If your pet has fleas, and they bite a human, do they bury themself in your skin?
2007-09-29 01:32:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
No - You're thinking of Ringworm...
2007-09-29 01:37:48 · answer #1 · answered by Yo LO! 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No, they do not. Fleas are a type of louse, they stay on the surface of the skin. It's only certain types of mite that burrow beneath. Having said that, I have seen the odd flea on an animal that has made quite a hole with prolonged sucking, but they don't go beneath, no.
Chalice
2007-09-30 10:11:29 · answer #2 · answered by Chalice 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fleas get onto your skin, but they don't burrow underneath it. They will lay eggs on the skin (especially skin of furry mammals) and also in the carpet. That's why dogs and cats get completely covered in fleas--because the whole flea reproduction cycle is taking place on them and they become a flea factory.
2007-09-29 01:41:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fleas do not get beneath your skin. Ticks burrow under the skin though.
2007-09-29 01:44:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, no, and no... Fleas do not bury under your skin. That's absurd. They do, however, feed off your blood. Mites do occasionally bury under your skin.. Then they mate and you have a whole bunch of problems.
Oh, and Yo LO... Ringworm does not bury in your skin. Ringworm isn't even a worm! It's a fungal rash that everyone can get, dirty or clean. It manifests when you're overly stressed and usally on people with naturally oily skin.
2007-09-29 01:43:21 · answer #5 · answered by CreativeChick8 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, they bite, drink blood, leap around, infest the place, make your dog's life miserable, make your life miserable, etc., etc. And so easy to prevent with the new one-spot treatments for animals.
You might be thinking of ticks, which do sink their heads under the skin, gorge themselves on blood, grow nice and plump, and then remove themselves once they're really fat and happy...sometimes leaving behind problems for the dog. Lyme's disease being one...caused by a deer tick.
2007-09-29 01:47:21 · answer #6 · answered by OhioWriter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
.well i.am no expert but i moved into a house full of fleas and i got ate alive but none ever got under my skin.
2007-09-29 01:38:10 · answer #7 · answered by bert f 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fleas are a type of wingless parasite, found worldwide, that feed off the blood of humans and animals such as dogs and cats.
2007-09-29 01:38:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, those are ticks.
2007-09-29 01:45:47 · answer #9 · answered by Soootired 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