Siphonaptera the FLEA 

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The Flea - how to kill the flea with insecticides and natural remedies. FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.

 

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THE FLEA - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. They are parasites that live on the exterior of the host (i.e., are ecto-parasitic). Fleas (see photograph) are bloodsucking insects, important carriers of disease, and sometimes serious pests. As the chief agent transmitting the Black Death (bubonic plague) in the Middle Ages, they were an essential link in the chain of events that killed a quarter of the population of Europe.

Fleas (see photograph) are small, wingless insects with a tough cuticle bearing many bristles and frequently combs (ctenidia) of broad, flattened spines. The adult flea varies from about 0.1 to 1 centimetre (0.039 to 0.39 inch) in length and feeds exclusively on the blood of mammals (including man) and birds. With more than 1,600 species and subspecies known, the order is still a small one compared with many other groups of insects; however, it is widely distributed. The rat flea and the mouse flea have been carried all over the world by man; native species of fleas are found in polar, temperate, and tropical regions.

Importance -  Infestation by fleas may cause severe inflammation of the skin and intense itching. Although many animals acquire partial immunity after constant or repeated attacks, occasionally individuals (especially man) become sensitized after exposure and develop allergies. Species that attack man and livestock include the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis), the so-called human flea (Pulex irritans), the dog flea (Ctenocephalides canis), the sticktightflea (Echidnophaga gallinacea), and the jigger, or chigoe, flea (Tunga penetrans ). Poultry may be parasitized by the European chicken flea (Ceratophyllus gallinae) and (in the U.S.) by the western chicken flea (Ceratophyllus niger).

Certain fleas that feed primarily on rodents or birds sometimes attack man, particularly in the absence of their usual prey. When rats are dying of bubonic plague, their hungry fleas, themselves infected with plague bacilli and seeking food elsewhere, can transmit the disease to man, especially in buildings heavily infested with rats. The Oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) is the most efficient carrier of plague, but other species of fleas (e.g., Nosopsyllus fasciatus, Xenopsylla brasiliensis, Pulex irritans) can also transmit the disease to man. Although there are occasional cases of plague in tropical regions, the disease in man has been controlled by early diagnosis and antibiotics. Plague (sylvatic plague), a widespread disease inhundreds of species of wild rodents throughout the world, is maintained by fleas that parasitize these animals. More than 100 species of fleas are known to be infected by the plague bacillus, and an additional ten species are implicatedas carriers of the classic type of urban plague.

Fleas, particularly Xenopsylla cheopis, are believed to be the principal carriers of murine typhus, a rickettsial disease of man; rats and mice are sources of infection. Fleas are considered important in the maintenance and spread of many locally restricted infections among rodents and other mammals, including tularemia and Russian spring-summer encephalitis. Fleas transmit myxomatosis, a viral disease of rabbits used deliberately to control rabbits in areas where they are severe pests (e.g., in Australia). Fleas are probable carriers of a filarial worm of dogs and serve as the intermediate host of a common tapeworm (Dipylidium caninum) of dogs and cats (and occasionally children). If heavily infested, animals can suffer severe damage or be killed by the effects of flea bites and considerable loss of blood. Fleas are subject to parasitism by external mites; internal nematode worms; and bacterial, fungal, and protozoan infections.

The female chigoe, or jigger, flea (not to be confused with “chigger,” a larval mite), burrows into the skin of its host, generally on the feet, and lives within a cyst that forms around it. Intense itching accompanies the development and enlargement of the cyst as the abdomen of the pregnant flea swells to the size of a pea; secondary infections may constitute serious complications.
 

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Fleas are bloodsucking insects, and sometimes serious carriers of disease, and sometimes serious pests to your animal, and to you, and to your home. Fleas could kill your little angel if you do not take steps to get rid of them. There is a lot of rubbish spoken about fleas, but read on here and find out the truth from the horse's mouth. - Neddie Smith.

 

 

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Wingless insect of the order Siphonaptera, with blood-sucking mouthparts. Fleas are semi-parasitic on warm-blooded animals. Some fleas can jump 130 times their own height. Species include the human flea - Pulex irritans; the rat flea - Xenopsylla cheopsis, the transmitter of plague and typhus. Helped through central heating, the cat and dog fleas - Ctenocephalides felis and Ctenocephalides canis. One of the largest fleas is Histricopsylla talpae, which lives on the mole and is about 8 mm or 0.25 in long. - How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes. Fleas, flees, fleese, phlees, phleas         © COPYRIGHT 2000 - 2009 Foogle Business

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The Flea

Anyone who keeps pets will have crossed paths with the formidable flea before now. I remember many years ago, I had just moved into a new home and it was a hot summer. We had just bought a new kitten and our bedroom was not yet carpeted. It was about 10.00 AM and I was just lying in bed reading. On the floor were laid several magazines and every now and then I could hear this little clicking-snapping sound. When I investigated I could see these tiny creature using these magazines as launching pads. In my bed, contrasted against the crisp white sheets, were tiny moving dots.

I spent that summer solving this horrendous problem, reading about it where ever I could and buying most every known insecticide known to man or woman. The cat still lived to a ripe old age. Then I cannot tell you how traumatic it all was; now I look upon fleas with no fear,  but with plenty of respect

The Flea - What is it?    

Flea     A small wingless bloodsucking insect with legs modified for jumping. Fleas have irritating bites and move from host to host; some species carry serious diseases. Two widely distributed species are the human flea (Pulex irritans) and the oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis), which transmits bubonic plague and typhus to humans

   

Only    90 - 95% of fleas are in adult form. So for every one you find biting you, TEN to FIFTEEN more are elsewhere as either eggs, caterpillars, cocoons or grown fleas.

 
   

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Fleas have been around for millions of years - a fossilized flea found in Australia is said to be 200 million years old. It does not differ significantly from today's fleas. Different species can be found from the Arctic Circle to the Arabian deserts - even penguins have fleas which counteract the cold by ensuring that their growth into adulthood coincides with the time when penguins are sitting firmly on their eggs, thereby keeping both fleas and their young in a warm environment!   Questions about dogs, photos, pictures, pix, pup, puppies, canines, k9, resources, American Cocker Spaniel, Afghan Hound, Airedale Terrier, Alaskan Malamute, Australian Shepherd, Basenji, Basset Hound, Bearded Collie, Beagle, Bernese Mountain Dog, Bichon Frise, Border Collie, Border Terrier, Borzoi, Boston Terrier, Bouvier Des Flandres, Boxer, Boykin Spaniel, Brittany Spaniel, Bulldog, Bull Terrier, Cairn Terrier, Chihuahua, Chow Chow, Collie, Dachshund, Dalmatian, Doberman, English Cocker Spaniel, English Setter, English Springer Spaniel, Great Dane, German Shepherd Dog, German Short Hair Pointer, Golden Retriever, Great Pyrenees, Greyhound, Irish Setter, Irish Terrier, Jack Russell Terrier, King Charles Spaniel, Keeshond, Labrador Retriever, Lhasa Apso, Maltese, Mastiff - English, Munster Lander, Newfoundland, Norwegian Elkhound, Old English Sheepdog, Papillon, Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Pekingese, Pomeranian, Poodle, Pug, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Rottweiler, Saluki, Samoyed, Saint Bernard, Schnauzer, Scottish Terrier, Shar Pei, Shetland Sheepdog, Shih Tzu, Siberian Husky, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Vizsla, Weimaraner, West Highland Terrier, Wire Fox Terrier, Wheaten Terrier, Whippet, Yorkshire Terrier. TERMS - Terms and Conditions of ALL our Websites - PLEASE READ OUR TERMS .

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ANTS - any member of the approximately 8,000 species of the insect family Formicidae - order Hymenoptera. Ants occur worldwide but are especially common in hot climates. All ants are social in habit; i.e., they live together in organized colonies, and they range in size from 2 to about 25 millimeters, about 0.08 to 1 inch. Their color is usually yellow, brown, red, or black. A few genera, e.g., Pheidole of North America, have a metallic luster.

