Dogs are the best companions and friends of many families in Gurgaon, and pets have been a popular lifestyle. However, these animals also attract ticks and fleas, making your beloved pet sick and infested with these pests or insects.

24×7 pest control shares a guide on how to get rid of ticks and fleas and how we can find the presence of them

Understanding more about ticks and fleas

Ticks are actually very small in size and cannot be easily seen. They drink blood as food. Therefore they bite pets or humans. While there are other insects that seek blood as a source of food, ticks usually target dogs and cats. Sometimes, a lot of trouble has also been seen in animals due to infection in them.

Types of ticks

There are two types of ticks namely soft and hard ticks. These ticks do not fly, but they do crawl in the hair of pets and humans.

Hardy ticks can suck blood for several hours or days and have a “plate” on their back. Although soft ticks provide less exposure than hard ticks and feed for an hour or less, their bodies are wrinkled and their mouths are located on the underside of the body.

common flea species

We’ve probably seen cats, dogs, and even human fleas. Of so many species, perhaps only a few would bother us. They live in search of blood. However, they can jump from one person’s hair to another. Do you know how long a flea can jump? Fleas can jump 18 cm up and 33 cm horizontally!

• Cat Fleas: Oval in shape, very small in size, and challenging to spot
• Dog Fleas: These types of fleas are reddish-brown in color, have flattened bodies, and look like bedbugs.

How can ticks get infected?

Ticks live more in warm and moist environments. The body of pets is warm and moist, so they like to live in their hair. These enter the body of pets, during a walk or when they come in contact with other infected pets. How they enter in pets:-

• Entering pets from humans (socks, feet)
• coming into contact with other animals
• During a walk in the garden and in the park
• kennels or board houses
• grooming parlor

What attracts ticks?

A cross infestation– Pests enter us easily due to external activities, either they remain in your body or they enter the body of pets, they enter your body like the groin, under arms, under the hair. Inside, can stay on the knee. Due to its reproductive nature, they lay their eggs in the hair, which may cause itching.

• baseboard
• carpet or rugs
• Furniture
• curtains
• areas that are hot and humid
• Where do they live? They live in moist and warm environments. Apart from an external source, ticks are found in a way in homes.

Symptoms of Ticks Infestations

To look for signs of tick infestation, we must first detect the presence of ticks on your pet, around the home. Apart from this, you can also find out through some of the following:

• A member of your family has tick-borne symptoms such as fever, chills, headache, body aches, nausea
• The feeling of skin rash or infection
• Pain or swelling at the bite site
• Burning sensation
• Big blister

What diseases do ticks and fleas transmit?

Apart from biting our pets and drinking their blood, it can also cause rash and itching in our pets, these unwanted insect diseases cause diseases such as:

Tapeworm

• Often this happens when these parasites enter their stomach through the mouth.
• Symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain.
• Detecting the presence of worms in the stool in some cases

Lyme disease

• Dogs may experience symptoms such as loss of appetite, rashes, joint pain, fever, and swelling
• In some cases, there may also be difficulty in breathing

Rocky Mountain spotted fever

• This bacterial disease can cause symptoms such as fever, headache, chills, and muscle aches.
• can cause confusion and develops a red but non-itchy rash

Get a permanent solution to get rid of pests.  To protect your home and entire family from insects, 24×7 pest control is the best company in Gurgaon, we provide services to control mosquitoes, fleas, and ticks near you. You can contact us on this number +91-9810034344 or you can directly write your queries on the inquiry box here.