Why Fleas Are So Hard To Kill
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- čas přidán 24. 11. 2019
- Fleas are incredible jumpers, but their talents don’t stop there. With the ability to sense warmth and vibrations, they're perfectly adapted to find blood-filled mammals like dogs and cats. What they do next will give you chills - and hopefully, nothing more.
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The creature that is endangered : Panda
The creature that should be endangered: Fleas
Man it should be extinct 😭 they so damn annoying
@@Sylix_ Yes
Nature just isn't fair :(
@@idrinkrawmilk554 maybe if fleas were to go actually extinct they would figure out to sit on the panda so they get rescued aswell.. like a parasite on a spaceship mission movie
It really doesn't help that they're single-handedly responsible for spreading one of the deadliest diseases in human history: The bubonic plague.
Just throw the whole species away
Cha cha real smooth that’s the joke dumbass
Cha cha real smooth can i throw you away?
**I WANT TO KNOW YOUR LCATION**
I would
yea I had to throw my cat away.. I started getting annoyed with stings in my legs at night... I loved her but she had to go... :( I wish fleas didnt exist...
So for the first time in my life 2 summers ago I had the life changing experience of somehow getting a flea infestation in my house. It was one of the most F'd up and stressful things iv ever experienced. Being totally serious, it messed me up for a while. The thing is.. THEY DON'T DIE. THEY GET EVERYWHERE. And just when you think they're gone.. THEY COME BACK. Hours and hours of vacuuming. Washing clothes and linens. Vacuuming more. Scratching your head. Obsessing over getting your bed and room clean. Obsessing over looking at your food because your paranoid that they jumped into it. (which they do). If a washed piece of laundry happened to fall onto the carpet.. Wash it again. I know it sounds crazy.. but I'm telling you guys.. if you've ever experienced a flea problem then you know what I mean. Not allowing people into your home for fear of them bringing them home and infesting their own house. Literally thinking about it stresses me out lol. God I hate fleas. Thank god that issue got resolved. 6-8 months of literal hell.
Literally now living this exact hell and searching every CZcams video for a solution. Until now I used more than 5 anti insect spray, 2 fog bombs and so much cleaning washing I started to give up nothing is working prof help would cost me a fortune but it seems it’s the only solution
@@dole265 Powder! Get Flea Powder.
However, make sure its the non toxic, "green" kind. Forget the bombs and insane sprays. IF you have an air conditioner , OR if its cold at night where you are, like close to or below 0, Freeze the house out. Open every screen. Honestly, if you can afford it my #1 suggestion is get an expert to come to an inspection, and if they confirm everything insist they spray. Sorry man. as much as it's a nightmare.. the sooner its over the sooner life begins again. TEA tree oil spay for your hair. and body. comes in a little spray bottle.
wrg, no stressx etc for suchx, anyx, doesnt matter, no such thign as hellx or etc, do things not stressed about things, otherx
I'm going through the same thing right now, and it's a huge pain in the ass. We've completely emptied and cleaned the house twice, sprayed everything, put powder all over the floors, and they're still there. They came from my roommate's dog. It's really hard to coordinate cleaning everything at once, too, because there's 6 of us in the main house, and 3 in the basement. We're getting a professional exterminator to come work on it in a few days. He'll have to come twice, and he'll fumigate the whole house. I'm really fed up of having to deal with this crap. It's been going on since November.
When my cat had fleas I wore white tube socks and walked around my apartment to catch fleas. After I combed my cat, I dipped the flea comb into a cup of soapy water and used a stick to get them off the comb. It was satisfying to watch the fleas drown.
You do need the soap to break the water's surface tension.
I've actually seen fleas jump off the surface of clean water.
@@massimookissed1023 ........... Disgusting. Wow. But good to know.
Wondercide is a great product if u don't wanna to do the battle. Soap water bowls with lamps by your pets and in every room helps as well. Soap from dawn breaks down the oily shell of the flea and without it they will die. Also they cant escape if there's a layer of soap on top of the water in the cup you put them in lol
I threw fleas down an alcohol bottle and watched them drown
wrr
Dogs and rats: exist
Fleas: it’s free real estate
why the hell you are everywhere, you don't have anything to do?
@@houssameddine6885 stop roasting him
@@Anthony.laurenceau I'm not roasting him , I'm just asking him .
HOUSSAM EDDINE I have a part time job so there’s that
@@AverytheCubanAmerican wow , that's good
Who else was itchy during this video
I've never understood this common comment. No I don't, they're not on me. I'm far away from fleas.
according to a study in the British Journal of dermatology itching is contagious similar to yawning. Hope this cleared things up for you.