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Wingless insect of the order Siphonaptera, with blood-sucking mouthparts. Fleas are semi-parasitic on warm-blooded animals. Some fleas can jump 130 times their own height. Species include the human flea - Pulex irritans; the rat flea - Xenopsylla cheopsis, the transmitter of plague and typhus. Helped through central heating, the cat and dog fleas - Ctenocephalides felis and Ctenocephalides canis. One of the largest fleas is Histricopsylla talpae, which lives on the mole and is about 8 mm or 0.25 in long. - How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes. Fleas, flees, fleese, phlees, phleas         © COPYRIGHT 2000 - 2009 Foogle Business

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Fleas can be brought into the house on clothes and or legs and of course any pet. They are then attracted to carbon dioxide from your breath, warmth from your body, and vibrations as you walk. they will seek you out to feed on your blood. But they cannot hurt you. They just leave small red dots at the wound site. They usually only bite feet and lower legs on humans. But they can make you itch, firstly from the bite, then from the chemical they inject into you and then from the psychology of it all. 

In any event, do not panic. All you can do in get out the vacuum cleaner and give the place a good clean, which I am sure you do anyway. Vacuum twice daily until the problem has gone, getting into corners. Vacuum / Clean up the sleeping area of your animal as well. 

Make sure you get right into the corners. Vacuum as much as possible and you will get rid of them. Fleas can live up to FIVE years without blood, they just lie in stasis, until you disturb them. They will not go away but just look for the nearest mammal. YOU or your family, and your pets! 

Generally though they only live for six weeks if active. 

Vacuuming well, this is your very best option. We mentioned this several years ago, now all sites mention this. Only 5 - 10% of fleas are on you or your animal at anytime, the rest are living in your home, or outside. By vacuuming this clears away eggs, larvae etc and breaks the cycle. 

For yourself, you can rub on chamomile lotion at night. Add salt to your bath at night or go paddling in the sea; this will help heal the bites more quickly. Rub your legs with some kind of bespoke insecticide or repellent. . OR Citronella Oil, TeaTree Oil, PennyFoogleal, Eucalyptus Oil, Lavender Oil, or Cedar Wood Oil, as they do not like these strong odors. Eating a lot of garlic is also good as a repellent but it does not only repel insects. 

Buy an insecticide spray and treat all rooms when poss. Spray a room getting in the corners and leave closed over night or when ever convenient. 

If a flea jumps onto your legs, grab it and make sure you crack it , or snap it, by breaking it in two with your nail. You will not be able to just crush it in between your fingers. You must break it in two OR grab it and run it under a tap and flush it away. 

Or have a tissue ready, grab the thing in the tissue and flush. 

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How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.

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How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.

 

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An order of secondarily wingless insects comprising the fleas. The body of a flea is laterally compressed and bears numerous backward-directed spines. Fleas live as blood-sucking ecto-parasites of mammals and birds, having mouthparts adapted to piercing their host, injecting saliva to prevent clotting, and sucking up the blood. The long bristly legs can transmit energy stored in the elastic body wall to leap relatively long distances (over 300 ;mm horizontally). Apart from causing irritation, fleas can transmit disease organisms, most notably bubonic plague bacteria, which can be carried from rats to humans by the rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopsis). The whitish wormlike legless larvae feed on organic matter. After two moults the larva spins a cocoon and undergoes metamorphosis into the adult.

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How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.

 

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From: Eric Parr

To: Foogle Business

Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 4:47 PM 

Subject: Fleas? Driving me mad!

 

I've got a problem, and I have no clue what the problem is. Lemme try to explain.5 nights ago, I began feeling as though I was being bitten similar to mosquito bites. A lot of bites... I look at the area, and I see nothing.3 nights pass, and it gets so bad, that I can't sleep. Constantly being awoken by dozens of nibbles. I feel critters (fleas?) jumping around, and when they reach sensitive places (such as eyes/lips, I can feel them squirming to get loose. At first, I thought I had maybe insulation/fibreglass in my bedding. I took my entire bed down, soaked the air mattress for a few hours in hot water, washed all my linens 2 times, washed my pillows twice (in a washer), vacuumed the entire area a few times. Next night, I feel very little -- maybe a dozen bites. I slept like a baby after being kept awake for the last few nights. 

Then all of a sudden, last night, its worse then what it was before. And I do not know what is causing this. Either its entire colonisations of critters bedding down with me, or I have done lost my mind. I didn't get a wink of sleep last night, and am going to check into a hotel tonight. Does this sound like anything you have heard of before? I do not live with or near any pets, nor do I contact pets. I'm pretty much a clean individual -- shower daily (lately 2 times to get the biting to stop), clothes washed regularly, all household areas sanitized weekly, and vacuuming on a weekly basis. I do live in an apartment, and have been here for 7 months or so and this is the first time I've had this problem. 

When I moved in there was a lot of dog hair, and I meticulously cleaned several times. Is this a pest problem which I can not visibly seem to see that can bite this hard and become this annoying? I feel them, but I can't see them? Granted, my bedding is dark green, but with the sheer quantity of the pests that seem to be bothering me, id assume id have seen or captured a few of them by now. Maybe I need to see a psychologist.……

Sincerely,  Eric Parr

  

From: Foogle Business 

To: Eric Parr 

Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 6:27 PM 

Subject: Re: Fleas? Driving me mad!

Hi,

Thanx for writing to us. At first I am not too sure if you are being straight or not; maybe you were having a joke but then maybe not! Fleas are not big but can easily be seen by the naked eye, especially on light colors. So I do not think this is a flea problem, as you would see them on your skin if you have light skin. If not buy some white sheets, or place some white paper near the suspected area. With dogs you do not usually have too much bother with fleas, it is the cat-flea that causes most of the problems. But keep vacuuming. I think it might be something like fiberglass, or whisker shavings. Have you any friends who could put itching powder in your bed? Are you getting an allergy from something quite separate from your bedding? Are you washing your sheets in some bio powder that does not agree with your skin???? It is not dust mites, as they do not bite humans, the allergy comes from a reaction to their faeces. But Hoover material around bed. Place pillows in a tumble dryer for about 20 mins. There are bed bugs that drink blood but these are rare and quite big. Hope this helps, let me know. Good Luck.

Foogle

  

Hello Foogle

Thank you for the response! My apologies for not replying earlier. I do not think my problem is fleas. The problem is still very present in my home. I really do not know what it is that is causing this problem still. I have ruled out contact dermatitis at this time. I changed all products I use when eating/washing/cleaning etc to products that I have known to be safe in the past. But the problem still persists. Also tried Benadryl antihistamines (25mg and 50mg) but they haven't provided any relief either. Washed all clothing/bedding with detergent, which I have safely used in the past. People who I explain this story to seem to think my problem is caused by mites (either the scabies mite or spider/rat/bird mites). I set off a few permethrin based fogger in attempts to kill the mites (just did this last night and so far results seem to be good so far). Scabies mite is probably not my culprit as my problem goes away when I leave my home. Honestly, I’m really not sure what my problem is, but I do believe it is a mite at this time. I have found a lot of others complaining about this same problem, everyone seems confused about what is causing these types of symptoms and how to cure. Here are some areas where others are complaining of the same problems:

 

http://www.e-bug.net/forum/messages/3639.shtml

 

http://www.safe2use.com/scabiesboard/messages2002/29563.html

 

If my problem is bird mites, it seems very difficult to cure (remove birds nest, spray with permithrin and hope problem goes away). Some people are claiming that electronic ultrasonic devices took care of their bird mite infestations. Perhaps you would know about these electronic devices -- I heard they were a scam and in studies did not produce any results of pest control. Any ideas on this? Have you heard of people successfully using ultrasonic devices to deter fleas?

 

Thanks again Foogle

 

How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.

A Flea

How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.

I am writing to you asking how flea eggs look like.

I work at an emergency care facility and many of the young girls have lice. However, I'm not sure they are lice at times. Some of the eggs that are on furniture and bedding look like this: a small white sappy circular egg-like structure (smaller than a grain of rice) with small clear to very light white hairs sticking out of the sappy structure. When I pull the hairs apart, they want to stick together at the base- where the sticky white substance is.

I've been doing so much research, but I cannot find out what this is or where it may be coming from. And information would help a great deal.

Thank You,

How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.

FLEA EGGS 

           They are about half the size of this.  

How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.

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From: Zanteweb Support 

To: Foogle Business 

Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 10:38 AM

Subject: HELP FLEAS!! 

Please Help!! I have a dog that is kept outside of the house and regularly treated with Frontline. Two days ago I was sitting in my Bedroom (the whole house has tiled floors not carpets) and a flea landed on me. In total I found four fleas on my ankles. I am concerned as to where they have come from and what I should do. Is it possible that after playing with my dog I have brought them in? Or could they be human fleas? What can I do? 

Thanks 

Karen

  

From: Foogle Business

To: Zanteweb Support 

Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 1:30 PM

Subject: Re: HELP FLEAS!! 

