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Article: Giving fleas the brush-off; this summer don't let those perennial pests eat your pet out of house and home.
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- The Saturday Evening Post
- Article date:
- July 1, 1986
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GIVING FLEAS THE BRUSH-OFF
I would be a billionaire if I could come up with an instant method of eradicating fleas from Fluffy, Bowser, and your new carpeting. Like ants at a picnic, fleas turn into intimate family members during these warm, lazy days of summer. I know of no other creature of this stature that has supported whole industries devoted to its demise; yet the flea lives on, creating havoc for the peace, beauty, and well-being of our four-legged friends.
When an adult female flea takes up residence on your pet, she feeds on its blood for several days and then lays hundreds of eggs. As your pet scratches, some of the eggs fall off, infesting ...