echinosum wrote in
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Managed to do a bit better with the photography.
'Bugs found in our bed | Flickr - Photo Sharing!'
(http://tinyurl.com/7qghped)

Actually I think I know now, but I'd like to know what you think before
I put any ideas in your head.





Another url to read.

http://tinyurl.com/7e935pn

It might help.

Baz

Baz wrote in news:XnsA05774DB558B4myloelysister@
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echinosum wrote in
:


Managed to do a bit better with the photography.
'Bugs found in our bed | Flickr - Photo Sharing!'
(http://tinyurl.com/7qghped)

Actually I think I know now, but I'd like to know what you think before
I put any ideas in your head.





Another url to read.

http://tinyurl.com/7e935pn

It might help.

Baz

Sorry, wrong link.

Baz

Precisely.

Martin wrote:
Get a can of Johnsons House Flea Spray Extra Guard. This will deal with
the fleas and anything which hatches from their eggs. We don't have any
pets, but brought some of the unwanted guests back with us after we
stayed with some friends who keep cats. It took several weeks to
eradicate the pests!
I thought cat fleas couldn't live on human blood for a significant length
of time?
At least long enough to bite :-)

Well, yes, but Jeff said they stayed for several weeks (and has since
explained with the help of wikipedia!), which contradicted what I thought
was the case.

Our 21 year old cat died last week. :-((((

Oh dear. I suppose 21 is quite old for a cat? My aunt's jack russell
died recently, which was probably about 20.

"Martin" wrote in message
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Our 21 year old cat died last week. :-((((
--

Martin

I am very sorry to hear this. I know your pain. I was never a cat person
until my dogs had all passed away and a little cat who'd been in my garden
for years and I'd fed her sometimes (I'd assumed she belonged to a
neighbour) knocked on my door when I was dog-free.
I thought "why not? and let her in.
I found out years later that she did indeed belong to a neighbour and had
moved out when they got a new dog that bit her very severely, and then I
knew her true age. I lost her when she was 25. A few years before she got
too old to go on rat patrol around my chicken huts, she brought a gangly
teenage un-neutered lost boycat here. Strange as she would never tolerate
another cat in our garden.
If anyone wants me to tell the rest of the story about Kitty Farmcat &
Boyfriend, I will, but I don't want to go too OT on a gardening group.
Are cats OT? they stop the mice eating the peas

Tina

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Fri, 18 May 2012 11:26:32 +0100, "Kathy" wrote:

"Martin" wrote in message
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On 18 May 2012 09:28:47 GMT, wrote:

Jeff Layman wrote:
Get a can of Johnsons House Flea Spray Extra Guard. This will deal
with
the fleas and anything which hatches from their eggs. We don't have
any
pets, but brought some of the unwanted guests back with us after we
stayed with some friends who keep cats. It took several weeks to
eradicate the pests!

I thought cat fleas couldn't live on human blood for a significant
length
of time?

At least long enough to bite :-)

Our 21 year old cat died last week. :-((((


Sorry to hear that, I know how they can get under your skin and into your
heart.

We had him put down. It took a lot of effort to make the decision.
--

I know very well about that final decision, it's heartbreaking. One day
only the happy memories will remain, but not quite yet.
Tina

"echinosum" wrote in message
...

'Charlie Pridham[_2_ Wrote:
;959024']"I know you said you didn't think they were fleas but they
certainly look like it to me!
I was surprised when I got this close-up photo of fleas, because I had
felt quite strongly, seeing one alive walking around on me, it wasn't a
flea. But I've never actually knowingly seen live fleas before. I've
twice caught fleas while travelling, but I never actually saw them, and
those ones, both caught off cats at guesthouses, gave me much nastier
bites than the present ones. It just shows how important it is with
insects, and indeed birds and other animals, to see them in flesh, going
about their business, because it is very difficult for photos in books
to communicate the look of that.

We don't have a dog or a cat. I think we do have mice at the moment, as
I'm catching them at the rate of about once a month when I put out a
trap wherever I see some droppings. Though, actually, it occurs to me as
I write this, given that I am regularly seeing droppings on an exterior
windowsill, near a couple of gaps in the roof tiles, I wonder if we also
have bats...


Mice or bats cannot give you the fleas you have. Strip your bed and vacuum
your mattress. Then vacuum every inch of your house, including the seams of
your soft furnishings
You've picked up some fleas from who knows where.
I am very lucky, that although I had dogs for more years than I would like
to share,and after that two cats, I have never had fleas in my house.
Let me make sure all realise that having fleas in your house doesn't mean
your house is dirty.
Tina

In article ,
says...

"echinosum" wrote in message
...

'Charlie Pridham[_2_ Wrote:
;959024']"I know you said you didn't think they were fleas but they
certainly look like it to me!
I was surprised when I got this close-up photo of fleas, because I had
felt quite strongly, seeing one alive walking around on me, it wasn't a
flea. But I've never actually knowingly seen live fleas before. I've
twice caught fleas while travelling, but I never actually saw them, and
those ones, both caught off cats at guesthouses, gave me much nastier
bites than the present ones. It just shows how important it is with
insects, and indeed birds and other animals, to see them in flesh, going
about their business, because it is very difficult for photos in books
to communicate the look of that.

We don't have a dog or a cat. I think we do have mice at the moment, as
I'm catching them at the rate of about once a month when I put out a
trap wherever I see some droppings. Though, actually, it occurs to me as
I write this, given that I am regularly seeing droppings on an exterior
windowsill, near a couple of gaps in the roof tiles, I wonder if we also
have bats...


Mice or bats cannot give you the fleas you have. Strip your bed and vacuum
your mattress. Then vacuum every inch of your house, including the seams of
your soft furnishings
You've picked up some fleas from who knows where.
I am very lucky, that although I had dogs for more years than I would like
to share,and after that two cats, I have never had fleas in my house.
Let me make sure all realise that having fleas in your house doesn't mean
your house is dirty.

Of course it doesn't. Cats or dogs that encounter other cats and dogs in
the garden street or park, can easily bring fleas or eggs home.Even
treating pets regularly, does not mean that a pregnant flea can't hitch a
ride home on their fur. My dog brought one home from a trip to the vet
last month. Anyone who thinks their pets have never had fleas probably
just isn't very observant :-)

Janet