Hi Karen, 

Firstly read: 

http://www.Foogle Business/fleas.htm

 

This will help you understand the flea a bit more and relieve the panic. 

Have you any cats, are there any cats that live in the neighborhood? 

Most probably they are cat fleas, and your dog, as it is protected somewhat will NOT have fleas. 

There maybe fleas in your garden, that have hopped off cats that pass through. 

Fleas can be brought into the house on clothes and or legs. They are then attracted to carbon dioxide from your breath, warmth from your body, and vibrations as you walk. They will seek you out to feed on your blood. But they cannot hurt you. 

Very unlikely that they are human fleas. 

In any event, do not panic. All you can do in get out the vacuum cleaner and give the place a good clean, which I am sure you do anyway. 

Make sure you get right into the corners. 

If one jumps onto your legs, grab it and make sure you crack it , or snap it, by breaking it in two with your nail. 

Or have a tissue ready; grab the thing in the tissue and flush. 

It is hot where you are and they will be very active. 

Hope you will be OK!!! 

Let us know. 

Foogle 

Foogle Business 

 

How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.

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From: EilidhSmith
To: Foogle Business
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 8:14 AM
Subject: FLEA BITES


CAN FLEAS BE PASSED HUMAN TO HUMAN.

From: Foogle Business
To: EilidhSmith


Hi there,

Fleas are very mobile creatures they can be passed to where ever they want.

Read: http://www.Foogle Business/fleas.htm  

Fleas are usually cat fleas that will live on and bite humans or any animal that is handy, they just prefer cats, as human fleas prefer humans. 95% of the time fleas do not live on animals; they live in our homes and only hop onto an animal to feed. So if you have fleas, it is the place / home you have, that has fleas not necessarily you. So if a person visits your home it might jump onto your guest who might then leave and the flea might then hop off in their home and then they might get fleas. It is not like getting a cold.

Thanx

Foogle
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How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.

  

----- Original Message -----

From: Leslie

To: Foogle Business

Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 7:24 PM

Subject: FLEAS ARE BITING ME!!!

Hi my name is Leslie I’m 16 yrs old and I live in southern California. Every year I dread the summer because of those pesky fleas. We do everything...groom our dog place bombs in the house and spray outside. There are three people living in our household but I’m the only one who gets bitten. I think my body has become immune to them and typically do not bother me but they leave yucky scars and I’m forced to wear pants on summer days. I’ve been researching on fleas for two hours and learned more helpful tips such as doing everything I was doing but way more often. Well my real question is that all these sites concentrate on treating the animal...how do I treat myself! I bathe regularly is it that I’m dirty???? Please please please can u help me out? 

MY e-mail address is ????

Thanks.

Sincerely,

Leslie

  

Hi Leslie

To have fleas being that bothersome you must have a few more than would be expected.

Have you a cat??

Your dog should be treated with something like Frontline, just grooming will not get rid of them. Only 5 - 10% will live on the dog or you and the rest are living in your home or outside; whatever.

Vacuum as much as possible as the vacuum cleaner is your best tool, especially in the corners.

For yourself, you can rub on camomile lotion at night. Add salt to your bath at night or go paddling in the sea; this will help heal the bites more quickly.

Rub your legs with some kind of insecticide or repellent. Or Citronella Oil, TeaTree Oil, PennyFoogleal, Eucalyptus Oil, Lavender Oil, or Cedar Wood Oil, as they do not like these strong odors.

Do not use these on your pet though especially the dog as they have very strong scents.

Eating a lot of garlic is also good as a repellent but it does not only repel insects.

Good Luck

Foogle

www.Foogle Business 

Thanks for the correction. Since I ordered the Frontline, off your website I haven't got bitten again  . . . well only once. Thank you again.

Leslie

 

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How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.

----- Original Message -----

From: T Callen

To: Foogle Business

Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 2:33 PM

Subject: ******HELP !!! I THINK I HAVE FLEAS*******

 

I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF MY HOME HAS FLEAS. I DOG SAT FOR A FRIEND OF MINE ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO. SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN ITCHING LIKE CRAZY. I SEE SOME SMALL RED DOTS IN DIFFERENT PLACES OF MY BODY AS WELL AS MY ANKLES AND HANDS. As FAR AS SEEING AN ACTUAL FLEA, I AM NOT SURE. I DID FIND THIS WEIRD LOOKING BUG THAT WAS DEAD, 

BUT I AM NOT SURE IF IT IS A FLEA OR NOT. THE DOG HAS BEEN GONE FOR SOME TIME NOW, BUT EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE IS STILL ITCHING. SO MY QUESTIONS ARE: 

 

1. What should I look for to see if I have fleas? 

2. Can they still be around this long after the dog has left? 

3. What can I do to stop the itching if it is being caused by fleas? 

I look forward to hearing from you thank you

  

HI there, 

We got one email at 2.22 PM asking a question about fleas, and then another at 2.33 PM asking for HELP!!!. The mind boggles at what must have happened in between. 

Firstly read: 

http://www.Foogle Business/fleas.htm

This will help you understand the flea a bit more and relieve the panic. You most definitely have fleas but DON'T PANIC !!! 

Your dog sitting is most probably the cause. Most probably they are cat fleas. Fleas can also be brought into the house on clothes and or legs. They are then attracted to carbon dioxide from your breath, warmth from your body, and vibrations as you walk. They will seek you out to feed on your blood. But they cannot hurt you. They just leave small red dots at the wound site. 

In any event, do not panic. All you can do in get out the vacuum cleaner and give the place a good clean, which I am sure you do anyway. 

Make sure you get right into the corners. Vacuum as much as possible and you will get rid of them. Fleas can live up to FIVE years without blood. They will not go away but just look for the nearest mammal. YOU! 

For yourself, you can rub on camomile lotion at night. Add salt to your bath at night or go paddling in the sea; this will help heal the bites more quickly. Rub your legs with some kind of bespoke insecticide or repellent. Or TeaTree Oil, as they do not like this. Eating a lot of garlic is also good as a repellent but it does not only repel insect. 

If one jumps onto your legs, grab it and make sure you crack it , or snap it, by breaking it in two with your nail. 

Or have a tissue ready, grab the thing in the tissue and flush. 

It is hot now and they will be very active. 

Hope you will be OK!!! 

Let us know. 

Foogle 

www.Foogle Business

I will answer your questions in between them:

 

1. What should I look for to see if I have fleas? 

You can see the fleas, you can feel the flea as it 'bites' you. The flea does not bite, but it injects into you, similar to a mosquito. It first inject a chemical that helps blood flow and then it relaxes and then your body's blood-pressure siphons the flea-food (blood) into it. When it is full it drops off and finds a place to digest and reproduce.

 

2. Can they still be around this long after the dog has left? 

Fleas will drop off after feeding. They will find a corner to digest the food and then find another flea to reproduce. In a laboratory fleas were kept alive, in some hibernation or stasis, for FIVE years without food. They switch off, until they feel warmth, a vibration, or smell carbon dioxide.

 

3. What can I do to stop the itching if it is being caused by fleas? 

I look forward to hearing from you thank you

For yourself, you can rub on chamomile lotion at night. Add salt to your bath at night or go paddling in the sea; this will help heal the bites more quickly. Rub your legs with some kind of insecticide or repellent. Or Citronella Oil, TeaTree Oil, PennyFoogleal, Eucalyptus Oil, Lavender Oil, or Cedar Wood Oil, as they do not like these strong odors. Eating a lot of garlic is also good as a repellent but it does not only repel insect. 

 

How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.

 Siphonaptera the FLEA

To siphon —noun. 

1. A tube shaped like an inverted V or U with unequal lengths, used to convey liquid from a container to a lower level by atmospheric pressure. 

2. A bottle from which aerated water is forced by the pressure of gas. — v. (often foll. by off) 1 (cause to) flow through a siphon. 2 divert or set aside (funds etc.). 

[Greek, = pipe]

How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.

 

Wingless insect of the order Siphonaptera, with blood-sucking mouthparts. Fleas are semi-parasitic on warm-blooded animals. Some fleas can jump 130 times their own height. Species include the human flea - Pulex irritans; the rat flea - Xenopsylla cheopsis, the transmitter of plague and typhus. Helped through central heating, the cat and dog fleas - Ctenocephalides felis and Ctenocephalides canis. One of the largest fleas is Histricopsylla talpae, which lives on the mole and is about 8 mm or 0.25 in long. - How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes. Fleas, flees, fleese, phlees, phleas         © COPYRIGHT 2000 - 2009 Foogle Business

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The Flea life cycle

Understanding how fleas live, and breed, makes it easier to understand the best methods available to eradicate a flea problem.

