#fleas

[zucchinifuzz]

the new neighbors...

#anthro #furry #zucchinifuzz #gay #wolf #wolves #fleas #bugs

[yesterdaysprint]

Life magazine, November 28, 1930

#1930s #comics #vintage #history #flea circus #fleas

[pie-bean]

Nobody asked for it, but here are a couple of close-up pics of fleas!

#ruby was doing exercise while getting attacked by them and dealing with me taking pictures of her inside of her personal space #oh crap i forgot to actually help her with the fleas aslknbgb #cw insects #cw bugs #tw insects #cw fleas #fleas #insects #bugs #acnh #animal crossing #animal crossing new horizons #mine #acnh screenshots #acnh bugs #low poly

[iheartvmt]

Ah yes, the wonderful veterinary bonding moment of picking a flea off your coworker's hair xD

#I did it while she was talking to a client 🤦 #no thoughts except 'ew flea catch it before it gets lost in her hair!' #oops #she was most grateful lol #veterinary #vet tech #veterinarian #fleas

[antiqueanimals]

The Backyard Bestiary. Written by Ton de Joode and Anthonie Stolk. Illustrated by Kees de Kiefte. 1982.

Internet Archive

#bugs #insects #fleas #Kees de Kiefte

[shiftythrifting]

Goodwill, Seattle

#shiftythrifting #thrifting #submission #fleas #housewares #goodwill

[bonefall]

Herb Guide: Basic Hygiene

A quick aside for @kingmystrie​ who has a stinky Clanmate

[Image ID: sketch of a cat licking its outstretched leg]

For the most part, a healthy warrior can be expected to keep themselves perfectly clean. Cats have special tongues with ridges on them perfectly evolved to keep their coats shiny and healthy.

When a Clan cat is long-furred, sick or elderly, or displaying signs of mental distress, the Clan will give them special attention to keep them clean. This is not just a job for the medicine cat; allo-grooming is a social behavior, close to the heart of a collectivist cat culture.

Herbs only come into play when hygiene becomes a health problem. The two most common issues are Mats and Fleas.

Mats

Time to clear up a common misconception; a mat is not a knot. A mat is what happens when a knot tangles with a bunch of other knots, wrapping up dead skin, dirt, layers of shed fur, and other gross debris into a solid mass. If a mat has formed, there’s been a breakdown in proper care!

When they do form, they are likely to form where the cat has trouble reaching, like the lower back.

Not only are mats filthy, but they can also pose a health hazard by weakening and pulling painfully on the skin below, allowing infection to take root. Mats must be removed as quickly as possible, before they become too large. Taking care of mats can take several painful, time-consuming days.

Oil made from flax seeds can be use to lubricate and loosen them, if the mat is not too large to be a lost cause. Carefully brush with claws, teeth, or a bone comb, if your Clan is capable of simple carving.

The best treatment is to carefully shave the area. A sharpened mussel shell, or a flint or stone blade will do. Take care to not cut the skin below, which could be thin and sensitive from bearing a mat.

Fleas

Aside from ticks which are treated with the infamous canonical mouse bile, fleas are another concern to Clan cats. While they’re only annoying to adult cats, they can sicken elders and kill kittens if they become a camp-wide infestation.

Prevention

Fleas can’t be completely eliminated, but Clans go to great lengths to keep them at bay. Cedar chips are used as den flooring, especially in the nursery, producing a fresh pine smell that insects can’t stand.

Mint can be planted around the camp and rubbed into fur to repel fleas and prevent them from leaping onto a patrolling warrior; but this is kept away from the nursery as mint is extremely poisonous and babies have a bad habit of putting things in their mouths.

Treatment

“barkface what do if flea outbreak bad TIME SENSITIVE“ -Kestrelpaw, desperately texting StarClan

For a VERY bad flea infestation, an herbal bath is an easy but detested solution. A large clay bowl (or, in SkyClan, a stolen birdbath) is filled with water for soaking, vinegar for killing, and a blend of mint and lavender for repellent. From there, the unfortunate warrior is plunged in, usually yowling and crying, and forced to soak for an hour.

Repeat for every. Single. Infested warrior. Even if they are WAILING LIKE BABIES.

They must be prevented from licking clean after this bath. Licking the bathwater off will poison the Warrior from the mint. Since it’s only a repellent, the mint could be optional, but WILL be included if the camp is actively infested... in spite of the soaked warrior’s grumblings.

The number one flea-killer, bar none, the GOLDEN KING of bug eradication, is none other than SALT. In addition to being a seasoning, having as much salt as possible in the medicine cat den is invaluable for controlling flea breakouts. Salt will be added to the herbal bath when it’s available.

In the Forest Territories, there was no salt. In the Lake Territories, collecting salt takes a long journey to the beach, and a patrol capable of carrying it home. As far as the Clans are concerned, salt works miracles so these trips are scheduled visits.

