Pet Health Video: Fleas: The Facts
PDSA vet, Elaine, tells us about fleas on our pets. She says that cats and dogs are often brought in to the surgery scratching and itching, but owners often say that the pet doesn’t have fleas. However, fleas move quickly and are not often seen. Elaine says that by looking through the pet’s coat, she doesn’t always find fleas but is often able to find flea dirt; this looks like small dark flecks in the coat. To check whether these flecks are flea dirt, she puts them on to a piece of clean white paper and adds a drop of water. If the water turns red, then she knows it is flea dirt because fleas drink blood and this colours their dirt red.
- Checking Dog Teeth
- Dog Diet
- Dog Exercise
- Dog Grooming
- Dog Health
- Dog Health 2
- Dog Vaccination
- Dog Worming
- Puppy Vaccination
- Cat Diet
- Cat Exercise
- Cat Grooming
- Cat Health
- Cat Kidney Failure
- Cat Weight Loss
- Checking Cat Teeth
- Checking Rabbit Teeth
- Rabbit Diet
- Rabbit Exercise
- Rabbit Grooming
- Rabbit Health
- Rabbit Responsibility
- Buying a Pet
- Correct Flea Products for Pets
- Fleas: The Facts
- PDSA Working Together
- Pet Drug Dosage
- Pet Drug Dosage 2
- Receiving Thanks
- Using Science
- Worming Your Pet
- Working as a Vet
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