Description: Adult Cat fleas/Dog Fleas are 2 to 3 mm in length and generally of a brown appearance. They have a thin, laterally flattened body and large hind legs which allow them to jump onto passing hosts. The larvae of both species are nearly twice as long as the adults. Fleas are found throughout the UK including cities such as London.

Biology: Flea eggs are about 0.5mm long, oval, pearly-white in colour and laid indiscriminately in the fur or feathers of the host or in its nest or bedding. A typical female flea may lay 200 eggs over a period of five days. They will hatch in a further 4 to 12 days, depending on the temperature and humidity. The larvae thrive in dark, humid places such as animal bedding and carpet fluff, and feed on organic debris and adult flea excrement. Animal bedding may support a flea population of 8000 immature and 2000 adult forms.

Control: Where very high populations of fleas are present, a single application of insecticide may not be sufficient, as even a 99% kill rate can still leave sufficient survivors to form the basis of a new infestation. In such cases, additional treatments will need to be carried out until the infestation is eradicated. All floors and upholstered furniture should be vacuumed to remove animal hairs, organic debris, flea eggs and pupae. Dispose of vacuum bag in an outside bin. Any cats and dogs should be treated for fleas with an insecticide recommended for this purpose and pet bedding should be destroyed or washed. All floor areas should then be treated with a residual insecticide or a desiccant spray from skirting board to skirting board.

Dog Fleas Treatment in Essex:

Boroughs Covered:
Basildon, Benfleet, Billericay, Brentwood, Canvey Island, Chelmsford, Epping, Grays, Hadleigh, Havering, Hockley, Leigh-on-Sea, Maldon, Rayleigh, Rochford, Southend-on-Sea, Stanford-le-Hope, Thurrock.

Post Codes Covered:
RM1 Romford, RM2 Gidea Park, RM3 Harold Wood Harold Hill, RM4 Stapleford Abbotts, RM5 Mawneys Collier Row, RM6 Chadwell Heath, RM7 Rush Green, RM8 Becontree, RM9 Dagenham, RM10 Dagenham, RM11 Emerson Park, RM12 Hornchurch, RM13 Rainham, RM14 Upminster, RM15 Aveley South Ockendon, RM16 Grays Chafford Hundred Orsett, RM17 Badgers Dene, RM18 Tilbury, RM19 Purfleet West Thurrock, RM20 Thurrock South Stifford.

SS0 Westcliff-on-Sea Prittlewell, SS1 Southchurch, SS2 Southend-on-Sea , SS3 Great Wakering Little Wakering, SS4 Rochford Stambridge, SS5 Hockley, SS6 Rayleigh, SS7 Benfleet, SS8 Canvey Island, SS9 Leigh-on-Sea, SS11 Wickford Runwell, SS12 Wickford Nevendon, SS13 Basildon Felmores, SS14 Basildon Whitmore Way, SS15 Laindon, SS16 Langdon Hills, SS17 Stanford-le-Hope Corringham.

CM0 Southminster Burnham-on-Crouch Tillingham, CM1 Chelmsford, CM2 Great Baddow, CM3 South Woodham FerrersLittle Baddow Danbury Latchingdon, CM4 Ingatestone Fryerning, CM5 Ongar Fyfield, CM6 Dunmow Felsted, CM7 Braintree, CM8 Witham, CM9 Maldon Totham Tolleshunt Major Tollesbury, CM11 Billericay Ramsden Bellhouse, CM12 Billericay, CM13 Brentwood East Horndon Herongate Warley Hutton, CM14 Pilgrims Hatch Coxtie Green, CM15 Shenfield Doddinghurst, CM16 Epping Theydon Bois, CM17 Harlow, CM18 Harlow, CM19 Harlow Roydon, CM20 Harlow, CM21 Sawbridgeworth, CM22 Bishop's Stortford, CM23 Bishop's Stortford, CM24 Stansted Mountfitchet.


Cat Fleas Control in Central London:

All Areas of Central London Covered.

Post Codes Covered:
EC1 Clerkenwell Finsbury Barbican, EC2 Moorgate Liverpool Street, EC3 Monument Tower Hill Aldgate, EC4 Fleet Street St Paul's.

