Bed Bugs And Pets
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Bed bugs and pets. They are not like fleas and ticks. Killing bed bugs in your home typically relies upon the use of powerful pesticides and other chemical treatments. In just one month two bed bugs can produce more than 150 offspring. That s why your pest management partnership is so critical and why a bed bug dog can help.
Fortunately for both people and pets bed bugs are not known to transmit disease. While these methods of eliminating bed bugs are very helpful at ridding your house of these pests the chemicals that they involve are generally harmful to both human beings and to pets as well. All they need to thrive is blood and hiding spots. It takes just one incident to affect your business and impact your bottom line.
We also know that bed bugs are very efficient hitchhikers and can be transported to your home via luggage clothing bedding furniture etc so it s possible that bed bugs could also hitchhike in your pet s fur or its bedding or clothing. They don t like fur but will endure it to get a meal usually only if they have not had a human meal in a lengthy period of time. Bed bugs don t live on pets or spend as much time on your pet as the more common pests such as fleas ticks lice and mites but they can bite your pets. Homeowners are the intended targets for bed bugs but unfortunately our pets can suffer the consequences.
Even the cleanest homes in america can harbor bed bugs. Preventing bed bugs on dogs and cats. Bed bugs don t travel on pets as much as people think. So while they can cause discomfort and significant mental distress bed bugs won t give you or your pets diseases though in severe cases scratching can lead to secondary skin infections.
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With pets you are more likely to find the bugs in carriers or crates bedding toys or other items close to where the pet sleeps.