Alfred Ngoasheng asked:


Allow me to detail this matter for you as this article is hopefully exactly what you have been looking for.Fleas are among one of the most well known and hated pests in the modern world. Like mice, rats and other pests, fleas can be carriers of disease and live from the blood of their victims. Their bites are painful, causing a red mark that can swell, itch and persist for two weeks. They will attack humans, cats, dogs and birds, making them versatile predators that do not distinguish between their prey.Click Here

 

Once an infestation has occurred in your work or home, fleas can be very difficult to remove. As with many other pests, it is much easier to defend against an infestation than to rectify one once it has begun. You may need to resort to super toxic chemicals, such as those found in flea foggers, to remove the pests once they have begun to breed.

 

If you are faced with fleas, knowing how theybreed can help you fight their infestation. Like manyspecies, fleas require humidity to breed. If you cut the amount of humidity in the air within your home, the number of larvae that survive to become full fleas is drastically cut. This can be done by buying a dehumidifier and letting the air in your home become dry. While this may be unpleasant for some, doing this for several weeks will greatly decrease the number of fleas in your home.

 

While you are dehumidifying your home, you can vacuum up a great many fleas. By vacuuming all of the suite in your home and immediately disposing of the vacuum bags, you can also greatly reduce the number of fleas.Click Here

 

Using your pets as living flea killers is another option. Medications such as Advantage and Front Line are designed to kill the fleas that your pet is exposed to. This allows you to forbid your pets from being daunted while reducing the number of fleas that can breed.

 

All of these things can be used together to help combat the problem of fleas. However, you should be careful with the use of chemicals and natural flea products. Both the chemicals and natural problems can be toxic to pets and children. When you begin using these, you need to make certain that you take the time to protect your family against he products you use. If you set repellent wards around your home, inform your family and place them where your pets cannot access them.

 

If you take the proper precautions, you will be able to make your life a lot more comfortable, as well as protect your family and pets from diseases and discomfort.Click Here

 

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Jamie Simpson asked:


rrels were introduced into the UK from the USA during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. As its name implies this species of squirrel is grey in colour, and weighs approximately 450-650g.

Squirrels have three of four litters per year, with each litter producing an average three infants. They reach maturity in approximately 10 months and their average life span is 2 years.

Grey squirrels are part granivore and part omnivore. Common vegetation eaten by the grey squirrel includes acorns, flowers, tree shoots, nuts etc. aswell as fruits, roots and cereals. They also cause damage to trees by stripping off the bark and feeds off the sappy tissue beneath. Occasionally grey squirrels will feed on insects and bird eggs and they eat approximately 50 grams a day.

Control

The grey squirrel is a serious pest problem and control is necessary. They cause damage to trees by stripping the bark off them. They damage parks and gardens (by eating away at flower beds etc), and in urban areas they are often found damaging roof timbers, electrical wiring and plumbing after gaining access to the loft spaces.

Control methods include shooting, trapping by using cages and spring traps or the use of poisons. The use of poisons is strictly by professional use only and licenses are required under the Grey Squirrel (Warfarin) Order 1973.

Squirrel cage traps and squirrel traps designed to kill on impact are somewhat easy to set. Single or multi catch cage traps are readily available for grey squirrels. When using the single cage traps outdoors, one unit should be effective for up to one hectare, and spaced around 100 metres apart from another. If using a multi-catch cage trap, one unit is suitable for three hectares and should be spaced 200 metres apart.

The best position for cage traps is under trees which are known to be used by the pest or in hedges. Ideally the ground should be clear of vegetation,

Pre-baiting of the cage traps is essential to the successfulness of the programme. Maize is a good attractant and it should be placed inside the trap for five continuous days. The trap needs to be visited twice a day and users should expect immediate success after a couple of days of pre-baiting. Cages can also be used in roof spaces etc in the same manner.

Once grey squirrels are caught in cages, they should be immediately humanely destroyed. One method is by running the squirrel into a sack and striking it with a sharp blow to the head.

Stephanie Larkin asked:


Fabric pets can cause major damage in the home, to clothes, carpets, curtains and any other textiles in soft furnishings. Preventing moths and beetles from damaging fabrics such as wool, silk, and fur is simple once you learn how to recognize them and the steps you can take to protect your home.

