Received this as an email forward and though I’d share. (Author Unknown)
Excerpts from a Dog’s Diary
8:00 am – Dog food! My favorite thing!
9:30 am – A car ride! My favorite thing!
9:40 am – A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30 am – Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!
12:00 PM – Lunch! My favorite thing!
1:00 PM – Played in the yard! My favorite thing!
3:00 PM – Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!
5:00 PM – Milk Bones! My favorite thing!
7:00 PM – Got to play ball! My favorite thing!
8:00 PM – Wow! Watched TV with the people! My favorite thing!
11:00 PM – Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!
11:00 PM – Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!
Excerpts from a Cat’s Daily Diary
Day 983 of my captivity…
My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets.
Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength. The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape. In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the carpet.
Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of.
There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of ‘allergies.’ I must learn what this means and how to use it to my advantage.
Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking.. I must try this again tomorrow — but at the top of the stairs.
I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released – and seems to be more than willing to return.. He is obviously retarded.
The bird has got to be an informant.. I observe him communicating with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. My captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe. For now…
I know about LOLCats, but never knew there were LOLDogs…
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Here’s some interesting information about fleas. Some you may know, some you may not.
Public Enemy #1?
- Fleas pass through a complete life cycle of four stages.
- Egg (50% of the population)
- Larvae (30% of the population)
- Pupae (15% of the population)
- Adults (5% of the population)
So only 5% of fleas actually bite!
- Completion of the life cycle from egg to adult varies from two weeks to eight months
- Normally the female flea lays about 15 to 20 eggs per day up to 600 in a lifetime.
- Usual hosts for fleas are dogs, cats, rats, rabbits, mice, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, opossums, foxes, chickens, and humans.
- Eggs loosely laid in the hair or fur, drop out where the pet rests, sleeps or nests (rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, cat or dog boxes, kennels, sand boxes, etc.)
- Eggs hatch in two days to two weeks into larvae found indoors in floor cracks & crevices, along baseboards, under rug edges and in furniture or beds.
- Sand and gravel are very suitable for flea development which is the reason fleas are erroneously called “sand fleas.”
- Larvae are blind, avoid light, pass through three larval stages and take a week to several months to develop.
- Their food consists of digested blood from adult flea feces, dead skin, hair, feathers, and other organic debris. (Larvae do not suck blood.)
- Pupa mature to adulthood within a silken cocoon woven by the larva to which pet hair, carpet fiber, dust, grass cuttings, and other debris adheres.
- In about five to fourteen days, adult fleas can emerge or may remain resting in the cocoon until the detection of vibration (pet and people movement), pressure (host animal lying down on them), heat, noise, or carbon dioxide (meaning a potential blood source is near).
- Most fleas survive the winter in the larval or pupa stage and grow best during warm, moist winters and spring.
- Adult fleas cannot survive or lay eggs without a blood meal, but may hibernate from two months to one year without feeding.
One big surprise people get is when they return from vacation and they find themselves with a major flea problem in the house. There is often a desperate need for flea control after a family has returned from a long vacation. The house has been empty with no cat or dog around for fleas to feed on. When the family and pets are gone, flea eggs hatch and larvae pupate. The adult fleas fully developed inside the pupa cocoon remains in a kind of “limbo” for a long time until a blood source is near. The family returning from vacation is immediately attacked by waiting hungry hordes of fleas. (In just 30 days, 10 female fleas under ideal conditions can multiply to over a quarter million different life stages.)
- Completely developed adult fleas can live for several months without eating, as long as they do not emerge from their cocoons.
- Newly emerged adult fleas live only about one week if a blood meal is not obtained.
- Optimum temperatures for the flea’s life cycle are 70°F to 85°F and optimum humidity is 70 percent.
For 100% flea control, we recommend a comprehensive 3-step program to completely eliminate fleas. We offer all-natural flea control products for eliminating fleas from your lawn, eliminating fleas from your carpet, and of course eliminating fleas from your pet(s). This approach is often the only way to completely rid your house of fleas.
