Each new client also gets a Site Report Folder with risk and COSHH assessments, ongoing monitoring records and a comprehensive pest control report after each visit. Professional pest control companies like ourselves use a flea insecticide spray or flea fumigation treatment to tackle active infestations. If your pet has fleas, it will suffer from a great deal of discomfort and could also have an allergic reaction to the flea’s saliva. We believe in prioritising natural pest control methods such as using dogs (for rodents) and falconry (for birds). The time it takes very much depends on the size of the building and the severity of the infestation, but in most domestic cases treatments can be completed in a day, although follow-up treatments may be required to exterminate any unhatched eggs.

Heat treatment involves a trained pest control expert carefully raising the temperature in the affected areas of your property, using large heaters. Another unique method is implementing a flea heat treatment which targets all life forms and offers guaranteed eradication on the same day.They are an extremely common pest whose primary host is domestic cats, but are known for readily biting humans and dogs too. If you see black, pepper-like particles in pet beds or in other privy places they use, it is a clear indication of a flea presence. If pets have been treated keep them indoors so that any fleas present in the 3-week period after treatment will feed on them rather than humans.

But look for movement – fleas are flightless but they have an Olympian jump, propelling themselves up to two feet off of the ground.

Other types of flea to be aware of are; the Bird flea Ceratophyllus gallinae and Human flea Pulex irritans.

Soft furnishings It’s a horrible thought, but if fleas are in your home then they can very quickly invade your soft furnishings, such as sofas, beds, carpets, cushions and curtains. Remember to carefully remove the contents of your Hoover outside of your property and seal it before placing it securely in an outside bin for disposal. A flea infestation can be very disruptive and upsetting, especially when your pets, family, visitors, or staff are being bitten alive. Adult fleas will live on dogs or cats, feeding on their blood, which is required by the female flea to produce her eggs.Using traps Nick cleared our infestation promptly and efficiently with no disruption to our busy family life. Heat treatment is used only for the most severe infestations, where you see the pests literally jumping everywhere.