On Saturday, 1 September 2012 16:31:36 UTC+1, haaark wrote:
On Sep 1, 3:12*pm, Lawrence13 wrote:

On Saturday, 1 September 2012 15:04:05 UTC+1, *wrote:

"Lawrence13" wrote in message



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On Saturday, 1 September 2012 12:05:51 UTC+1, Graham P Davis *wrote:



On Sat, 1 Sep 2012 03:20:38 -0700 (PDT)



haaark wrote:



Interesting flea facts:



Plymouth followed by Bristol are the most flea-ridden cities in the



country (year round humidity,mild winters, warm summers). They love



AGW and fitted carpets



The commonest flea on the dog is the cat flea. (Dogs will react to one



flea. Cats can be infested and hardly react).



Control of environmental stages-larvae and pupae on furniture and in



carpets- is far more effective than control on the animal.



Borax is a cheap and cheerful flea control- it dries out pupae and



larvae in the carpet.



In Bristol at any rate pet shop and supermarket flea cotrol products



are a waste of money. Get them from a vet.- I've got no axe to grind-



I'm retired!



I've had no pets myself but reckon I got one or two fleas from from



someone else's a few years ago. Kept washing bed-sheets and blankets



every day or so, spraying carpets and furniture with insecticide, and



eventually got rid of the sods. Baths didn't seem to be terribly



successful as they jumped off when I got in the water, waited patiently



whilst I soaked and jumped back on as soon as I was out! I haven't



petted another dog since.



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As far as I understand dog and cat fleas prefer dogs and cats and only



reluctantly try feed on humans. Also they do not live in bedding (that's bed



bugs), nope they only jump on their mammal smorgasbord, to eat, then they



jump off and go and live in the nooks and crannies of the flooring as they



like to be out of sight. Usually where the carpets meet the skirting boards



are a des-res for these little buggers, so these are the places to treat



with proprietary sprays that also kill the eggs and flea larvae which *are



silvery little maggot type creatures that are just perceptible to the



human -eye. *I'm scratching as I type and of to the pet shop in a minute or



two to get some. Yuck.



By the way bed bugs are thriving now in what we used to call the developed



world. They are everywhere.



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I bet you were itching to tell us all that Lawrence?



Is Sydenham part of the developed world? :-)



Will



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Will



The fleas in Sydenham carry knives!!!!!



Isn't this just for self-protection??

Not for the fleas wearing hoodies.