Here is a link: www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/news/20110324/is-itching-contagious
My hair was
czcams.com/video/Jk6jVl1fAn0/video.html
I'm sorry but it just reminded me of that. Don't mistake it for me not caring though. I appreciate you trying to make me understand. =)
@@dryheadshot2826 ERIC WHY AREN'T YUW ET SKEWL????????!
The doctors from the Black Death were much cooler, they had cool masks and canes.What do doctors of today have? White coats and being scared of apples.
Your Daily Dad Joke
It wasn’t the doctors from the Black Death who dressed like that, I believe you’re thinking of the doctors from the Great Plague of London over two centuries later.
And a weird limp ear thingy
@@patrickcollins8048 The great plague of London IS the Black Death, dumbass.
After coronavirus, this comment is misplaced.
@@myman7336 LOL
Video is mistitled, should read: "Fleas: An overview (But Not Why They Are Hard To Kill)"
@@noaaaaahehe841 no, bc he is right. the title is inaccurate
@@noaaaaahehe841 I would if I could :) stay well my virtual-friend
True
Thanks, this is why I read comments before I watch a video
@@noaaaaahehe841 Take your own advice.
If every Flea on earth went extinct right now I could sleep better at night.
There's still a much worse problem.. bed bugs😭😱
You have to vacuum the whole house, the car, and wash the pets bedding EVERYDAY for at LEAST 10 days, this is to make sure you get rid of all stages of the cycle of a fleas life. If your vacuum has bags in it you have to dispose the bags everyday. You also want to treat the yard if you have one. Fleas don’t live on the animal so flea baths and treatments won’t do anything if you don’t also kill all of the fleas living in your home off. After ten days you can overkill it by using carpet shampoo and/or a flea bomb. Always go to a vet for flea treatment and shampoo, too many animals have died from over the counter treatment (from hartz specifically).
Dawn dish soap bag and condition coat correctly as needed. Shampoo vacuum all carpets with ammonia. Get Wondercide and use for indoors and get yard treatment. The stuff is spendy but I'm telling you...it is the best thing I've ever used for fleas and I fought them for months upon months.
Also it helps to bar off carpet and keep you animals on the tile if that's possible and treat the carpet and everything else while bathing the little buddy. I've been having a lot of success with our new puppy. Especially after the Wondercide.
Thank you (: I’m trying to get rid of them currently theyre so annoying
0:05 this is a picture depicting the Great Plague of London, not the Black Death.
OK boomer
OK boomer
Black Death is the plague 🤪
Ali A the Great Plague of London happened in the 17th century however the Black Death happened in the 14th century
Ali A Yes but they’re different historical events.
This is the longest ad for cleaning I have ever watched.
1:11-1:17 there are more "SSSSSSSSSSSSS's" in these 6 seconds than there are in the entire video
This is a good comment. Y'all would be stupid chimps to not vote this up over the others.
WHY DO I WATCH THESE BEFORE BED
Why are you asking us?
A family of 5, we had fleas for years, but suddenly all the fleas had gone, we had done nothing to get rid of them, except so seemingly the next door neighbor’s cat had gone after the they had moved house. Lowest winter room temperature of our house is 9c, but been through the winter before and fleas was yet in place, then suddenly all the fleas had gone without any obvious reasons!
Writeable DVD disc goods has a transparent plastic disc included, I broke 1 of them into a triangular shape, so with the full DVD disc clap on a clothe that has flea, I keep hold onto it and can see the fleas underneath the see thru disc, the fleas can’t move or barely able to move under the disc. Next I hold the triangle piece and use the pointed sharp end to kill the fleas after I shift the disc slowly to let the flea exposed to the ledge rim of the disc (I taped up the hole in the centre of the DVD disc). I had killed over hundreds of fleas this way. Each night I sit by my bed and wait for the fleas to come out from the carpet to my pant’s bottom rims, I use the DVD disc to trap the fleas and stop it from escaping.
Damn that is a heavy story, you are a real trooper!
This video is giving me no hope of killing the fleas in my apartment. Your making them seem so invincible thanks 😒
Hate those things! One lady at work has a dog or cat, so quite often I get these boogars on my legs, at a sock-line. I guess they jump right off the carpet on me. (I have no pets myself.) Interestingly though, I seem to be the flea-magnet. Two other ladies that work in that office don't seem to notice. The question is why?