SW1 Westminster Belgravia Pimlico, SW2 Brixton Streatham Hill, SW3 Chelsea Brompton, SW4 Clapham, SW5 Earl's Court, SW6 Fulham Parson's Green, SW7 South Kensington, SW8 Lambeth Nine Elms, SW9 Stockwell Brixton, SW10 West Brompton, SW11 Battersea Clapham Junction, SW12 Balham, SW13 Barnes Castelnau, SW14 Mortlake East Sheen, SW15 Putney Roehampton, SW16 Streatham Norbury, SW17 Tooting Mitcham, SW18 Wandsworth Southfields, SW19 Wimbledon Colliers Wood Southfields, SW20 West Wimbledon Raynes Park.

W1 Oxford Street Bond Street, W2 Paddington, W3 Acton, W4 Chiswick, W5 Ealing, W6 Hammersmith, W7 Hanwell, W8 Kensington, W9 Maida Vale, W10 North Kensington, W11 Notting Hill, W12 Shepherds Bush, W13 West Ealing, W14 West Kensington.

WC1 Bloomsbury Gray's Inn, WC2 Covent Garden Holborn Strand.

SE1 Waterloo Bermondsey Sothwark, SE2 Abbey Wood, SE3 Blackheath Westcombe Park, SE4 Brockley Crofton Park Honor Oak Park, SE5 Camberwell, SE6 Catford Bellingham Hither Green, SE7 Charlton, SE8 Deptford, SE9 Eltham Mottingham, SE10 Greenwich, SE11 Lambeth, SE12 Grove Park, SE13 Lewisham Hither Green, SE14 New Cross, SE15 Peckham Nunhead, SE16 Rotherhithe South Bermonsey Surrey Docks, SE17 Elephant & Castle, SE18 Woolwich Plumstead, SE19 Upper Norwood Crystal Palace, SE20 Penge, Anerley, SE21 Dulwich,SE22 East Dulwich,SE23 Forest Hill,SE24 Herne Hill,SE25 South Norwood, SE26 Sydenham, SE27 West Norwood Tulse Hill, SE28 Thamesmead.


Dog Flea Control in East London:

All Areas of East London Covered.

Post Codes Covered:
E1 Whitechapel Stepney Mile End, E2 Shoreditch Bethnal Green, E3 Bow, E4 Chingford Highams Park, E5 Clapton, E6 East Ham, E7 Forest Gate Upton Park, E8 Hackney Dalston, E9 Hackney Homerton, E10 Leyton, E11 Leytonstone, E12 Manor Park, E13 Plaistow, E14 Poplar Millwall Isle of Dogs Docklands, E15 Stratford West Ham, E16 Canning Town North Woolwich Docklands, E17 Walthamstow, E18 South Woodford.

IG1 Ilford, IG2 Gants Hill, IG3 Seven Kings, IG4 Redbridge, IG5 Clayhall, IG6 Barkingside, IG7 Hainault, IG8 Woodford Green, IG9 Buckhurst Hill, IG10 Loughton, IG11 Barking.


Cat Flea Treatment in North London:

All Areas of North London Covered.

Post Codes Covered:
N1 Islington Barnsbury Canonbury, N2 East Finchley, N3 Finchely Central, N4 Finsbury Park Manor House, N5 Highbury, N6 Highgate, N7 Holloway, N8 Hornsey Crouch End, N9 Lower Edmonton, N10 Muswell Hill, N11 Friern Barnet New Southgate, N12 North Finchley, N13 Palmers Green, N14 Southgate, N15 Seven Sisters, N16 Stoke Newington Stamford Hill, N17 Tottenham, N18 Upper Edmonton, N19 Archway Tufnell Park, N20 Whetstone Totteridge, N21 Winchmore Hill, N22 Wood Green Alexandra Palace.

NW1 Regent's Park Camden Town, NW2 Cricklewood Neasden, NW3 Hampstead Swiss Cottage, NW4 Hendon Brent Cross, NW5 Kentish Town, NW6 West Hampstead Kilburn, NW7 Mill Hill, NW8 St John's Wood, NW9 Kinsbury Colindale, NW10 Willesden Harlesden Kensal Green, NW11 Golders Green.