrient. If left untreated, the insect bites can be painful causing an allergy reaction and transmit disease. The similarity sharing the same parasitic behaviour and tiny size, they are from two different insect species.
When fleas lay their eggs on your pet, some may fall and hatch on carpets, beds, or any other furnitures. The new breed of fleas may target you or your pet, feeding on your blood, and lay many more eggs. Many kinds of topical treatment are available to solve the problem. Ultimately,ย Innovative Pest Flea Control Servicesย is your best chance to rid of fleas and ticks in Singapore.
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Lifecycle, Diet & All
Fleas and Ticks Characteristic
Unfortunately, they are more active during warmer days means activities like eating out, beach days may be the root cause. The chances are higher during a day outdoors in the park or even for a stroll around the neighbourhood. Pest control prevents them and saves you and your pet from the itchy bites and annoying infestations.
The Flea Lifecycles
Like most insects, they go through four stages in life. They begin as an egg, where they are white in colour and approximately 0.05 centimetres in size. Adult lays its egg on the hairs of its host, which leads to growth in population and eventually a Flea infestation. It takes at least 2 to 7 days for an egg to hatch.
The larvae begin to form hairs on their bodies and feed on blood and flea feaces also called โflea dirtโ. The larvae stage will last at least 2 weeks and the larvae forms a cocoon the pupa. This stage process can about a week or 2 weeks, depending on the the environment. Finally, it will reach the adult stage where they can live for at least 1 year.
The Flea Anatomy
The species of fleas are small, wingless insects that belong to the order of Siphonaptera. They have three segments for body part, head, thorax and abdomen covered in hairs. Adult fleas only measure 0.1 to 0.32 centimetres in length, which can make them hard to see. Unlike mosquitos, only the female feed on a blood meal, both sexes of fleas bite and drink blood from their host.
Although they do not have wings, studies report that they have the ability to jump as far as 13 inches.
The Fleas Dietary
They consider any warm-blooded bodies as a food source. However, they prefer hairy animals such as dogs, cats, rabbits and rats. They are always active throughout the day, and fleas feed on their host for blood a couple of times a day. They have the ability to jump long distances to reach a new host.
The Tick Lifecycles
Ticks have 4 stages in life that begins with the egg, brown in colour and laid on the ground. A female can lay up to 1000 to 8000 eggs and dies after giving birth. It takes 2 to 3 weeks before they form into a larva. During the larva stage, they will develop only 3 pairs of legs.
After 3 to 13 days they become a nymph looking more like an adult tick with 4 pairs of legs. A nymph will attach itself to a host to feed for at least 4 to 8 days. Afterwards, they will molt and transform into an adult tick. It takes about 2 months for a tick to develop fully and they can live for up to 3 years.
The Tick Anatomy
Meanwhile, ticks have oval-shaped bodies. They have four pairs of legs, and have no antenna. An adult tick measures up to 3 centimetres. However, most species are 1.5 centimetres in size.
They do not have the same ability as other insects as they cannot fly nor jump. Nevertheless, they can climb on grasses and wait in a position called โquestingโ. Once a host passes, they will simply climb aboard.
The Ticks Dietary
Ticks can feed on a wide range of hosts from mammals, reptiles, amphibians and even birds. A tick will need a new host and usually feed twice, during the night and day. Ticks are opportunistic feeding and attaching themselves to any host as they pass by. They can feed for hours to days, and then detach to complete their lifecycle.
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Signs of Fleas and Tick Infestation
If these pest have not made any direct appearance, but want to take caution and be ahead of an infestation. It can affect not only your pets, but also the people in your homes as well. A few signs that indicate they have made you or someone you love a host.
Live Presence
When they find new homes, it is possible to spot them on areas where your pets are usually around. For example, their kennels or the bedding where they sleep.
Itching Pet
Fleas and ticks prefers to feed on animal hosts. If you notice your pet scratching their skin, Excessive licking or scratching, it maybe infected.
Bite
A flea bite is much itchier compared to a mosquito bite. You will develop rashes or hives if your skin is extra sensitive. Tick bites are not that itchy and harder to detect, they will only leave red bumps on your skin.
Fecal
You will find tiny black specks on your pets or dog's skin, fur or bedding.ย They are flea dirt, a mix of blood meal and faeces.
These are the types of Fleas and Ticks commonly found in Singapore
Types Of Fleas and Ticks
Dog Flea
Despite its name dog flea ctenocephalides canis, this type of flea bites in Singapore can infect both cats and dogs. It has a flat body, giving it the ability the move easily on its hostโs body. Additionally, the spine project backwards and this helps them hold on to the animal during grooming. Fleas on dogs are common and require flea treatment to carefully remove it from your pet.
Flea combย is one of the most popular method to detect fleasย and removeย theย fleasย from the pets fur.
Cat Flea
Theย cat fleaย Ctenocephalides Felis is a common parasitic insect that host theย domestic cat. The reddish-brown and their hind legs are incredibly powerful that enable them to run and jump on hairs and furs. Size-wise they are at least 0.1 to 0.3 centimetres long. After feeding on a host, their colour can turn reddish-black.
Dog Tick
Both male and female of dog ticks have similar characteristics. They are reddish-brown in colour and have flat as well as oval bodies often confused with bed bug. They are usually indoors, often found in dog cages and rarely, it will bite humans. Unless there are no other host suitable for a meal found nearby.
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