Types of Fleas Commonly Seen?

Ctenocephalides felis
Ctenocephalides canis
Xenopsylla cheopis

 

The Dangers of Flea?

1. Flea bites often cause unbearable itchiness, anxiety and uneasy feelings, or even insomnia. To a serious extent, it will cause allergic dermatitis.
2. Causing blood loss anemia in domestic animals.
3. Plague and murine typhus – Xenopsylla cheopis as vector.

Ways of Preventing?

1. Environmental management:
- Keep the environment clean, to prevent fleas from establishing.
- Maintain your pet’s hygiene.
- Prevent stray cats or dogs from invading the house (especially when breeding, it attracts fleas easily).
- Reduce the possibility of mouse existing in the house.
2. Physical ways of preventing:
Use vacuum cleaners.
Use flea comb for pets.
Use trap to attract flea.
3. Chemical control methods:
Including flea repellent, flea collar, pet shampoo, systemic insecticides, bait, flea powder and spray, etc.
4. Physiological control methods:
Juvenoids
Chitin Inhibitors
5. Biological control methods:
Use natural predators and parasitoids against flea.

★ Home Remedies to Relieve Itching from Flea Bites!

Crush an aspirin tablet into powder, add water to create a paste and apply it to the bite, you will see immediate results.