Two aticles taken from the Times this week

Monday August 27th 'Wet summers lead to a huge jump in pet fleas'

'The damp summers (of late) preceded by "two warm winters" !! have turnrd
homes into giant flea incubators'

Today August 31st

'Wettest summer for 100 years ' extract 'This summer is likely to be one of
the dullest on record with only 399 hours of sunshine in the first 28 days
of August '

Presumably as the Times comes from the same stable as 'The Sun' we can look
forward to more aticles to rival
Freddie Starr ate my Hampster'..... '

RonB

ron button wrote:
Two aticles taken from the Times this week

Monday August 27th 'Wet summers lead to a huge jump in pet fleas'

'The damp summers (of late) preceded by "two warm winters" !! have turnrd
homes into giant flea incubators'

Today August 31st

'Wettest summer for 100 years ' extract 'This summer is likely to be one of
the dullest on record with only 399 hours of sunshine in the first 28 days
of August '

Presumably as the Times comes from the same stable as 'The Sun' we can look
forward to more aticles to rival
Freddie Starr ate my Hampster'..... '

RonB




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I wondered why it was so light when I went to bed ;-)

On Friday, 31 August 2012 16:54:21 UTC+1, ron button wrote:
Two aticles taken from the Times this week



Monday August 27th 'Wet summers lead to a huge jump in pet fleas'



'The damp summers (of late) preceded by "two warm winters" !! have turnrd

homes into giant flea incubators'



Today August 31st



'Wettest summer for 100 years ' extract 'This summer is likely to be one of

the dullest on record with only 399 hours of sunshine in the first 28 days

of August '



Presumably as the Times comes from the same stable as 'The Sun' we can look

forward to more aticles to rival

Freddie Starr ate my Hampster'..... '



RonB

I bet you was just itching to tell us that Ron. But I have to say that story makes sense now as for the last couple of weeks I have been itching like hell, I have two cats but I've never felt this irritated before (steady) and now I know why.

On 31/08/2012 16:54, ron button wrote:
Two aticles taken from the Times this week

Monday August 27th 'Wet summers lead to a huge jump in pet fleas'

'The damp summers (of late) preceded by "two warm winters" !! have turnrd
homes into giant flea incubators'

Today August 31st

'Wettest summer for 100 years ' extract 'This summer is likely to be one of
the dullest on record with only 399 hours of sunshine in the first 28 days
of August '

Presumably as the Times comes from the same stable as 'The Sun' we can look
forward to more aticles to rival
Freddie Starr ate my Hampster'..... '

RonB






14.25 hours a day??? The sun isn't even above the horizon for that long,
is it?

Ah, the Times shining out of the Sun's arse. That explains it.

jim, Northampton

On Aug 31, 11:38*pm, jbm wrote:
On 31/08/2012 16:54, ron button wrote:





Two aticles taken from the Times this week

Monday August 27th *'Wet summers lead to a huge jump in pet fleas'

'The damp summers (of late) preceded by "two warm winters" !! have turnrd
homes into giant flea incubators'

Today August 31st

'Wettest summer for 100 years ' *extract 'This summer is likely to be one of
the dullest on record with only 399 hours of sunshine in the first 28 days
of August '

Presumably as the Times comes from the same stable as 'The Sun' we can look
forward to more aticles to rival
Freddie Starr ate my Hampster'..... '

RonB

14.25 hours a day??? The sun isn't even above the horizon for that long,
is it?

Ah, the Times shining out of the Sun's arse. That explains it.

jim, Northampton

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!

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.

--
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
openSUSE Linux: http://www.opensuse.org/en/

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Two aticles taken from the Times this week

Monday August 27th 'Wet summers lead to a huge jump in pet fleas'

'The damp summers (of late) preceded by "two warm winters" !! have turnrd
homes into giant flea incubators'

Oddly my pet feline has had the fewest "passengers" for any summer over
the past 4 years. She must be keeping better company.

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.



--

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

openSUSE Linux: http://www.opensuse.org/en/

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.

"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.



--

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

openSUSE Linux: http://www.opensuse.org/en/

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.
==================

I bet you were itching to tell us all that Lawrence?
Is Sydenham part of the developed world? :-)

Will
--

On Saturday, 1 September 2012 15:04:05 UTC+1, wrote:
"Lawrence13" wrote in message

...

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.







--



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



openSUSE Linux: http://www.opensuse.org/en/



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.

==================



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!!!!!