EGGS.   One female adult flea can lay anything from one to FORTY eggs each day, with the highest concentration of egg-laying occurring in the final two to three days of life. Eggs are oval, around 0.5mm long, white and rounded at both ends. The eggs are not sticky so once laid, they immediately fall onto the ground, wherever the host is at that time.

Depending upon the temperature and most importantly, humidity, the eggs will hatch into larvae within two to ten days. Humidity below 50% may cause them to dry out and become food for luckier hatchlings. The environment in which the eggs are deposited is therefore of prime consideration to flea survival rate and helps to explain why warmer winters and hot summers have increased flea populations considerably in recent years. Homes should be well aired and this will help the drying effect and possibly protect against not only fleas but also the dust-mite.

LARVAE. A larva will hatch from an egg using a chitin tooth - an egg splitting spine on its head. This disappears when the larva changes into the second of its three 'moults' or development stages. It is this tooth that is changed by modern oral flea treatments. Treatments contain an insect development inhibitor renders the chitin tooth ineffective, this prevents the larvae from cutting his way out.

Larvae are semi-transparent and sparsely covered in short hairs. They are usually white with a yellow-brownish head and are generally quite active. They are dependent on a diet of adult flea faeces for survival, but will also feed on other organic debris in your carpet. In this domestic environment, flea larvae are found at the base of the carpet pile, where they can encounter food, are sheltered by the canopy of carpet fiber and can keep away from direct light. So it is clear that the more powerful any vacuum cleaner you have the greater ability for it to suck these little varmints out and into the dust container for disposal.

PUPAE.   After the third moult, the larva moves to an undisturbed place to begin spinning a silk cocoon coated with particles of debris picked up from its surroundings for use as camouflage.   It is within the cocoon that the larvae turns into the next stage of development - the pupa. Pupae subjected to suitable hatching conditions can emerge as adult fleas as early as three to five days following pupation. From this stage, the adult flea develops. The fully formed adult flea remains in the cocoon until stimulated to hatch by, for example, warmth, vibration and even exhaled carbon dioxide from a passing potential host - which includes the human! 

Under certain laboratory conditions fleas have lived dormant like this for up to five years. So even an empty house can harbor these dangers until the unsuspecting new tenant moves in creating the phenomenon known as the 'pupal window' and you need to be aware of it before effective flea treatment can begin.

Environmental sprays and powders cannot readily penetrate the cocoon and therefore have no effect on the maturing adult inside if used on their own. These fleas continue to hatch from their protective cocoons and, unless the flea control regime is maintained, will be the source of the next generation of fleas ready to cause you and your dog more problems!

ADULTS  Almost immediately after the adult flea has hatched from its cocoon, it will begin looking for its first blood meal. Unlike the flea larva, which tends to move away from light, adult fleas move upwards and towards the light, in order to be in a better position to locate a suitable victim.

The flea's eyesight is not brilliant and so warmth and carbon dioxide in the air appear to be answerable for helping it find its goal. Air currents will be changed by a cat or dog moving past the adult flea, the carbon dioxide increases and the flea detects these changes and jumps in the hope of landing in close proximity to the waiting adult. Adult fleas have been known to jump as many as 10,000 times in succession, whilst trying to leap onto a passing cat or dog - the flea knows they are close by but it's more a question of luck than judgment when trying to make a successful connection between the hooks on the flea's legs and the fur on the cat or dog.

However, once satisfactorily 'anchored', the flea will immediately begin to feed and the females will begin laying eggs after only 48 hours after the first feed. Before drinking the blood, the flea secretes special enzymes within its saliva into the wound. This substance softens and spreads the skin tissue, assisting with feeding. More helpfully the saliva contains an anti-coagulant making the blood flow. This saliva is usually the cause of allergic reactions in cats, dogs - and humans.

Once on a suitable host, the adult fleas will remain there until they die, which is usually within one or two weeks. Unfortunately for the pet, although providentially for the parasite population, females tend to live longer than males and there are naturally more females than males. If the animal is left to groom itself normally and cats groom more thoroughly than dogs on the whole, many adult fleas will be dislodged or swallowed naturally. However, if for any reason, the animal is unable to groom itself - it may be ill for example, then the owner should groom it more frequently than usual, to complement their pet's natural methods of flea control.

 

 

 
Thank You ! 
 
How to get rid of Fleas - FAQ's on Fleas - Frequently Asked Question on Fleas - Information on fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes. - Fleas, flees, fleese, phlees, phleas

 

 

This is an email we received and like many answered it in between the paragraphs so it was much clearer to understand.

 

From: Slobodanka B

To: Foogle Business

Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 4:13 AM

Subject: PLEASE ANSWER MY QUESTION ABOUT FLEAS!

 

Hi Sloba 

Below I have laid out a few pointers but will answer also in between YOUR email to give clearer points. Thanx. 

Firstly read throughout: 

http://www.Foogle Business/fleas.htm  and our TERMS

http://www.Foogle Business/termsandconditions.htm

This will help you understand the flea a bit more and relieve the panic. You most definitely have fleas but DON'T PANIC !!! 

Most probably they are cat fleas. Fleas can also be brought into the house on clothes and or legs. They are then attracted to carbon dioxide from your breath, warmth from your body, and vibrations as you walk. They will seek you out to feed on your blood. But they cannot hurt you. They just leave small red dots at the wound site. 

In any event, do not panic. All you can do in get out the vacuum cleaner and give the place a good clean, which I am sure you do anyway. 

Make sure you get right into the corners. Vacuum as much as possible and you will get rid of them. Fleas can live up to FIVE years without blood. They will not go away but just look for the nearest mammal. YOU! 

For yourself, you can rub on camomile lotion at night. Add salt to your bath at night or go paddling in the sea; this will help heal the bites more quickly. Rub your legs with some kind of bespoke insecticide or repellent. Or TeaTree Oil, as they do not like this. Eating a lot of garlic is also good as a repellent but it does not only repel insect. 

If one jumps onto your legs, grab it and make sure you crack it , or snap it, by breaking it in two with your nail. 

Or have a tissue ready, grab the thing in the tissue and flush. 

It is hot now and they will be very active. 

Hope you will be OK!!! 

Let us know. 

Foogle 

www.Foogle Business 

Read Below in between your email.

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Slobodanka B

To: Foogle Business

Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 4:13 AM

Subject: PLEASE ANSWER MY QUESTION ABOUT FLEAS!

 

HI, 

MY FAMILY HAS HAD AN OUTSIDE CAT FOR TWO YEARS AND RECENTLY HE WAS ATTACKED BY FLEAS. WE TRIED ALL KINDS OF TREATMENTS FROM THE SHAMPOOS TO THE FLEA TREATMENTS. (BOTH FROM WAL-MART) 

A lot of store stuff does not really work, and then only for a short while.

WELL, THE OTHER DAY WE WENT TO THE VET AND BOUGHT A PREVENTATIVE AND ON THAT EXACT DAY OUR CAT, MARIO, NEVER CAME BACK. IT'S BEEN FIVE DAYS HE HASN'T COME BACK, 

I am sorry but the treatment that the vet will have given, whilst normally OK can kill some animals due to its strength. But I feel sure your cat will return soon.

BUT THE FLEA PROBLEM IS THAT THEY ARE JUMPING AROUND THE WHOLE GARAGE. (WHERE OUR CAT WOULD EAT, SLEEP, AND GO TO THE BATHROOM) CAN YOU PLEASE HELP US, WHAT CAN WE DO? 

All you can do in get out the vacuum cleaner and give the place a good clean. Not only in the garage but in the whole house. Also buy an flea insecticide and spray the garage and the cat's bedding, just before you go to bed, and anywhere else you might feel is a problem.

AND IF OUR PET COMES BACK, WHICH WE HOPE, (SINCE HE NEVER DID THIS BEFORE) WHAT CAN WE DO? 

If your cat returns, I feel that now for about 2-3 months he will be protected, so you should not have to worry about him.

AND ALSO A QUESTION IS MAYBE COULD HE HAVE DIED BECAUSE OF THE FLEAS? AND MAYBE THAT BE THE ANSWER TO WHY HE NEVER CAME BACK. 

Again, if your cat has died, I would not think that it was the fleas per se, unless there was a severe infestation. I would presume that it was the flea preventative. Or he could have been run down, it is hard to say. I hope he returns.

