UPDATE: They're not fleas...they're little gnats. Still don't know where they came from, but they are gone. I have a feeling that they were from some bananas that I bought...darn Organic Bananas...paid twice as much per pound for them. I got them by mistake anyway.
Thanks for all the help...
Correct...I'm not sure it's been warm enough here for fleas to hatch outside yet.
Sounds like I should treat my cat for safety and treat my carpet too. Luckily half of my house is wood flooring.
It's still not clear what I should do for the chicks though...if anything. I guess point is...
My cat (indoors only) doesn't seem to have fleas (he's white and I check him weekly). We go back and forth through the yard twice a day to our chicken coop to check on our adult hens, so maybe we brought some inside on our clothing, but we haven't noticed any other fleas in the house.
Maybe we...
We were playing with and holding our 3-day old chicks this evening and we swore we saw a flea jump off of one of them! Is it possible for them to have fleas (especially with them having only been held in our hands and in their baby pen)? If so, how do I treat/rid them of fleas without doing...