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What is ticks and fleas?
Ticks and fleas are tiny, parasitic pests that feed on your pet's blood, causing discomfort, itching, and potential health risks like infections or disease transmission. They can quickly infest your pet and home if not controlled.
Ticks are small arachnids which are under the same classification as spiders. Larvae, nymph and adults all require blood meals to complete their lifecycle however, some tick species are able to survive up to a year
without any blood meal. There are over 800 tick species that come from 2 families which are Ixodidae (hard ticks) & Argasidae (soft ticks). Ticks are also vectors of diseases as they commonly transmit diseases to both
humans and animals. Most of the tick bites are caused by females as males usually die after mating. Interestingly, the mobility of ticks is very limited as they cannot jump or fly however, they will crawl onto a host to start feeding.
Fleas are blood-sucking and wingless insects that are similar to ticks which have limited mobility. However, fleas are able to jump onto hosts. Unlike the nymph and adult ticks, fleas only have 6 legs in total. Both female and male fleas are able to transmit flea-borne diseases and both sexes require blood meals to survive and advance into the next stage of their life cycle.