THE FLEAS HAVE BIT MY HUSBAND ON THE LEG ALSO, WHAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT THAT? AND HOW TO KILL THEM'? 

They sometimes attack one person more than another. 

Read website http://www.Foogle Business/fleas.htm  and the bit above. Just don't panic, but just do what you can and they will go eventually.

ALSO CAN THEY LIVE ON HUMANS? I HOPE NOT. 

Fleas do not live on humans or any animal for that matter. Around 90 - 95% of all the fleas that you have, live around you in your carpets and home / garage etc. 

Only 5 - 10% live on you / your cat and ONLY to feed, when they have bitten you / your cat they fall off. So this is where the vacuum comes in. 

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR READING MY LETTER. THANK YOU AGAIN. 

SINCERELY, 

SLOBA

THANX

Foogle

 

 How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.

----- Original Message -----

From: Murph

To: Foogle Business 

Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 1:15 AM

Subject: Fleas on a human

 

Firstly read:

http://www.Foogle Business/fleas.htm

and http://www.Foogle Business/dyson_with_death.htm

 

This will help you understand the flea a bit more and relieve the panic. 

DON'T PANIC !!!

Fleas can be brought into the house on clothes and or legs. They are then attracted to carbon dioxide from your breath, warmth from your body, and vibrations as you walk. They will seek you out to feed on your blood. But they cannot hurt you. They just leave small red dots at the wound site. They usually only bite feet and lower legs on humans.

In any event, do not panic. All you can do in get out the vacuum cleaner and give the place a good clean, which I am sure you do anyway.

Make sure you get right into the corners. Vacuum as much as possible and you will get rid of them. Fleas can live up to FIVE years without blood. They will not go away but just look for the nearest mammal.

Buy an insecticide spray and treat the child's room during the day.

If a flea jumps onto your legs, grab it and make sure you crack it , or snap it, by breaking it in two with your nail.

Or have a tissue ready, grab the thing in the tissue and flush.

It is hot now and they will be very active.

I will comment in between your email.

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Murph

To: Foogle Business 

Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 1:15 AM

Subject: Fleas on a human

 

Hi! 

My son's friend has a 7year old who has a flea problem weird as it may sound and they do not know how to rid her of them.

You have gotten rid of the pets, OK. It is just a case of not panicking and just vacuum them away. Read the site and the above. they will go eventually.

She has a sister and a brother and neither of them are bothered by them but the little girl is infested with them.

Infested sounds a bit over the top, they would not just pick on one person to this degree. 90% of 'fleas' are living in and around the house, only 5 - 10% are on a mammal, feeding, at anyone time. If your statement was true there could be potentially millions of them in your son's friend's home, and a professional exterminator would need to be employed.

They have no pets since they got rid of their cat and the kittens it had. Yes, the animals had fleas when she got rid of them but that was a month ago and we were wondering what she can do to rid her daughter of this problem?

Fleas can live up to FIVE years without feeding. They will wait in stasis until they hear, feel or smell a mammal. Get rid of them in the house and they will go. Wash / clean her clothes thoroughly and eventually they will all be killed. Unless there is some other source. Has any friend of the 7 year old got cats / pets???? She could be bringing them in from outside.

She has cleaned her house thoroughly and it seems that the little girl is the only one the fleas are attracted to. Thank you! Carol

Again, follow the website and they will go. Please write back soon.

Good Luck

Foogle

www.Foogle Business 

 
How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.

Hi Kimberly

Read: http://www.foogle.biz/terms/

We presume that you have read the website, [ LOL ]

http://www.Foogle Business/fleas.htm

As for the info you seek, most is there.

Click on some of the ADS on our Webpage as this will teach you more about your little enemy, and you can read up on pesticides / lotions.

We usually send this INFORMATION BIT FIRST

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kimberly Shoemaker"
To: The Flea Fighters
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 2:07 AM
Subject: HOW EFFECTIVE IS SALT IN KILLING FLEAS

 

Hi! We have fleas horrible in our house, we have tried foggers, and sprays which seem to have helped some. I have found a lot of self help tips on the net saying salt is effective in killing fleas by covering the carpets with table salt, working it in with a broom and leaving it on for a week then vacuuming it up then doing it again, this is supposed to dehydrate the fleas thus making them too weak to mate & eventually it kills them out. We have a friend who said she tried this method & it worked for her but I am skeptical today is day #2 of the gritty stuff getting stuck to our feet as we walk through our house...LOL.

LOL is right.

Usually Borax, as this is also a salt, is usually used and it actually dehydrates the flea and they die.

I have never used this and never will.

I am also putting the hot soap water under a lamp every night which has resulted in A LOT of flea suicides.

This flea-trap is good but it is mainly for amusement.

I gave the cat a bath with cat flea shampoo & put a flea collar on her which has helped tremendously but I still find some on her, the label on the shampoo says to use every 10 days would it hurt her to bathe her more often with it?

Forget the cat. I feel you have written to us but you have not read the webpage have you.

I'm also using a little apple cider vinegar in her drinking water which I read is supposed to help repel fleas because the flea doesn't like the taste of it when they suck bite her.

Why did you not read the website as it answers all your questions.

I almost killed her using flea spray on her so that is NOT an option ever again. ANY information you can give me to get rid of these pests once & for all is greatly appreciated! We also put the granule stuff around the outside of our house to help kill them outside....don't know if it has been effective or not but it sure got rid of the spiders, crickets,& ants...LOL

I am glad that you can still laugh. This is a good attitude to have. The flea is just a small insect that can never hurt you.

She has never been outside and we got her last summer when she was only 8 weeks old & never had a flea problem until this summer....a flea collar was always effective until now. We live in Northeast Missouri. Thanks so much!! I will be looking forward to hearing from you.
 

Kimberly Shoemaker, is such a great name.

Anyway. Read this again.

All you can do is get out the vacuum cleaner and give the place a good clean, which I am sure you do anyway.

Vacuum twice daily until the problem has gone, getting into corners. Vacuum / Clean up the sleeping area of your animal as well. Vacuum suspect furniture.

Vacuuming well, this is your very best option. We mentioned this several years ago, now all sites mention this. Get right into corners and cracks and edges.

Only 5 - 10% of fleas are on you or your animal at anytime, the rest are living in your home, or outside.

By vacuuming this clears away eggs, larvae etc and breaks the life-cycle. If you break their life-cycle, you will not get any adult fleas who will bite you.

Read the site again, LOL. And click on some ADS to Learn More.

Thanx

Foogle

www.foogle.biz

  How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.
  
----- Original Message -----
From: dean
To: Flea Fighters
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 8:56 PM
Subject: CAT FLEAS - SERIOUS PROBLEM

How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.

 Dear Sirs,

Can you please help us?

We got a cat two years ago, and felt she was lonely so got a "playmate" for her, which neither of them liked very much for a while!

Anyway, I've been scratching and obviously bitten by fleas for ages now I didn't know what it was until eventually I saw a flea. I think it is a cat flea because they are eating my ankles. There is two humans in our house, myself and my partner. My partner has never been bit.

This new cat may have had fleas, which have now spread to the other cat and more importantly to your home. Read the email above. it is almost definitely cat-fleas, even dogs have cat-fleas. They sometimes prefer certain people people. It can be the smell, from cosmetics, diet etc that they do not like and will jump onto the cats or you.

We treated the cats with a flea spray and started to spray all areas the cats have been sleeping and just lying down etc. with another product which kills fleas etc.

Vacuum, Vacuum, Vacuum. And spray into the corners edges of your home.

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The problem seems to be now getting worse, I'm getting bitten approx 10 times a day.... Im even beginning to get bitten at work now and so are other people in the office I work. Could this be related to my cat's fleas or could it just be coincidence... Basically what I'm asking is if I have been bitten by them, could they live in my clothes and then when I go to work, could they jump around and find other people to bite?

I know it is not funny, but you can easily take them, quite innocently from your home to work. Here they will infest your work place. Fleas live in their environment NOT on the mammal. They just use the animal to feed, a bit like a lion.

You now have the problem, that whilst you can rid your home, you now may be re-infected from your work place.

The problem at work is unpleasant, they're now calling in experts to try and get rid of the problem completely.

This is OK, but you may rid your workplace but it may be re-infected by others bringing them back from their home. I would keep quiet about what you have done here. Take on a stance of being the injured one.


Would the Smoke Bombs I have seen in Pet Shops have any benefit?

No! Read the webpage and click on the Ads.

I would appreciate your advice. Thank you in kind anticipation. Carl

Good Luck, let us know what goes on.

