How do pets catch fleas? Just Where do they come from?

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How do pets catch fleas? Just Where do they come from?

Answer 1

They jump onto your animals from out of grass.

Answer 2

tall grass. just being outside in general. you also bring them in with you on your socks and shoes etc.

Answer 3

Other pets - they cannot exist away from a host for that long so it is unlikely that they get picked up from anything other than other animals or say a dead animal that has lots of fleas waiting to leave.

Answer 4

One flea lead to another and so on...

Outside animals get them from either other animals walking around outside, or the fleas just climb aboard the "Pet back Airlines"

Inside animals, can get them from fleas jumping in the door when you open it, or from you going to someone else house who's pets have it. It can stick to your clothes.

Hope your pets done have 'em!

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Answer 5

they come from grass yes rub garic on coat flees don't like it..and they don't hang around don't worry smell goes

Answer 6

They basically catch them anywhere outside. The thing that sucks is that your pet only needs to pick up one or two fleas, bring them home, and each flea will lay 200 eggs on your carpet, couch, etc. and you will be overrun by the little b*stards. To prevent this from happening get your vet to give them the 6 monthly PROGRAM injection. When the flea sucks your pets blood the injected chemical means any eggs they lay in your house are infertile. It is the most effective flea prevention I have ever heard of and there are some that don't even work... :-(

PS: I dont work for the company that sells them, or a vet. Just a cat owner for 20 years LOL

Answer 7

if it is an outdoor pet the fleas jump on them from the grass

if it is an indoor pet the fleas jump on you and then to the pet

the fleas prefer the coat of an animal to human skin this is why ladies of the old court used to have lap dogs because the fleas preferred to go on the dog and not them  

Answer 8

a lot of wild animals have them, and the fleas may fall off the animal and sit close by waiting for a new host...your dog then comes by to check out the area as the smell of the animal lingers, and the fleas may hop onto your dog when the flea senses a new warm blooded animal close by. This is only one way, though.

Answer 9

they can get them from over animals or from the grass

Answer 10

There are plenty of websites which explain where fleas come from, and how to control them. Cocoa dusted.... has the right idea. Have a look at this website, which explains where, and how they live and breed, and the 4 stage lifecycle.

http://www.placervillevet.com/flea_life_...

Answer 11

They get them from being outside.  That's where bugs live, after all.  :)

Answer 12

other animals and the grass.

Answer 13

you yard!!!!

whaen ther outside they jump on your animal

dawn dish soap  kills them

Answer 14

bugs and grass and other fleaish animals

Answer 15

All animals have fleas living inside their bodies. A animal that aint got fleas is a dead animal

Answer 16

other pets

Answer 17

my new puppy had fleas when we got her and so we talked to the vet and he told us that the female fleas will actually lay their eggs in things such as carpet, cloths etc and the eggs will stay dormant untill the warmer months and then they hatch and the fleas are back.

i used frontline plus and the fleas were gone almost instantly!! you apply it  on the back of the neck where the animal cant reach and it travels through the skin and reppelsand kills fleas. it controls fleas for up to a month and controls ticks for up to 2 weeks too. but when you apply it do it at night when the dog wont be patted as much.

by the way, frontline is very poisonous to rabbits it even says on the box you get it in. so never use it on a rabbit.

Answer 18

They can get them from outside.  They do have Sand Fleas tho too

Answer 19

outside like other bugs