After scouring through your house and eliminating ticks and fleas indoors, next is to make sure that your outdoor space is also tick and flea free.
Did not read the previous article on the common places ticks and fleas hide in your home? You can check that out here: Fleas and Ticks Treatment: Where Do These Pests Hide In Your Home?
Where do these parasites like to hide and keep themselves cool especially during the summer months? Read on to find out.
Fleas and Ticks Treatment: Where Do Fleas and Ticks Hide Outside Your House?
Ticks and fleas can thrive outside your home as much as inside your abode. When the surroundings are just right and provide enough organic matter, these pests can live outdoors without any problem.
… And that thought should push you into action to clean up your yard immediately!
Fleas and Ticks Treatment: Outdoor Feeding and Sleeping Area
The hotspots in your outdoor area for fleas and ticks are the feeding and sleeping areas of your dog. This is because your dog will be spotted in these spaces more often than any other places outside your home. Of course, that’s where these pests like to be as well, nearest to their hosts.
The feeding area is a given while you need to observe your dog where he or she usually takes naps or breaks during the day and night if your pet sleeps outside.
Fleas and Ticks Treatment: Shrubs, Trees and Leaf Piles
As a tropical country, leaves of the trees and bushes can fall off anytime of the year. But this is more evident during the summer months. Leaves fall off and give way to fruits or flowers. So you rake the leaves and pile them up to keep your garden look neat.
But if you do not throw those dead leaves – because you should know by now that burning leaves is banned – then you are actually inviting ticks and fleas to live in your outdoor space. The leaf pile is a good place for them as it is not too hot and the organic matter is their source of food.
Make it a habit to throw those dead leaves away immediately after removing them from your garden. Do not let a pile of leaves sit for a long time in your yard.
Fleas and ticks tend to hide from the bright sun and hide under the shade of bushes and shrubs. Fleas at the early stages of being eggs, larvae and pupae thrive in the damp area of these vegetation. Keep your shrubs and bushes trimmed to ward off ticks and fleas.
Fleas and Ticks Treatment: Other Outdoor Areas To Look Into
There are other flea zones outdoors as well. You can find these parasites near standing water and trash cans. If you have a garage, you will not be surprised to spot them there as well.
You have to understand that these areas are free from fleas and ticks at the beginning. These spots are not infected unless a dog infested with ticks and fleas passed by and flea eggs dropped on them.
When another innocent pet goes in this area, the adult fleas will jump into his fur. The cycle will not stop unless the pets and the areas are given fleas and ticks treatment.
Now you know where to look for fleas and ticks outside your home. If you forgot where to look for them in your home, better read up here: Fleas and Ticks Treatment: Where Do These Pests Hide In Your Home?
If you want to learn more about keeping your dogs from ticks and fleas (including your home), you can call us at these numbers: Or just go to Makati Dog and Cat Hospital from 7AM to 5PM, Mondays to Saturdays. These are the numbers to call: (02) 8896-6386 / 8896-2860 / 0908-896-7113.
Enjoy peace of mind,
Dr. Sixto Carlos, DVM, MS
Makati Dog and Cat Hospital
Serving Pet Parents near Mandaluyong, Makati, and BGC