Ticks and fleas are annoying and unpleasant parasites that can also transmit many diseases.
With the arrival of spring and summer they reach their most active time because their metabolism, that was sluggish during the cold months, is reactivated with the rise in temperature.
The saliva in flea bites triggers an allergic reaction causing trauma and irritation to the skin.
Tick bites cause irritation, local hypersensitive reaction; multiple bites can cause anaemia, and toxic secretions can cause paralysis. A tick can multiply in size tenfold after drinking the blood of its host