PS. I learned that to kill them you have to use your two finger nails. It squishes them right up into a bloody mess.
🤢🤮
*Me:* I should really start doing my homework
*Science Insider:* Uploads another video
*Me:* Nvm. It can wait. 😂😂😂
But you are a adult wtf
@@alan12780 kkkkkk
U didn't answer the question tho hmm
When you pinch the flea pin it with the tip of your finger nail (opposite hand) with the Butt stickin up then use the other nail an Squeeze them they usually pop, if that makes any sense 😅
It's because theire chiton armor is under pressure so it resists being popped like every other insect. It's a spherical shape, and they're really small so they have a high surface area to volume ratio that prevents deformation.
Here I am, instead of going to sleep I watch a video about fleas...
8:30 in the morning,here i go,30 hours of fuckall,felt this
Same I got bitten by fleas and I can't sleep because I feel itchy
@@GreedyOrange 🍊
get god on the phone , we need to talk
Yes
Ah yes more wonderful creations from God.
The only problem is I have no incandescent light bulb only LED which emits very little heat. I got an IR lamp which is probably way too hot for this idea. The fleas has pretty good sense of heat and aiming for 37-42 C not 70-90 C. I will give this a try but my hopes are low. Thanks for the idea anyway.
I do a flea trap, and here how it works, you take a bowl put water in it then put a candle in the middle. the fleea are going to jump in the warm candle and then probably drown in the bowl water.
i put a bowl with water and soap andd that works but like howdo i kill em all
Just make sure to add a drop of dish soap or something similar as the surface tension of the water keeps the fleas afloat, adding dish soap will make them sink to the bottom and drown
Fantastic video! There are a lot of small details that make a big difference. One is the subtitles in English and the other is the use of measures of units of the international system, like the meter. The video also has some difficult words, but they are in small quantity and in the end, it is useful to increase the vocabulary
I was at work and felt a pain on my ankle and looked down and seen a black bug on sock. I picked it off and was trying to squeeze it between my fingers and set it down and it was still alive. I put it on the counter thinking it was dead and it jumped. I then crushed it with a pen and it jumped again. Then i knew it was a flea a smashed it with a napkin and there was a smear of blood
I used borax mixed with baking soda and ionized salt.i used a wooden spice crusher to grind the mix into a fine powder.i spread it over the infected area and it dried them out and they've not come back
I used to wrap my legs in clear packing tape, sticky side out, and let the fleas jump on the tape. But the solution was to not have a pet.
This is making me itch and sick at the same time
Me pecfully watching this while there is a small flee infestation in my mom's apartment
Did you get rid of it?
Thanks for the info man
Last time I try to squash a flea and it jump and landed in my hot noodles........and I sat there and look at it........
Fun fact:
Swallowing / ingesting fleas can give you tapeworms.
Lol
It probably burnt to death in the noodles
Literally no joke: I live in a Victorian style apartment complex on the second floor and we don't have a washer here... but been brushing up on more laundry thanks to these gnarly little insects,..the "Cat Fleas "...source is unknown. Nobody in the building or adjacent building has pets and the fleas happened ONE month after stray cats who passed my yard disappeared. I do NOT own any oets, carpet, nor couch and my mom and I are still Bitten by fleas ughhhhh I used to think this only affected people with cats or dogs! So weird....the vector biologist thinks it's from a raccoon but unsure until it's captured on camera
Use permethrin. Kills the fleas and the cats. You don't have a choice, you just have to get rid of them all.
Follow up with Percor. You can't go light on the treatment, hopefully you have to go all or nothing so they get enough dose to die.
why does nature have to give the pests the upgrades and humans nothing?
Perhaps Humans are too OP
@@emperorpierogi9772 exactly
im moving to canada
Is there any animal or insect that eats fleas?
I've grown up living with pets and have 2 to this day; I gotten so used to bites that their bites don't itch anymore whenever I get bit;same with chiggers. But mosquitoes, totally didn't story. Those things I could do without 😬
This is really sad… your poor animals. Put them on preventatives immediately.
I know I got fleas now, Ive had them in my bed for days, but I havent seen a single one of them yet - are they so hard to spot? Any tips on luring them out in the open?
Music For Songwriters I put my phone on the floor once and instantly they jumped onto my screen they seem the attracted to heat and light so maybe leave a soapy liquid in a dish by a lamp?
@@xShareem good tip
Put a shallow bowl on your carpet with water and dish detergent and a light over it at night and check it in the morning. If you have fleas there will be a few dead in the bowl in the morning
Put a shallow bowl on your carpet with water and dish detergent and a light over it at night and check it in the morning. If you have fleas there will be a few dead in the bowl in the morning
Anyone else suddenly feeling really itchy..?
