Difference between feas and ticks and what they look like? Help Please.?!


Question: Fleas are black to brownish black with flat bodies and can scurry along quickly on your pets body. Ticks resembles a tiny beetle that attaches itself to your pets skin and when engorged with blood have a dark reddish brown appearance. Fleas bite, ticks bury their heads in your pets skin and feeds on the animals blood. Both dangerous to animals and you must prevent your pet from contacting either. Use Advantix, Frontline or Revolution, all offer excellent protection. Can be purchased cheaper on e-bay according to size of your pet.


Answers: Fleas are black to brownish black with flat bodies and can scurry along quickly on your pets body. Ticks resembles a tiny beetle that attaches itself to your pets skin and when engorged with blood have a dark reddish brown appearance. Fleas bite, ticks bury their heads in your pets skin and feeds on the animals blood. Both dangerous to animals and you must prevent your pet from contacting either. Use Advantix, Frontline or Revolution, all offer excellent protection. Can be purchased cheaper on e-bay according to size of your pet.

Fleas are small, usually black or brown in color and you can see the running on your dog or cat. Ticks are black when not engross with blood and grey and huge when full of blood. They do not move. They also carry different diseases.

Some ticks will kill your animal,you are on the net search a photo of each.Grass fleas are really small,other fleas are bigger.

fleas small Brown little suckers spread the animal coat and u see then scurrying Tick are brown when engorged with blood they are stationary cn get as big as a .25 cent piece usually they like areas of he animal where the veins are close to the skin surface ears neck belly they are very infectious and will destroy the animal immunity Carry lime decease an will create havoc on human body

Fleas are small agile, usually, reddish-brown, wingless insects. Their have long legs, the hind pair well adapted for jumping when not in fur but also they are covered with many hairs and short spines directed backward which allow them to move better if fur. They have tough bodies and are able to withstand great pressure.

Ticks are names for small arachnids...(spider like creatures) and can cause Lyme disease. Ticks usually have a hard outer shell made of chitin, but also not all have hard shells...hard ticks will attach to skin and clamp on and it usually takes special tweazers to remove them. Also ticks have 6 to 8 legs like arachnids.





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