Carpet Beetle Larvae

While adult carpet beetles feed on flower pollen and nectar rather than fabric, carpet beetle larvae feed on natural textiles that contain a protein called keratin. This includes textiles such as wool, fur, silk, and leather, and these larvae will also feed on human hair, feathers, book bindings, bone, and other dead insects. Plant-based fabrics such as linen and cotton are typically safe from carpet beetle larvae, as long as they are clean.

Carpet beetle larvae typically chew holes through textiles and fabric. Their preferred habitat is dark, undisturbed areas; however they will often travel slowly between different rooms in a house, causing major damage to fabrics in different rooms over several years if they are not detected.

Clothes Moth Larvae

Clothes moth larvae feed on hair, fur, wool and feathers. Occasionally they will also feed on leather, mohair, silk and similar textiles. As with carpet beetle larvae, these pests feed on the keratin protein that these fabrics contain. Unlike carpet beetle larvae, moth larvae do not relocate to new areas; instead they feed in the area where eggs hatch until they spin cocoons for incubation to the adult stage.

Clothes moth larvae prefer to feed in areas where they are left undisturbed for long periods of time, such as in sections of carpet located under furniture, or in containers that are used to store clothing. Adult clothes moths do not feed on textiles; however they will lay between 100 and 300 eggs in locations where the larvae that hatch will have access to plenty of food.

Other Fabric Pests

More rarely, insects such as silverfish, crickets, cockroaches and termites may feed on fabrics.

Silverfish feed on materials containing starches, and may feed on starched fabric.

Crickets feed on vegetable material, and may damage fabrics if they are stained with perspiration or food.

Cockroaches eat an enormous variety of foods, and may feed on wool and hair, particularly if they are stained with food.

Termites feed on materials containing cellulose, and may feed on fabrics such as cotton and linen that are of plant origin.

Treating and Preventing Infestations

The most difficult aspect of treating fabric pest infestations is locating the infested area. Often, the first signs of infestation are noticed only when adult carpet beetles or clothes moths emerge from their larval nests. Adult carpet beetles are very small-around one sixteenth of an inch long-and are typically black or mottled with red, white or gray. Adult clothes moths are around half an inch long, and buff-colored with four wings. They are very weak flyers, and avoid light.

In the case of both carpet beetles and clothes moths, the appearance of adults typically means that at least one infestation is present. Locating infestations requires thoroughly checking areas where fabrics are stored-in closets and drawers, under furniture that has not been moved for several months or years, and underneath carpets and rugs.

Once the infestation has been located (bear in mind there may be more than one infestation, and all sources must be found to protect against future infestations) the next step is removal of the damaged material. All fabrics in the location should be washed according to manufacturer’s instructions, or thrown away. Both carpet beetle and clothes moth larvae can be killed with washing in hot water, or drycleaning.

Pesticides can be used to treat crevices and cracks to prevent future infestations. However, most household pesticides that are safe to use on fabrics will not provide more than approximately six months’ protection from pests.

Regular vacuuming will go a long way towards preventing reinfestation with both carpet beetle and clothes moth larvae. Area rugs should be vacuumed on both sides, and rotated or rearranged periodically. Heavy items of furniture should also be rearranged from time to time, so as to expose new areas of carpet and prevent the creation of the dark and undisturbed habitats that fabric pests favor.

Clothing and other textiles should be stored in airtight, well-sealed containers. Mothballs and other insect repellents can be added to containers; however take care that these are not allowed to touch any items made of plastic, as mothballs may soften and melt plastics, causing them to stick to fabrics.

Small items such as toys and ornaments that cannot be washed can be placed in the freezer to kill both larvae and eggs. These should be stored in the freezer for one week to ensure all eggs are killed.

Aydan Corkern asked:


If you have ever been bitten by a fire ant, you know what it feels like. Have you ever heard the phrase “I’ve got ants in my pants”? Well, you will feel that when you walk over an ant hill. They will get in your pants and bite you, and it will feel like your skin is on fire. You will need to scratch your itch to make it stop. They bite you all over your legs, and you will have red bumps. These red bumps will grow white fluids, and they look very nasty. They can spread and damage cattle and humans. Fire ants are also black. They will damage your crops and be a threat to life and the life of our animals.