Futurama
I have 120 flea bites all over my body. They all came in 5 days thanks to my cat, Casey.
@@justaperson1793 You were obviously negligent. 😐
Fred Flintstone
My cat has fleas and those little shits bites hurt sometimes. They get so bad during the summer living in the carpets, and I can never get rid of them for good.
Those flea meds u get from the vet works well too as long u dispense it correctly on your pet and keep your house clean…… and catch it early
Amazing.
And also, We must save the *Axolotls.*
I fricking hate fleas in the summer... I'm pretty much immune at this point
I didn't get the answer why it is so hard to kill a flea??? why???
U should go to u tube channel called jiggers. That will blow ur mind. Also when u squeeze a flea and it pops. It’s not dead. U have to pop the head or it will grow another body and live to bite another day
@@pennyfinan5090 damn that's terrifying, I thought I could kill them slowly by popping only the stomach. Thanks man this is very useful
Video content has nothing to do with its name, there is just description of fleas but no explanation of why they are hard to kill
I'm so scared there are so many cats in my house and the fleas are in my hands and they bited me can anything I can do with it 😩
You can quite easily catch them if they hop on to your legs/arms and crush their head with your fingernails. Diligent vacuuming kills them too.
Y’all gross af
Traicionero please get help
@@tribalbyron2598 They are doing mankind a service! ✔️ What're YOU doing? Hmmmmm???🙃
@@tribalbyron2598 ok
If you also manage to catch a flea biting you, grab it and tear it's head off :T
The video was a great effort. However part of the fleas invincibility is to do with their exoskeleton. Most small insects can be easily crushed like the ant or termite. Fleas wil survive your hardest squeezes between the finger tips. One needs to use finger nails to finger nails to clip together and pop their shells. Most folks don't know that and so many fleas just survive attempts to squash them.
It neglected to mention how salt dries out their exoskeletons.
No, it doesn't
they may be hard to kill with your fingers but if you dip the cat comb in a bowl of Dawn dish soap and some water, it's like they die instantly. I used to give three little kittens a bath every morning in Dawn dish soap and water to get rid of their fleas. they disappeared within a couple of days
The plague doctor mask looks like a fleas head
Why am I watching this while eating? 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
I cleaned out an empty parmesan cheese container, and then filled it up with ½ salt and ½ baking soda and sprinkles it everywhere, let it sit for a day, vacuum and re sprinkle, because that salt dries up their eggs and larvae and vacuuming got the live guys, and yes, empty your vacuum, into an outside trash can, and I was did of fleas in two weeks, I did keeping sprinkling, even after I didn't see anymore, just to get any eggs or larvae, I may have missed. Also, I'm never getting furniture from someone with pets again, it was a biotch to have to keep vacuuming inside and out of my couch
Is salt and baking soda safe for cats
So they chewed on me I built up immune system to them
I got a kitten and the woman we got her from said she didn’t have fleas. Well that was a lie so now my poor old dog has them too and we keep getting rid of them but they won’t go away. Now they’re like in a bunch of furniture and we hoover and everything but I swear it’s doing nothing. I told my mum it was a bad idea to get a kitten off of a woman on Facebook. I swear to god if she doesn’t get rid of them soon I’m moving in with my nan
I have i little bit of fleas that WE HAVE SPRAYED MY ROOM BUT THEY DONT GO BECAUSE MY CAT KEEPS BRINGING THEM IN THEY LOVE MY DAD AND ME THEY BITE AND I HAVE BITES ALL OVER MY ANKLES 😢
Wash your pet and then put extra virgin olive oil on it. Fleas are gone like magic, and wash your dog blankies regularly
I'm currently under attack by cat fleas. Why are they eating me alive and only me. No one else in the house. I thought they only attack cats?
I’m being attacked by human fleas and I can confirm they pick favorites. (I am currently being bitten by a flea)
There’s always fleas at my house every year
Not me currently at war with fleas in my house
after my cat died we had fleas attacking us, it was so annoying, i wore long pants, long light-colored socks in multiple layers so i could stop them from getting to me and so i could try to get rid of them while they were trying to burrow into my socks, they were easy to spot, and i found a few ways to kill them lol, after we had enough we put some chemicals in the house that killed them all, i really think those were my cat's fleas cause she died in the house, so it's possible...
