On Saturday, 1 September 2012 16:34:55 UTC+1, wrote:
"Lawrence13" wrote in message

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

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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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Graham Davis, Bracknell, Berks. E-mail: change 'boy' to 'man'







"A neighbour put his budgerigar in the mincing machine and invented







shredded tweet." - Chic Murray







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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!!!!!



And the cows near me are armed with huge spikes!!!!!



Will

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Spikes!!! Where's the point in that?