Fleas

Fleas can thrive in warm temperatures when the heating is on

Think your dog can only get fleas in the summer?

Switching on the central heating creates the perfect breeding ground for winter parasites — and it’s not just your pets who could suffer.

The Itch-Festation Report from dog food company tails.com has found that the warmer the temperature, the faster flea eggs develop into adults. At a cool 13C, it could take a flea egg 140 days to hatch, but when temperatures hit the mid-twenties (or...