Steam cleaning is a natural way to kill fleas that doesn’t use any toxic chemicals. Professional cleaners and exterminators use steamers as a way to clean houses of flea infestations. They do this because fleas can only withstand certain temperatures and can easily drown. Flea steamers are one of my preferred methods of getting rid […]
Flea Treatment
Killing Fleas With Vinegar
Flea killers often contain toxic chemicals that can harm you, your family, and your pets. This tends to deter people from using commercial flea killers. Flea killers can cost a large some of money as well and many people (myself included) don’t want to spend that kind of money. This leads to the question are […]
What are the best Flea Foggers?
Most of the time I wouldn’t recommend using a flea fogger or flea bomb in your home. This is because with a flea fogger you’re releasing hazardous chemicals into the air that could linger in your home after use. Sometimes you may need a fogger though. Flea Infestations can grow so large that you need […]
How to treat fleas from human hair
When fleas get hungry enough and can’t find a proper host such as a cat or dog they tend to look for anything close by they can feed on. This means they’re willing to feed on humans. This tends to be a problem because when fleas finish eating they want to lay eggs. While you’re […]
Flea Information
Do fleas have wings?
Fleas don’t have wings. Instead of having wings fleas have the ability to jump tremendous distances making it seem like they can fly. >>Check out how remove fleas from cars<< Wingless Fleas Fleas are member of the order Siphonaptera. Siphon meaning “tube” in latin and aptera meaning “wingless”. Fleas most likely descended from insects with […]
Oriental Rat Flea
Of all the fleas in the world this is the scariest. You’ve probably heard of the bubonic plague or the black death. This little guy is the culprit. Many people think rats caused the spread of the bubonic plague but that only partially correct. The bubonic plague was also spread by the oriental rat flea. […]
Jiggers – What are they and how to treat them
A common question I’m asked is if its possible to have flea eggs under your skin and if so how do I get rid of these eggs. Luckily for us flea eggs under our skin isn’t too common though it does happen. The fleas that burrow into your skin are called Chigoe fleas or better […]