2007-07-23 09:16:21 · 5 answers · asked by joyce w 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
Fleas do not survive well at high altitudes.
2007-07-23 09:50:13 · answer #1 · answered by Dutch 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Heck ya...as long as they have a host to feed from! Here is some info. on a fleas life and how to get rid of them.
You need something like FrontlinePlus...good source and cheaper than the vets is petshed.com...I use it so I know it works. A flea comb with a cup of hot water & a little dish liquid to dip the comb in when you comb your dog/cat. LOTs of vac bags and vac everyday and remove the bag and tie it in a shopping bag and take out of the house. This will work and you should see improvements within two months. DON'T use sprays, powders, house bombs, flea collars and over the counter products. They are dangerous and are full of pesticides and can harm you and your pet! To let you know as I was given a paper from the vets...cycle of the flea...They hatch from a cocoon like a butterfly...in one week they are an adult....as a adult they lay a egg every hour of their lives up to 1-2 years they live. The eggs hatch into a larva in about two weeks...they spend three weeks as a larva and then they wrap themselves into a cocoon. In the cocoon stage you can't kill them unless you plan on burning down your house...fire is the only way to kill them in this stage. What makes them hatch from a cocoon is vibration, heat, and all sorts of things. They need a host to feed on within one week or they will die. ( problem being is the cocoons can take up to five months to hatch! and they all hatch at different rates!) WOW that is a lot of fleas! FrontlinePlus uses two ways to kill the fleas...they first have an ingredient that paralyzes the flea so it can't feed and it dies...it does this for two weeks. The following two weeks it just inhibits the flea eggs of the fleas that feed on them and eggs don't hatch. This is why it takes a few months, but it does work. BTW...flea baths don't work either and will make it so the FrontlinePlus won't work.
2007-07-23 09:21:02 · answer #2 · answered by shortcake 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't see why not, they have tough exoskeletons that can survive tremendous pressure, or lack of. Depends how high you mean - if you mean right up in snowy mountains then no, as fleas are susceptible to temperature and do not like low temperatures.
However if you live in a nice warm centrally heated house up a mountain, any fleas in the area will flock to your home for warmth and meals!!
Chalice
2007-07-23 09:24:33 · answer #3 · answered by Chalice 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, they are found everywhere in the world, except maybe the north pole, but I bet a polar bear has had one or too...lol
No really they say that they can't live in high pressure and extreme cold. But things evolve and I think that if needed they can survive in those conditions if they needed to.
2007-07-23 09:19:08 · answer #4 · answered by Raven75 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I have never encountered a flea at 6000 ft home. Nor have I known of any fleas in low elevation where winters are below freezing.
2017-03-27 19:16:45 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