#fleas #ticks #parasites #Herb Guide #Clan Culture #Hygiene #Warrior Cats #Salt #Lavender #Mint #CW illness #mats #matting #Clan Herbs

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Insects

Siphonaptera. This order is made up of fleas, small flightless insects that live as external parasites of mammals and birds, which feed on their blood.

Diptera. This order, known as the true flies, is made up of insects that fly using onle a single pair of wings. Members inclue fruit flies, houseflies, and mosquitos

#this one is kinda ''which clade is less bad'' #animals #biology #polls #poll tournament #zoology #Animal parasite #fleas #arthropods #insects #ecdytes #flies #fruit flies #mosquitos #Siphonaptera #Diptera #0x1dv0xe2 #animal tournament #Animal Tournament Round 1

[yourfavesfleas]

Izutsumi from Delicious in Dungeon has fleas!

#has fleas #cw bugs #tw insects #tw bugs #cw insects #fleas #izutsumi #delicious in dungeon #dungeon meshi

[mattsmemes]

#meme #mattsmemes #memes that make you go hmmm #tumeric #tumeric powder #tumeric powder bath #cat #cats #fleas #bad idea #cats of tumblr #dont do this #poor cat #size of the bees this year #claims

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Fleas are famous for their jumping abilities, able to leap anywhere from 50-250 times their own height and take off in only a millisecond! But they don't use muscles to accomplish these feats; instead they bend a part of their exoskeleton called the pleural arch, equivalent to a human rib cage. Then the arch is released, the pent-up energy is transferred into the flea's legs like an arrow being fired from a bow and the flea rockets into the air!

To learn more, check out this slo-mo video of a flea taking flight:

(Video description: a flea jumping off a surface in slow-motion from several different angles)

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#Fleas #Siphonaptera #parasites #insects #arthropods #uncharismatic facts #Youtube

[cheezysweaterguy]

newton and marlon picking fleas off each other

SO YUMMY SO YUMMY

#my art #cartoon #fanart #newton #newton pud #little big planet #lbp #lbp3 #marlon random #fleas

[ultimatebugpoll]

ROUND 1 OF THE TUMBLR INSECT POLL

#bugblr #entomology #entymology #insect #dermaptera #earwigs #siphonaptera #fleas

[lowlycomics]

#drawing #comics #dog #fleas

[mothraeve]

Doggie weed (by: My Garden of Eve)

A checked out a weed today growing in my garden. I let it stay because it has a pretty little daisy flower. It turned out to be a Philadelphia Fleabane. It is a nice little plant that repels fleas! They say it’s good to have if you have dogs. What a wonderful little weed.

#garden of eve #my garden of eve #my garden #gardens on tumblr #dogs #fleas #nature #labradoodle #poodle

[taavisplushies]

do you have any advice on how to clean plushies of fleas? one of my cats escaped and I think she may have gotten them and spread all over my bed/stuffies :(((

i once bought a stuffed frog from a garage sale who was full of fleas! this is what i did and it worked….

1. put the stuffed animals in a garbage bag and tie it shut as tight as you can.

leave them in there for 30 full days! this should be long enough to starve any fleas. eggs that hatch during this time should die off as well.

2. hand wash them like normal with dawn dish soap and lukewarm water.

make sure to rinse them off super well! you should see the dead fleas coming off the plush!

if you can’t get this plush wet, i’d recommend vacuuming them on a low setting and then spraying them with disinfectant spray instead of washing. lysol and other similar sprays can leave a gross residue on the plush, so i’d recommend fursuit spray. you can buy some online or even make your own!

3. let the plushies air dry in front of a fan. don’t forget to occasionally rotate the plush so that they dry faster! air drying can take anywhere from 1-3 days depending on the plush and how wet they were. plushies with bean pellets will take longer to dry than ones with only stuffing!

4. after the plush is dry, comb the fur and make sure there’s no remaining fleas!

5. as a last protective measure you could spray with disinfectant spray! fursuit spray works the best, because it’s specifically made for fake fur and will NOT leave behind gross residue :)

if you can’t wait for the 30 days, you could try just washing the plush. hot water should kill fleas BUT it can damage the plushie if it has glue. sometimes hair, eyes, or noses are glued on. the hot water can melt the glue, and cause the items to fall off. so be careful.

you might be able to try washing plushies with flea killing shampoo, but i have no idea if that will leave a residue on the plush or not. if it does leave a residue, you can always soak the plush in diluted vinegar for 30 minutes. that should remove any gross residue left behind.

make sure to treat all your pets for fleas as well!! it doesn’t matter how well you clean the plushies, if your pets still have fleas they can just crawl right back on the plush!

i hope your cat is doing well! it sounds like she had an exciting little adventure! i’m really sorry about the fleas tho :(

#ask #text #how to #washing plushies #fleas #killing fleas