The Facts About Fleas
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At some point almost every family has had to deal with fleas. There are many ways to bring these miserable critters into your home but the most common way they get in is hitching a ride on the family pet. Nevertheless, once they get in they can make themselves cozy in the carpets, bedding or other areas where fresh, warm blood might come around on a regular basis.
Fleas adapt quickly to a new environment and will start reproducing immediately. A single female flea can lay up to 60 eggs per day! They can and do bite humans as much as pets and their bite marks often show up around the feet and ankles with red, irritated bumps that itch terribly.
Preventing fleas is easy since most pet stores and veterinarians sell flea shampoos and medications for your pets. But if you find you’ve already got them in your house, you’ll need to do a thorough, deep clean to remove the existing fleas as well as any eggs or hibernating cocoons.
If your best efforts have still failed to remove all the fleas from your home, it may be time to call a professional pest control service. Pest control services will have the latest technology and the very newest tools and pesticides at their disposal not to mention years of practical experience to help you take care of your problem.
It’s important to remember that, like cockroaches, fleas are able to adapt quickly to new environments and can develop immunity to specific pesticides even within one generation. If you have already tried treating your fleas with another pest control service or with your own store-bought pesticides, be sure to let your new pest control service provider know so they can plan a strategy that will be most effective.
For a free Los Angles pest control inspection, give us a call at 888-675-0258 or go to http://www.accuracypluscalifornia.com/.
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