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When it comes to flea control, getting rid of the flea eggs along with the pest itself is vital in the quest of eliminating an infestation. This means that treating your pet now and again against the parasites is not always enough.

This post will explain why is that by looking into the life cycle of the vermin insects, their production of eggs and other aspects of a flea’s breeding process. You’ll also learn how to identify the eggs and where to find them around your property or on your beloved furry friend. Only this way, you’ll be able to fight the problem with success.

It’s quite hard to spot the flea eggs, be it on your pet, on their bedding or on the floor, due to their tiny size (less than half a millimetre long). They are oval in shape and of a whitish colour. Under a microscope, one can see that flea eggs look like rice grains. Over time, their appearance may change, in terms of colour. From shiny and almost translucent they can become bright and solid white.

As we’ve mentioned, just because you know what flea eggs look like it doesn’t mean that you can easily see them on your cat or dog, especially if the animal is mostly white or of light creamy colour. So, when trying to determine the presence of eggs on your pet and inevitably, around your home, you’ll just have to assume that they are there if you’ve noticed their mums, hopping or crawling on your furry pal’s skin.

A flea life cycle includes four stages and it can take anything from two weeks to several months for a flea to fully develop, depending on the environmental conditions. A flea can lay up to 40 eggs a day, as long as there is a blood source at hand. How long the flea eggs will take to hatch will again, depend on the temperature and humidity levels. In hot environments and if there’s high moisture in the air, a flea egg can hatch within as little as 2 days. The same goes for the larval and pupal stages of flea development. Those will naturally slow down in cold temperatures. On that note, flea eggs can stay dormant for months in unfavourable conditions until heat and humidity stimulate them to hatch eventually.

To sum up, the optimum conditions for a flea egg to get into its larval development stage within 48 hours are temperatures of about 30°C and over 70% humidity. In less than ideal conditions, flea eggs may take a couple of weeks to hatch.

An adult flea, cosying up in your cat or dog’s fur and sucking on the animal’s blood, has no reason to leave its welcoming host to lay eggs. The insect will depose them right on your pet’s skin, where they will stick to it for a while. With time, however, the eggs will dry up a bit and lose the ability to stay put. They will drop on your pet’s bedding, on the carpets or in the gaps between floorboards. Even in colder months, your lovely heated home will boost their chance of survival and will provide them with the right conditions for development into adulthood. As soon as the young flea senses its potential host, it will just hop on your dog or cat to enjoy a first-time blood meal.

Check also: How do I know if my dog has fleas?

As we’ve established above, treating your pet with an anti-flea product, even regularly, is often not sufficient to interfere with the insect’s life cycle. Or in other words, you may kill an existing population of fleas on your pet and still have hundreds of viable microscopic eggs ready to hatch on the floor or even on the animal itself. Yes, it sounds like an ever-ending battle, but with determination and persistence, you could eventually gain control over the situation.

So, this is what you should do if you’re not sure how to get rid of flea eggs:

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