Fire ants are pests. They come from South America, and they were imported here in the 1930′s. Sometimes if they bite you too much and you scratch it, you can make yourself bleed just to stop the burning. These fire ants are an enemy to us humans. They work really fast to protect their queen and there colony. If you run over their hill, they will attack you. They are very mean, and they don’t play around with a thing like that. They are very aggressive and violent insects.

There are also other types of fire ants out there, such as the bullet fire ant which can cause you a great amount of suffering and pain to your body. This ant’s bite will not kill you. There are two kinds of fire ants that will burn you. Red ants are extremely deadly, and they blow poisonous toxic at you. This is called the piperidine alkaloid, which is very bad to get on you. Then there is the Southern fire ant. When it bites you, it will give you blisters. It is so painful that you will not be able to stand it.

There is one other kind of fire ant, which is called the Jack Jumper. It can kill animals and humans with a bite. This ant is in Australia, so watch out for them if you ever visit that country. The fire ants that we have here can live in the wall and in rotting wood. You can see them climbing on these things all the time. In the hill there are the colonies that the queen lives in. She can go a good distance for the colony. So be very careful when you walk in your yard.

Dorianne Schwaiger asked:


Pesticide poisoning is one of the leading causes of pet death in the United States each year. Thousands of unsuspecting animals are dieing of it’s ravaging effects while pet owners are baffled as to the demise of their beloved pets and outdoor wildlife.Little do they know of the caustic ingredients that are in many varieties of garden mulch, insecticides and herbicides that are sold in stores as marked as safe for pets and children. Many of your favorite store brands such as “Round Up” and “Weed and Feed” have cancer causing ingredients that can cause loss of reflex in humans along with severe symptoms such as comas,and kidney and liver failure. In dogs it is the number one cause of cancer known as malignant lymphoma.

Sadly, just five percent of pesticides reach their target weeds and garden pest. Pesticides and chemicals target our water supplies, lakes and streams in the form of run off or just dissipate into the air and fall back to earth in the form of acid rain. Major health damage can occur when Toxic Pesticides are absorbed through our skin, swallowed or inhaled. When not applied correctly, pesticides can settle on ponds, pools, children’s toys, pets left outdoors and even drift through open windows settling on our furniture, bedding and even our floors. Our pets paws and our own shoes often are responsible for tracking deadly pesticides into our homes leaving unseen traces on our carpet.

We all face the continuing problem of toxic by-products through years of pesticide residue that is in our food supply and everyday environment. What we don’t realize is how wide spread pesticide poisoning really is. These caustic chemicals are widely used in many of our schools and playgrounds as well as in public buildings private homes and many hospitals and hotels. Pesticide abuse is used in our agriculture and forest areas.

Why are Pets Vulnerable to Pesticide Poisoning?

* Pets spend most of their time close to the ground, this is where pesticide concentration is highest.

* Pets ingest most pesticides while grooming themselves. Many pets ingest these chemicals with the natural process of cleaning their paws and fur.

Most of our pets spend their time playing in heavily treated areas such as our front lawns or back yards.

* Pets have higher absorption rates than human systems. Animals may be more sensitive and easily poisoned by conditions deemed safe to people.

Signs of Pesticide Poisoning In Pets

* Excessive drooling and foaming at the mouth.

* Loss of thirst and appetite.

* Vomiting or diarrhea.

* Immune function decline.

Disorientation and convulsions.

Toxic runoff that feed back into our water supply are responsible for killing forest animals, birds and fish.

* Feline thyroid disease.

* Dogs contract cancer (malignant lymphoma)

What Can We Do To Stop Pesticide Poisoning?

* Adapt an alternative “green” solution for pest control.

* Enjoy your weeds and bugs. They are part of nature.

* Educate yourself about pesticides used by your HOA, Lawn Service and immediate neighbors.

Keeping a fresh supply of water on hand for your pet at all times is extremely important Never allow them to drink from tainted wild water supplies such as streams, rain puddles stagnant bird baths or ponds.

* Leash your pets, allowing them to run free is not a good idea.

* Bathe and brush your pets often.

* Wash down your outdoor living area.

Always think of natural, Eco-conscious alternatives when it comes to our environment.

Protect yourself and your pets from synthetic pesticides by being an educated consumer and willing activist in our Eco-system.