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How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.
----- Original Message -----
From: Packmw
To: Flea Fighters
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 1:27 PM
Subject: Fleas in Scalp

How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.

My Mom's house got infested with fleas from my sister's dog. She swears her (my Mom's) scalp is itchy and she is getting bitten but we don't necessarily see anything. In any case, can you recommend something for her like a shampoo that will get rid of any possible fleas?

OK. Fleas in the hair is rare but it does happen, you may have been lying down or playing with pet near your head.

Remember a lot of itching can be in the mind; this is normal, we think of things that make us itch and the brain makes us scratch. Sit next to someone scratching, and you will start as well.

Fleas do not generally live on us, or the pet. They just hop on for a feed. They live in your home, that is why it is important to vacuum every where. This clears away eggs, larvae etc and breaks the life-cycle.

For your hair. Wash your hair with a strong medicated shampoo. Use a good conditioner. Brush the hair gently. Blow dry hair very well whilst brushing. The heat should dry the fleas out if there are any in your hair. The fleas soon dehydrate. Do not burn your hair though.

The fleas will not actually like being in your hair, they would prefer to be on your body and inside clothing. Generally with an active infestation around 90% of them will be in your home, not on you. Just wash hair well, and brush dry making sure the scalp is well dried. Vacuum the house, read the above.

In addition, we have put borax in the carpet as well as bombed the house. Wednesday will be 2 weeks. Do you have any recommendations on what to do next? Thanks so much - your website is great! Sincerely, Marcy Packer

Thanx. Borax is OK, but vacuuming and flea-spray around the edges and corners is better. Vacuum, vacuum vacuum.

Thanx, the Flea Fighters.

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How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.
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From: mscandyrn
 To: Foogle Business
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 12:32 AM
Subject: FLEAS!!! HELP!!!
How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.

My name is Diane, and I live in central New Jersey. I own a home with a small back yard and have 2 indoor cats (who have never been outside). A month ago, I hired a landscaper to dig up the whole back yard, level it out, and put down a small patio. He turned out to be very unprofessional....doing the work in spurts, and at one point leaving a huge dump truck piled to the brim with dirt, grass and weeds from my yard, parked in my driveway. Anyway, about 1 week after he removed the truck and the job was done, I experienced an infestation of fleas like you would not believe. They seemed to be primarily on the driveway, where his truck had been parked for 5 days. My children and I would have 25-50 fleas hop on our legs every time we went outside on this driveway....and of course, they wound up in the house and infested my cats as well Now 4 weeks later, after spending about $600.00 treating the outside, the inside, and the cats.....I am trying to figure out how this happened. I must tell you at this point that upon the initial discovery of the fleas, there were also maggots in the driveway.....hundreds of them. Now believe me, there is absolutely nothing in my driveway that would attract flies....except of course my garbage cans...but they are kept covered and the maggots were not even near them. The cans in fact were empty upon the discovery. I searched everywhere and there was nothing dead laying around, which was my first thought. Nope, they both just appeared mysteriously, the fleas and the maggots...in my driveway where his truck had been parked. The maggots died on their own after about 5 days (we tried to kill them, but nothing worked!) So I have done extensive research here to understand this. At first I thought his truck must have had something dead in it.....but that does ot seem to explain the incredible number of fleas left behind. I'm telling you, there were thousands! You could see them moving even against the black background of the tarred driveway! Then I found an article online about a town in Delaware t had a HUGE infestation of fleas when they were putting up a new retaining wall in town, and they think they must have disturbed a "nest" of fleas?

Take a breath girl!

What you have said so far could have been, might have been.

Maggots come from fly eggs usually laid in rotting meat etc. It is hard to fathom where they came from, but it might well have been from the truck. Imagine that he had some or had picked up some garbage that had a million eggs laid on it. He might had got rid of most of the garbage, but many eggs may have been left behind. When they hatched, they roamed onto your land, looking for food following various smells.

As for the fleas. Perhaps the same thing happened. Fleas will live in your home rather than outside, but then they will live anywhere as long as it is warm and they can hop onto a mammal.

Fleas do not have nests, they are not social insect like ants, bees. They would not live in a retaining wall as you mention, waiting to be discovered.


Well, this was the first time I heard this term, and it started me thinking. Are there underground nests of fleas?

No, fleas are somewhat solitary, though they need others to mate. Flea larvae need adults as they eat their faeces, along with house dust, human skin flakes etc.

Could my loser landscaper have hit one, maybe dug it up and threw it in is truck?

No.

I cannot find any good info on where or how fleas live outside. Are they everywhere, in everyone's soil?

The most common domestic flea is a cat-flea. It lives mainly on top and in cracks and crevices. Not under the ground. But they can live in on your yard / garden driveway. They feed on passing animals and then drop off, if the mammal is in a shopping mall at the time, the flea will then live there.

If so, then why doesn't everyone get infested? Even my friends who have outdoor pets have never had a problem such as I experienced! Ok...so, aside from feeling sorry for myself.....I really need to figure this out. Do you have any clue why this might have happened? I do not live where there are any wild animals that might stray onto my property, so that's not it.

Another breath!

Most people are infested at some time or other. But a flea or two does not make an infestation. The odd flea is just sucked up never to return. It is when less clean people, not you!!, leave them, the population can grow.

No, it has to be something very unusual to have caused an infestation of this size. And unless I can understand what caused it, I am really fearful that it will happen again? Right now they are dying off, but again, the area where they were most seen, and that I had to treat the most...was the DRIVEWAY! And this makes no sense to anyone I tell the story to. P.S. The pest control guy said he has never seen anything like it in his 20 years of service! Can you help in any way? Help me figure out where they came from? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Thank you, Diane

We used to get up to 10 emails a day on fleas. But we updated the WebPages and it is now only one or two, I thought I had heard everything, but you will talk about this for years. We will publish this one.

Let us blame the truck again. Perhaps, he picked up a dead animal and it was a warm day, and whilst fleas will not generally lay eggs on a dead body, if it is warm they might. They actually lay most eggs in their environment, your home. But if nothing else was around and the female fleas needed to get rid of a load of eggs, maybe before the animal died even, they laid lots of eggs. Maybe because of a huge infestation, the animal died of having too many fleas. Well if all this was planted near your landed, as the dead animal cooled they would abandon ship, and when the eggs hatched they would do the same. So you could potentially have a few thousand fleas looking for food, that is the nearest mammal.

Anyway, I am sure it is a one off, but keep at it.

Thanx

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How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.

 

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Has your dog got fleas?

In all likelihood, the answer is 'yes' even if it's not immediately obvious. There are around 14 million cats and dogs in Britain today; five times more in the States and all pets will, at some time in their lives, be irritated by fleas. Fleas are the most common cause of skin irritation in cats and dogs. Many vets confirm that up to two thirds of their time, especially in the summer, is spent treating flea-related conditions in pets.

    

Locking the stable-door, after the horse has bolted.

If you have pets, you should now know that your pet WILL get fleas during some part of its life, and this will be to varying degrees. Do not leave the problem until it has become so serious that your pet is really uncomfortable and you have fleas jumping all over the place, especially to such a point that will tantamount to a household infestation, as this will become very difficult to control. The longer you leave things the more serious the situation will get and the more difficult then to remove. 

 

Do check your pets regularly for fleas by carefully grooming and searching.

Vacuum clean as often as possible, not forgetting the edges and corners. Spray some recommended crawling insect spray around the edges of your home.   [ See Dust Mites ]

Ask your vet for advice about a sustainable treatment that will be suitable for you and your pet's circumstances e.g. living conditions, rural or urban surroundings, proximity to other, possibly untreated pets.

Vacuum clean as often as possible, not forgetting the edges and corners. Spray some recommended crawling insect spray around the edges of your home.

Do not just smother everything in with the first or cheapest flea treatment that you find. Insecticides may well kill adult fleas but they may not kill other members, 95%, in other parts of the life cycle.

Vacuum clean as often as possible, not forgetting the edges and corners. Spray some recommended crawling insect spray around the edges of your home.

Do not just consider treating your pets but also the areas in which they walk, play and sleep. Those of the 95%, a time bomb, will be there waiting.

 

Human Fleas - Feeding on a Human

Human Fleas

How to recognize a flea problem

Apart from suffering from flea bites yourself, feeling the itching and seeing the many small red scabs especially on the calves of the leg, which will eventually become larvae food, you must be aware of your pet's discomfort.  

There are three easy warnings you can use to check for the presence of fleas on your pet.

