Common pests on your Pet
In some pets, their bites can cause extreme skin irritation and infection. They can multiply until you’ve got an infestation in your house or yard, and once they’ve multiplied, they can be difficult to exterminate. Ticks can cause diseases that pose a serious threat to your dog’s well-being, and some are contagious to humans as well. Heartworms, transmitted through mosquito bites, can kill a dog if left untreated. Other intestinal worms, such as hookworms and roundworms, can also cause serious health problems. You can find many effective products to protect your pets from parasites and parasite-related disease. Your veterinarian can help to choose the right products. Never use dog treatments on cats, some treatments that are safe for dogs can be toxic to cats.
Facts:
- Ticks can be black, brown, or tan, and they have eight legs. Ticks are arachnids and related to spiders, not insects. They can also be tiny—some tick species are only as large as the head of a pin—so look carefully.
- A single female flea can lay 40-50 eggs a day, so once a flea is in your home, the population can explode quickly and be hard to get rid of.
- Indoor-only pets can still get fleas: Fleas can travel into your house on your clothing and bottoms of shoes.
- It can take up to three months to get rid of fleas.
- Different tick species live in different regions. There are at least nine different tick species in North America that routinely get on dogs and cats. Talk to your veterinarian about what product is going to be most effective.
- A tiny bite from just one mosquito is all it takes for the parasite to enter your pet’s body and bloodstream. Over time, heartworm larvae can grow into long worms that live in the heart and major vessels surrounding the heart. The heart muscles get weakened and the pet’s lungs slowly get obstructed. If left undetected or untreated, the worms can even cause sudden death. green pest control tsawwassen pest control ladner pest control delta pest control Randy Bilesky
