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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

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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 allow them to pierce and inject their saliva into the animal skin. Ticks are carrier for various disease like Lyme Disease, spot fever, rocky mountain spotted fever and tularemia.

These common parasites host on both animals and humans for blood meal. 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 may target you or your pet, feeding on your blood and lay many more eggs. Many kinds of topical flea control and tick prevention product available to solve the problem. Ultimately, our professional pest control company is your best chance to rid of fleas and ticks in Singapore.

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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. Our tick control Singapore prevents fleas and ticks, saving pet owners and pets from itchy bites and annoying infestations.

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Signs of Fleas and Ticks Infestation

If these pest have not made any direct appearance, but you want to take caution and be ahead of an infestation. Pest management can protect not only your pets, but also the pet owners and the people in your homes as well. Ensuring that your pets are groom regularly using soapy waters and fleas and ticks product to kill them. 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 pets 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, hives or skin infections 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. They are dirt, a mix of blood meal and faeces. In human, they commonly cause hair loss and pet's, flea allergy dermatitis an allergy reaction towards the fleas saliva.

These are the Types of Fleas and Ticks species in Singapore.

Types of Fleas and Ticks

Dog Flea (Ctenocephalides canis)

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 host’s 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 comb is one of the most popular method to detect fleas and remove the fleas from the pets fur.

Cat Flea (Ctenocephalides felis)

The cat flea Ctenocephalides Felis is a common parasitic insect that host the 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 (Rhipicephalus sanguineus)

Both the male and female 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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