How to – Flea treatment and flea』s life cycle（內含翻譯）

05-13

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When an animal or house becomes infestedwith fleas it can become a huge problem. The best way to handle fleas is tounderstand the life cycle, once the life cycle is known the proper treatmentcan be done.

Howdo fleas get onto your pet and into the home?

fleas live in the tall grass and jump onanimals as they pass, when another animal passes the infested animal, fleaswill jump onto the new host. This is how the fleas transport to animal toanimal once an infested pet enters the home it won』t take long for the home tobe infested and the humans of the home to become the new host for the fleas.

Howto tell if your pets have fleas

One of the effects of fleas ishypersensitivity reaction, which is an allergic reaction that is caused by achemical on the flea. The reaction causes intense itchiness in the rump,thighs, tail base, belly of the pet. The main actions an owner will noticetheir pet doing are:

· Scratching

· Licking

· Chewing

· Biting

· Rubbing

The pet will not be able to stop theseactions which will cause the animal pain and suffering. The continues actionswill cause wounds which will lead to infection, which will cause pyoderma (Pusoozing out of skin sores). When the pet is licking the fleas, the pet willingest them which will lead to tape worms. This is the start of the fleatapeworm life cycle (Dipylidiumcaninum)

1. Immature flea eats tape wormegg

2. The flea after eaten the tapeworm egg jumps onto a host

3. The flea is ingested by the cator dog

4. The tapeworm larvae attach tothe intestine and develops into a mature tapeworm

5. The tapeworm grows intosegments which contain hundreds of tapeworm eggs

6. The segments are released withthe faeces and can be seen moving they look like bits of rice

7. The segments burst releasingthe eggs which the flea larvae will consume

8. The tapeworm will begin to growin the flea and the cycle continues

Since knowing there is not one but twocreatures you must deal with when trying to deal with a flea infestation. Whenfinding treatment, you will need flea treatment this can rather shampoo, spray,spot on or collar and dewormer this will be in the form of a tablet as thisneed to work on the inside of the animal.

Typesof treatments

Flea shampoo: this is just like normal shampoo but designed to deal with fleas.Wash your pet as you would normal but check the product to make sure it isdesigned for your animal and the size of your animal is this could poison youpet.

Flea spray:spray on the animal and rub into the skin.

Spot on:this is a liquid in an eye drop bottle you put some drops on the back of theneck and base of the tail making sure to part the fur and apply directly ontothe skin. This will mix with the natural oil of the animal to fight off thefleas.

Flea collar:just like a normal collar but with chemicals to fight off fleas but don』t useany other flea treatment with the collar as it may poison the pet.

Deworming tablets: this is a tablet that you give to your pet. This will be done byforcing the tablet down the mouth or hiding it in the pet food but the tabletmust be ingested to work.

Flea treatments should be done soon aspossible and kept applying every 3 months to prevent your pet from gettingfleas. If the house becomes infested the best thing to use would be a fogger,these full the home with smoke which poisons the fleas. You must completelyclean the house because after the foggers are used it will kill the maturefleas but the egg protects the baby fleas. When the flea eggs hatch and youhave already cleaned up the infestation will start all over again. The plan isthe chemicals from the fogger will coat the carpet so when the flea hatches itwill jump into the poison, it is recommended not to clean the house for 1 weekto make sure all the fleas are gone.

My horror story

When I got into my own place I was so happyto have my independence, me and my cat Neko was so happy, Neko had a huge parkto play in while I was away at work. Not knowing much about animals, I didn』tgive my cat flea and worming treatment which was a big mistake. While I wasworking nights, I felt it was evil to keep my cat locked in all day so I gavemy cat to my mother where she could live a healthier life. As soon as my catwas gone the fleas lost their source of food and they turned to me. While I wason my pc I could feel them crawling through my beard, then the biting startedmaking me itch and nearly to tears out of frustration as they would let me sleep. Iwent to the pet shop and bought some foggers and let them off but I boughtcheap and didn』t work so still had to put up with fleas biting me all day andnight. While I was at the pet shop buying more foggers then the shop keeperowner told me I should use the government to come clean my house. After lookingonline, I found that they could do this so I had to get the government to dealwith my flea problem. The nightmare was finally over and I learnt some goodlessons.