May I know what chemicals? Dealing with fleas currently and it's a nightmare!
Yes, please, I would like to know as well. Not dealing with them at the moment, but ALWAYS good to know pertinent information!👍❤️
@@MissKimboo sorry but idk...i'll have to ask my mom, but i'll let you know once i find out. Also cover yourself up in multiple layers if you have to, trust me, also wear light colored clothes cause that will help, then you could take some tweezers or something like that and just try to get the fleas and then what i did was i drowned them in the sink, seemed to work for me. Basically just don't feed them and get rid of them as fast as you can. (I'm no expert tho)
@@aaliyahrammstein6674 i'll let you know which chemicals or what was used once i find out
@@Bngtn-ij1fi Thank you very much. You are helping many people by doing this. ❤️ I'll patiently wait for your response. 👍
Because they're adorable!
that comment is adorable too))
I m dying from those fleas
because there just vibin
Anyone else itchy??
i tried to pinch a flea but it doesnt kill it, even if i use my fingernail, any tips to kill it immediately?
Step on it
Eat it and let your body digest it and it will become poop
grab it and bite it's head off
Or you could grab it and give it herpes and release it into the neighborhood. Mm I might actually try that
You must BECOME the flea! Be a flea....😳 Fleas don't eat each other...👍
I though the thumbnail was flea breeding OwO
Anyone else is here after their pet has caused a flea infestation in tge house ? (I wanna die)
U think that i won't be able to sleep for a while now
I did not know that human fleas existed and I really, really wish they didn’t
So... the entire video was just to say, fleas are hard to kill because they jump? :/ I hoped for a little deeper analysis
👀 🥄
I'm itchy now
1: Theory: It’s almost as if someone or Something is living in another dimension designing these creatures- the way artists design things here on earth...
I hate fleas so much 😖😖😖 growing up in rural Mexico I had to deal with those bastards many times and it's the worst 😭
🏰
U ever covered urself up so the fleas couldnt get you and started to miss them?
I want to punch you in the face
*😵🤛
me: *types ‘fleas suck’* video: THE PLAGUE
Ignore this stupid video, use a fogger, they’re the best, of course don’t rely on it, still keep hoovering and spraying.
Bro that's harmful chemicals. Not good for people or anyone to be around even after you air out your house. Wondercide is a natural pesticide and it's safer if not harmless and it's eco friendly. Cedarwood and it's oil and have been used to repel bugs for a long long time.
Who else scratched their head while watching this
VVV
Absolute evil. I actually met a “holistic vet” that had no idea how big of a deal fleas were and how hard they are to get rid of. I’ve spent thousands to rid my house, yard, and dogs of them in Florida. Never ever take your dog to a dog park or dog beach. Fleas love both locations. Once they take hold, it’s a nightmare. Sucks having to treat dogs with a toxin just to try to keep them somewhat in check. They still find a way to wreak havoc, however. Especially with carpeted homes and upholstered furniture/dog beds.
The yum sounded really drie
While I was cleaning my dogs of fleas, I would catch them in my fingers and tried to squeeze them to death, but they’d bounce back and survive. I had to scrap them against the concrete ground to kill them. Gross.
U have to use ur nail and snap ummmm
Point of view
One day, we will wipe out these fleas, and other parasites, for good. We will find a way! We needlessly somehow managed to make certain animal species endangered, so there must be a way that we can add parasitic organisms to that list as well.
While I was watching this I found a flea on mu arm
Easy way to instant kill them once you picked them off your pet is to stick them to duct tape
I've squished fleas and it appears that around 10 eggs come out.
They lay 40-50....
*Burn your house before it spreads*
Not only that though their body weight contributes to how far they can jump as well
It all started when my sister slept in my bed with her dog, fuc it’s been a year and they’re still in my bed
What I do is squash them in-between my sharp nails
fleas aren't hard to kill just squash them with your finger nail i usually do that when im removing fleas from our outdoor cats
Why am I watching this during breakfast?
So you could make a lame joke on CZcams that we’ve already seen thousands of times.
now i regret my decisions of watching this
fleas bhopping to cs:go
bro my cousins dog gave my bed fleas, I can legit feel them jumping around on my legs while I sleep n shi
That means there's a lot more on the floor. Use permethrin so it repels and kills at the same time
I just get em in between my fingers then get my other hand and pinch it down with my nail then crush its head by squishing nails together
Anyone still have fleas in 2020
Mosquitos, fleas, why?
Imagine if these were the size of a human
The size of a mouse would do me in.
I have these flees the worst ones :(