  • The pet will be scratching itself frequently, perhaps in a very agitated manner. All animals - like humans - will itch occasionally but you should be able to recognize if a pet develops a recurring and irritating itch from having fleas. A flea itch is not usually caused by the adult flea moving around on the animal's skin. It is more normally caused through the pet developing an allergy to the flea's saliva. But even so the bite can be felt and you yourself may innocently just treat it as a normal scratch.

  • Not all pets will show an allergic reaction however. Just like humans, some are affected and some are not. Another way to spot a flea problem is by recognizing flea droppings in the pet's coat. If you groom your pet regularly, you may find flea droppings amongst their coat. These are small and black, and resemble ground pepper, sometime shaped in a curve. They are made up of blood and secretions from the adult flea and should not be confused with live adult fleas which are bigger and move considerably faster! Faeces will dissolve on a moist piece of cotton wool, leaving a red blotch.

  • Any evidence of skin disease can have fleas as the primary cause. So if your dog or cat exhibits any hair loss, soreness or skin problems, take it to your vet. Do not  just hope it might disappear, it probably will not and may get worse. 

 

If you cannot afford a vet, in any event get rid of the flea problem as best you can. Hoover every day and do a good job, spray your home as best you can. 

Bath your pet in a recommended flea-shampoo. 

Where a reaction to the flea bites has visibly asserted itself and this will be a large sore usually, made worse by your pet's constant scratching. This sore can become infected and an anti-biotic maybe the best cure, along with a recommended anti-inflammatory cream. If these are not available to you, try and snip the hair off your pet where the injury is. Bath the infected place twice a day with salt water and try to get it as clean as possible, dry it off with a clean cloth. Buy a home remedy anti-disinfectant, like Tea-Tree Oil and rub it into the wound. Eventually this should clean up. It will become dry and crusty and some fur may fall off. But if it is dry this is usually a good sign. Of course if it becomes worse, you may have find a cheap vet.

Grooming. If possible, always groom your pet outside on concrete, as newly laid flea eggs will then fall out on to a more alien environment. Any lower temperature and relatively low humidity levels will help to ensure that fleas in any stage of life, will perish. Groom regularly and make it daily. A regularly groomed coat is a healthy one and one 'thinned-out' and better equipped to deal with fleas. 

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Fighting Fleas
by Cindy Froslie

As anyone who lives in this area knows, fleas are a serious problem. Chemicals and drugs are the most frequent weapons used but at what cost to the health of your dog and you? The following ideas are a few natural, non-toxic suggestions to help make your home, yard, and dog less attractive to fleas. These will not eliminate an existing problem but will hopefully help keep one from starting.

  • Supplement your dog's diet with Brewers Yeast. This is supposed to make your dog taste unpleasant to the fleas. It does not work immediately so give it a month or two.

  • Sprinkle Borax powder on your carpets, let sit 30 minutes and vacuum. You can also mix Borax and baking soda (half and half) to add a natural rug deodorizer. Remember to change your vacuum cleaner bag often and carry the bag outside to the can. Fleas can live in the bag.

  • Add Borax to your laundry, especially when washing your dog's bedding.

  • Make a grooming spray of a few teaspoons of dog conditioner, 2-3 drops of eucalyptus oil (or oil of penny Foogleal), and water. Use daily on your dog before brushing. Fleas are supposed to be repelled by the smell of eucalyptus.

  • Comb your pet DAILY with a flea comb. (This is not difficult with a well groomed coat.) Pay particular attention to the rump area, the belly, and under the legs. If you see fleas or flea dirt (resembling poppy seeds) you have the start of a problem. Flea combing daily can keep you on top of the situation. Use a chemical spray to kill the fleas on the comb.

  • Spread Nematodes (a natural flea treatment, available at lawn and garden centers) in you yard.

  • If your dog does have fleas or has itchy, red skin, sprinkle Gold Bond Medicated Powder on the red area (as long as the skin is not broken). This will help relieve your dog while you are eliminating the problem.

Remember: It is easier to prevent a flea problem than to cure one.

 

