Finding the most vulnerable stage of the Fleas Life Cycle helps you to directly zero in on when is the best time to nip the bud from the root and execute total flea extermination for good. I must clarify however, that the road to total annihilation of pet fleas from your home could be a long journey ahead, especially if you are undergoing flea infestation already. Due to the unique life cycle of the parasite, the stages will shed light on when is the best time to exterminate them and ensure that none will return to your household for good. The least harmful stage to humans is the first stage, whereby the eggs are laid. They are not sticky so they fall all over, conveniently dropping onto any surfaces that might give warmth, namely onto humans, your pets, carpets, couch, beds, and any upholstery that are capable of giving warmth. The female flea lays an average of about 50 eggs a day, and if you multiply that number by just a few active members which will amount to hundreds per week, you would probably shudder at the rate they propagate, not to mention that the vicious cycle spirals and escalates upwards uncontrollably after a couple of weeks. Hence, it is imperative that we exterminate all females as much as possible to prevent them from laying more eggs. The second and third stages of life cycle, namely the larvae and pupae, are the most difficult period for flea extermination. The larvae cycle will last for two days or more. The pupae, however, encased in the warm hard shell not unlike a cocoon, lives out its stage waiting for the perfect condition to hatch into a full fledge flea. The wait for the right condition could range from two days to two years, thus posing the greatest problem for flea extermination. Strong penetrating chemicals need to be used to kill the incubating pupae at this stage. The final stage of the flea life cycle is the adult fleas which are tiny black creatures one sixteenth of an inch in size. To give you an idea of how many of them make up population, a cat bedding could support a flea community of about 10,000, 2,000 of which are adults. The life cycle indicates that flea extermination is an ongoing endeavor for at least two years from the moment of your first flea bite until all eggs have been killed. Keep your home environment clean and cool. Bath your pets as often as required and if you observe that they tend to be scratching themselves much more often, start using pet flea treatments like borax soap, and flea killing medication and creams for pet flea control.
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