OKC Pest Control: Disturbing Flea Facts
Polls have been taken many times in the past to reveal that more than half of pet owners consider their animal companions to be part of their family. Just like any other member of the family, it’s important to give your pets all the attention they need whether they’re sick or perfectly healthy. Just as parents would give their child vitamins to prevent a deficiency, so should responsible pet owners treat their yards for fleas to prevent their pets from becoming miserable. Our OKC pest control company would be honored to help!
You may wonder, “just how bad can fleas be?”
Our OKC pest control team will tell you it’s worse than you might think. Other than your pet constantly itching from flea bites, these critters can pose other risks, as well. Flea bites can cause your pets to have allergic reactions like swelling and welts on the skin, tapeworms growing in their intestinal tract, anemia from too much blood loss, and even Bartonella infection.
Our OKC pest control team finds the Bartonella infection (causing the disease known as Bartonellosis) to be most notable here as it can also be passed to humans. Symptoms of this disease in humans include fever, fatigue, headache, poor appetite, and an unusual streaked rash that resembles “stretch marks” from pregnancy.
Perhaps, just as disturbing as all of the diseases they carry is how long fleas can survive. Adult fleas cannot survive forever or lay eggs without a blood meal, but they may live from two months to one year without feeding! Furthermore, in just 30 days, 10 female fleas under ideal conditions can multiply to over a quarter million different life stages.
With that being said, preventative treatment is a lot better than a costly and time-consuming extermination process if your home becomes infested. To protect all of your family members, consider treating your yard to prevent fleas from taking over.
Our OKC pest control team eliminates fleas for the love of pets! You can call our OKC pest control company, The Bug Guy at 405-973-5522.