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SITE MAP OF FOOGLE BUSINESS - www.foogle.biz - What, Who, Where, When, Why, Which, Will, How, Do - Student information - Teacher Information - Parent Information - Research with Foogle. MRSA - PLEASE NOTE THAT MRSA IS NOT A DISEASE. IT IS THE NAME OF A BACTERIA THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE AN ANTIBODY THAT CAN KILL IT. IF ALLOWED INTO THE BODY OF A MAMMAL, IT CAN BRING ON MANY PROBLEMS AND CONDITIONS. THESE CONDITIONS HAVE ALTERNATE NAMES AND SOMETIMES MRSA IS NOT EVEN MENTIONED. PREVIOUS TO THE MRSA STRAIN THESE CONDITIONS WERE CLEARED UP QUITE EASILY WITH PENICILLIN ETC. BUT NOT ANYMORE. READ ON! He was born Samuel Leroy Jackson on the 21st of December, 1948, in Washington DC. His father left when he was very young, moving to Kansas City, Missouri, leaving Samuel to be raised by his mother, Elizabeth, and his grandparents, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Granddad was a janitor, while Elizabeth worked in a factory (later she'd be a supply buyer for a state mental institution). MALARIA - A serious, acute and chronic relapsing infection in humans, characterized by periodic attacks of chills and fever, anemia, enlargement of the spleen - splenomegaly, and often fatal complications. Malaria also is found in apes, monkeys, rats, birds, and reptiles. It is caused by various species of protozoa, a one-celled organism - called Sporozoans, that belong to the genus Plasmodium. These parasites are transmitted to humans by the bite of various species of mosquitoes belonging to the genus Anopheles . Mosquito - A small flying biting insect that could be described as a type of Fly. It lives worldwide, especially in the tropics. It has long legs and a slender abdomen, Culex Forma. In most species the males feed on plant juices or nectar. The females puncture the skin with a long proboscis, to suck the blood of mammals, quite often transmitting serious diseases, including Malaria, Dengue Fever, Encephalitis and Yellow Fever. The mosquito is not strictly a parasite. Hay fever An allergy to pollen, which leads to sneezing, a streaming nose, and inflamed eyes. Treatment involves taking antihistamines or, in severe cases, steroids. - ALLERGIES - hypersensitive reaction by the body to foreign substances - antigens, that in similar amounts and circumstances are harmless within the bodies of other people. World Trade Center - A complex of several buildings around a central plaza in New York City that in 2001 was the site of the deadliest terrorist attack in American history. The complex—located at the southwestern tip of Manhattan, near the shore of the Hudson River and a few blocks northwest of Wall Street—was built by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as a central facility for businesses and government agencies involved in international trade. Until the 2001 attack, it was notable for its huge twin towers, each of which had 110 stories. The roof of One World Trade Center reached to 1,368 feet (417 meters), and Two World Trade Center was 1,362 feet (415 meters) tall. Designed by Minoru Yamasaki and officially opened in 1972, the towers were the world's tallest buildings until surpassed in 1973 by the Sears Tower in Chicago. (See Researcher's Note: Heights of Buildings.) Each of the twin towers had 97 passenger elevators, 21,800 windows, and roughly an acre (0.4 hectare) of rentable space per floor. An observation deck was situated on the 107th floor of the south tower (Two World Trade Center), and a television-broadcasting mast 360 feet (110 meters) high was attached to the north tower (One World Trade Center). SMELLY FEET - Most of the body sweats to keep us cool, and help remove some waste products from the body. Every square cm of the sole of the foot and the palms of your hands have about over 500 sweat pores, totalling 250,000 little holes, that is more than other part of the body, even more that under the arm-pits.
CULVER CITY, CA May 19, 2005 – Topher Grace has joined the cast of Spider-Man® 3, it was announced by director Sam Raimi and producers Laura Ziskin and Marvel Studio's Avi Arad. Grace will join Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, and Thomas Haden Church in the blockbuster franchise. Spider-Man 3 is scheduled for release on May 4, 2007, and will reunite returning cast members with director Sam Raimi and producers Ziskin and Arad, the successful filmmaking team responsible for the first two films. Fleas have been around for millions of years - a fossilized flea found in Australia is said to be 200 million years old. It does not differ significantly from today's fleas. Different species can be found from the Arctic Circle to the Arabian deserts - even penguins have fleas which counteract the cold by ensuring that their growth into adulthood coincides with the time when penguins are sitting firmly on their eggs, thereby keeping both fleas and their young in a warm environment! Huntington's Disease is due to a dominant and faulty genetic disorder on chromosome 4.  The consequence of the fault with this gene starts around or just before middle age,  and leads to a gradual physical, mental and emotional change in its victim. Huntington's Disease was named after the American, Dr. George Huntington, as in 1872 he was the first person to document an accurate description of the symptoms and the route of the disease. - The loss of these cells causes intense symptoms and eventually death. As the condition advances, it becomes more difficult for the patient to walk and speak. Memory and intellectual functions continue to decline, until the end. By far of the majority of patients are placed in hospices for special care. THE LOUSE - also called the Body Louse -Pediculus Humanus, one of the most common sucking lice, found wherever human beings live. There are two sub-species of the common human louse: Pediculus Humanus Capitis, the Head Louse, and P. Humanus Humanus, the body louse, or cootie. The body louse is an important carrier of epidemic typhus; other louse-borne human diseases are trench fever and relapsing fever World Light - The Earth's Street Lights seen by a NASA satellite - CLONE - also spelled clon population of genetically identical cells or organisms that are derived originally from a single original cell or organism by asexual methods. Cloning is fundamental to most living things, since the body cells of plants and animals are clones ultimately derived from the mitosis of a single fertilized egg. More narrowly, a clone can be defined as an individual organism that was grown from a single body cell of its parent and that is genetically identical to it. COCKROACHES - Dictyoptera - An order of insects comprising the cockroaches - suborder Blattaria) and the mantids - suborder Mantodea, occurring mainly in tropical regions. Cockroaches are oval and flattened in shape; some have a single well-developed pair of wings, folded back over the abdomen at rest, while in others the wings may be reduced or absent. They are usually found in forest litter, feeding on dead organic matter, but some species, e.g. the American cockroach - Periplaneta Americana, are major household pests, scavenging on starchy foods, fruits, etc. In most species the females produce capsules - the (oothecae containing 16 - 40 eggs. These are either deposited or carried by the female during incubation.
Asthma is not a new phenomenon, as its recent insurgence would suggest. - Asthma-like symptoms were first recorded around 3500 years ago in an Egyptian manuscript called the Ebers Papyrus. And a word with similar roots as Asthma was also seen in Homer's Iliad. The word comes from the Greek and means Labored Breathing. The word Asthma was first used to describe an illness 500 years later by the famous Greek physician, and father of Medicine, Hippocrates. The Romans also recorded this condition and used various remedies to try and cure it. ALL ABOUT BREEDING YOUR DOG - How To Breed Your Dog BEDBUG - Any member of the approximately 75 species of nocturnal insects of the family Cimicidae - order Heteroptera, that feed by sucking the blood of humans and other warm-blooded animals. The reddish brown, or mahogany adult is broad and flat. It is only 4 to 5 mm, less than 0.2 inch long. The greatly withered, scaly vestigial wings are inconspicuous and non-functioning. You know they are about, when you see you have mysterious bite marks - small red dots. You can also see small telltale black marks, on sheets and mattresses. Bedbugs also have a distinctive oily odor, that results from a secretion of scent from their stink glands. Health Problems?? We have many pages on a variety of ailments. ALLERGIES - ANTHRAX - ATHLETES FOOT - MALARIA - MENINGITIS - MRSA - SMELLY FEET - The June Bug - Cotinus Nitida - Linnaeus - Really a Flying Beetle - " I'm coming to get you!! " - Cotinus Nitida - The June Bug, also called May Beetle, or July Bug - Any insect of the genus Phyllophaga, belonging to the widely distributed, plant-feeding subfamily Melolonthinae - family Scarabaeidae, order Coleoptera. These red-brown / green or even orange beetles commonly appear in the Northern Hemisphere during warm spring evenings and are attracted to lights. The heavy-bodied June beetles vary from 12 to 25 mm - 0.5 to 1 inch, and have shiny wing covers (elytra). They feed on foliage and flowers at night, sometimes causing considerable damage. June beetle larvae, called white grubs, are about 25 mm long and live in the soil. They can destroy crops, like, corn [maize], small grains, potatoes, strawberries, and they can kill lawns and pastures by severing the grasses from the roots. TICK - A widely distributed parasitic arachnid - related to Spiders and Scorpions, that sucks the blood of mammals, reptiles and birds, and may transmit such diseases as Typhus, Lymes Disease and Relapsing Fever. Its round body can be as small as a millimeter, or up to 30 mm long, with eight bristly legs. After feeding, the adults drop off the host and lay eggs on the ground. The larvae attach themselves to a suitable victim, feed, then drop off and molt into nymphs, which repeat the procedure. They have been compared to being similar to the Mite. An insect is a six legged creature, but all of this sized organisms once came from the same ancestor. Athlete's Foot is a skin condition caused by a fungus, that typically occurs between the toes. This picture is the classic condition, and very common. It is also at a stage where it is being restrained, not cured, only by being kept reasonably clean. WE HAVE A CURE.
Meningitis is an infection of the clear plasma-like fluid of a person's spinal cord and the same fluid that surrounds the brain. Meningitis is sometimes referred to as Spinal Meningitis. Meningitis is usually caused by a viral or bacterial infection; itis mean inflammation, so the infection causes an inflammation of these areas. PILES - Hemroids and their symptoms are one of the most common afflictions in the Western world. In fact, hemroids can occur at any age and can affect both women and men. Because the presence of hemorrhoidal tissue is normal - it acts as a compressible lining which allows the anus to close completely. Unfortunately, hemroids tend to get worse over time, and disease should be treated as soon as it occurs. Clostridium Difficile, is now recognized as the chief cause of HAI - Diarrhea in the US and Europe, and not only in hospitals but also in nursing homes and other facilities for long term care. Initial recognition of this disease began in the 1970s, with reports of a serious, sometimes lethal colitis, characterized by the formation of pseudo-membranous plaques. The cause was identified as Clostridium Difficile in 1978.  Allergy - An abnormal reaction by the body to certain substances, including pollen, dust, certain foods and drugs, fur, moulds, etc. Normally all foreign substances (antigens) entering the body are destroyed by antibodies. Allergic people, however, become hypersensitive to certain antigens (called allergens), so that whenever they are encountered in future they stimulate not only the normal antibody reaction but also the abnormal symptoms of the allergy, such as sneezing and skin rashes. Allergic conditions include hay fever, some forms of asthma and dermatitis, and urticaria. Treatment includes the use of antihistamines and corticosteroids and desensitization. The human papilloma virus - HPV, causes several different types of warts, which are the most common type of skin infection. In some cases, the HPV virus dies within 1 or 2 years, and warts simply disappear. Verrucas, also called Warts, well-defined small growth of varying shape on the skin surface, caused by a virus. The wart is composed of an abnormal proliferation of cells of the epidermis; the overproduction of these cells is caused by the viral infection. The most common type of wart is a round, raised lesion having a dry and rough surface; flat or threadlike lesions are also seen. Warts are usually painless, except for those in pressure areas, such as the plantar warts, or Verrucas, that occur on the sole of the foot. They may occur as isolated lesions or grow profusely, especially in moist regions of the body surface. Worms, some say, have been around in one form or shape for about 600 million years. We actually share some DNA with all worms. There are perhaps up to 35,000 different types of these legless invertebrates, that we call worms. Some scurry about on the surface of the land, some live just beneath, whilst others bury themselves deep into the Earth's surface. Many live in the sea, and some have been found deep down on the bottom. Some are so small you cannot see them with the naked-eye, others are so big, they could be snakes. An Earthworm can live for ten years, living and eating in our gardens. They have no eyes, or ears and never sleep. Pound for pound, as they are made of mostly muscle they can be 1,000 times stronger than the strongest man, so next time you call a person a worm, think. Acne can affect people from ages 9 through to middle-age. Acne can show up as any of the following; congested pores, whiteheads, blackheads, pimples, pustules, or cysts - deep pimples, spots. These blemishes occur wherever there are many oil or sebaceous glands, mainly on the face, chest, and back. Acne is commonly referred to in slang as zits.

How to get rid of fleas - FLEAS - any member of the insect order Siphonaptera. Fleas are sometimes called parasites, but not all fleas are parasites in the strictest sense. Many fleas live and feed totally on the exterior of the host, this makes them ecto-parasitic, but many fleas just use the host to feed. The domestic flea, that is the flea that plagues our home, is generally the Cat-Flea - Ctenocephalides Felis, and not the dog or human flea. This flea actually lives in our home, and only jumps onto a mammal, that is our cat, dog, or us, when it wants to feed. The flea then hops off and the main part of its life is spent in and around our homes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

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