· Give worm and flea treatment toyour pets

· Don』t buy cheap there is a good reason there cheap

· Find out what the governmentcan do to help you

中文翻譯

當動物身上或我們居住的環境中寄生了跳蚤，相信這絕對是一個噩夢。最好的處理跳蚤的辦法就是了解敵人，一旦我們掌握了跳蚤的生命周期，它們就能輕而易舉地被拿下。

跳蚤是怎麼跑到動物身上或者你家裡的呢？

跳蚤生活在草叢中，當動物在草叢中穿梭時，跳蚤就趁機跳到動物身上，當這隻動物與另一隻動物有接觸時，跳蚤就跳到另一隻身上，這就是跳蚤能夠在動物間傳播的原因。一旦一個寵物寄生了跳蚤，那麼寵物主人的家也就成了跳蚤樂園了。

如何判斷你的寵物是否被寄生了跳蚤呢？

癥狀之一就是過敏性反應，這是由跳蚤身上的化學物質引起的。這種過敏會在動物的尾部、大腿、腹部等引起強烈的瘙癢感。通過觀察寵物的以下舉動，主人可以判斷是否過敏：

· 抓撓某處

· 咀嚼某處

· 撕咬某處

· 摩擦某處

寵物一旦寄生了跳蚤，就會不停得在感染部位抓撓、摩擦，這些持續動作會進一步形成傷口從而導致感染，形成膿皮病。如果寵物舔食跳蚤，當消化跳蚤時，就會使寵物體內寄生絛蟲。以下就是跳蚤絛蟲的生命周期（又叫犬復殖孔絛蟲）。

1. 未成年的跳蚤會食絛蟲的卵；

2. 吃下了絛蟲的跳蚤跳到宿主身上；

3. 絛蟲的幼蟲就附著在跳蚤腸道內，並逐漸發育成長；

4. 絛蟲會長成幾節，每節都會包含成百上千的絛蟲卵；

5. 絛蟲都會隨著跳蚤糞便排出，並且可以看見他們依舊在蠕動，乍看像米粒；

6. 排出的絛蟲會產下卵供跳蚤的幼蟲食用；

7. 於是絛蟲又會在跳蚤體內成長，於是循環又將開始。

絛蟲禍害周期

現在明白關於跳蚤這件事並不是就跳蚤一個主角了吧，你的對手是兩個，跳蚤和絛蟲。當選擇好治療措施後，就可以選擇洗髮水、噴劑等在頸部或過敏區清潔，同步也可以服用相關藥丸，使藥效在寵物體內發揮作用從而徹底解決絛蟲。

以下為幾種治療方案

跳蚤洗髮水：就像日常洗髮水一樣，只是這類洗髮水專門針對跳蚤，你只需正常清潔寵物即可。在使用過程中，只需確認該洗髮水是否針對你所飼養的寵物。

滅蚤噴霧：將噴霧噴洒在寵物身上，並摩擦幫助皮膚吸收。

滴露劑：這是一種裝在類似眼藥水瓶里的液體，將滴液滴在頸後部以及尾部，避外寵物毛，使之直接接觸皮膚。這種液體混合了動物體內自然油分用以抵抗跳蚤。

滅蚤頸圈：這種頸圈與常規頸圈並無二致，只是含有祛除跳蚤的化學物質但是不能與其他滅跳蚤治療措施混用，容易使寵物中毒。

驅蟲藥片：這種藥片需口服或者藏在寵物的食物中，進入寵物體內被消化後方可起作用。

在寵物身上發現癥狀後，須立即採取措施。每三個月需徹底檢查寵物防止階段性感染。如果家中發現跳蚤，最好的方法就是使用噴霧器，這樣可以使化學物質充滿房間起到滅蚤的作用。之後需徹底清潔房間，特別留意跳蚤的卵，噴霧只能夠殺滅成熟的跳蚤，因為那些幼蟲有殼的保護。當跳蚤的卵孵化出來後，如果此時你已把殘留的噴霧清洗乾淨，那麼跳蚤又會成為你的新一輪麻煩，因此建議噴洒滅蚤葯後，不要急於清洗，藥物應在房內維持一周，確保所有跳蚤都已被除盡。

發生在我身上悲慘的故事

作為一名外國boy,到了需要自立門戶的年紀，可以想像剛剛搬出家門找到自己房子的喜悅，我的貓neko同樣也是不亦樂乎，因為附近有一個很大的公園，當我外出時，neko就能在公園裡盡情玩耍。由於當時缺乏關於動物的護理知識，並沒有給我的貓採取預防跳蚤的措施。因有時晚上需要工作，於是就將我的貓交由我的母親照顧。當我的貓搬離我家後，由於缺少了食物來源，跳蚤於是就將攻擊目標轉向了我。當我坐在電腦面前，甚至可以感覺到跳蚤在我鬍鬚間蠕動，當它們咬了我之後，令我奇癢難忍，根本無法入睡。於是我就去寵物店買了噴霧劑，由於當時貪圖便宜，然並卵，跳蚤依舊不分黑白的折磨著我，當我幾次光臨寵物店後，老闆告訴我了一個絕殺，可以請求政府部門幫忙，於是上網搜索後發現，政府果然有這項職能，終於的終於，我的噩夢結束了。當然，從這次經歷中我也得到了幾點教訓：

· 定期除蚤除蟲

· 千萬不要貪圖便宜

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