# Where to get some fleas? **URL:** \ **Category:** Nature Talk\ **Created:** [October 14, 2022, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/where-to-get-some-fleas/36433 "2022-10-14T06:46:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sharmin\_malik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@sharmin\_malik](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/sharmin_malik)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/where-to-get-some-fleas/36433/1 "2022-10-14T06:46:24Z")
Does anyone know where I can find fleas? I tried to look for them in some vet clinics but couldn’t find any ---
**Author:** ![marina\_gorbunova](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/marina_gorbunova/32/31454_2.png) [@marina\_gorbunova](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/marina_gorbunova)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 6:54am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/where-to-get-some-fleas/36433/2 "2022-10-14T06:54:08Z")
Any free-living dog or cat will have them, if you can’t check the animal, look at spots where they often lay, fleas will be there too. I doubt a vet clinic is good place to do that, they wouldn’t allow fleas to hop around. ---
**Author:** ![WildEdges](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/wildedges/32/30506_2.png) [@WildEdges](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/WildEdges)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/where-to-get-some-fleas/36433/3 "2022-10-14T09:25:34Z")
I usually have to work hard to avoid them when cleaning bird boxes out at the end of the year. I think mice sleep in the boxes and always leave a few behind. If you can find a mouse nest then fleas are guaranteed. Fresh roadkill will probably have some waiting for the next warm body that comes along but that’s probably a bit hard to find casually. ---
**Author:** ![liquidanbar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/liquidanbar/32/10875_2.png) [@liquidanbar](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/liquidanbar)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/where-to-get-some-fleas/36433/4 "2022-10-14T15:04:40Z")
Ask your local animal shelter - when we needed some for insect taxonomy, we volunteered several hours in exchange for them :) ---
**Author:** ![sharmin\_malik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@sharmin\_malik](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/sharmin_malik)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/where-to-get-some-fleas/36433/5 "2022-10-14T17:56:59Z")
That’s a nice idea, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![sharmin\_malik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@sharmin\_malik](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/sharmin_malik)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/where-to-get-some-fleas/36433/6 "2022-10-14T17:59:49Z")
Thanks! I’ll keep any eye out for it ---
**Author:** ![sharmin\_malik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@sharmin\_malik](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/sharmin_malik)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/where-to-get-some-fleas/36433/7 "2022-10-14T18:02:49Z")
OHHH righttt I gotta check them, thanks much :) ---
**Author:** ![jasonhernandez74](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jasonhernandez74/32/33615_2.png) [@jasonhernandez74](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jasonhernandez74)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/where-to-get-some-fleas/36433/8 "2022-10-15T02:04:49Z")
What kind of fleas? The fleas on dogs and cats will be different species than the fleas on mice. ---
**Author:** ![teellbee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/teellbee/32/15498_2.png) [@teellbee](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/teellbee)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/where-to-get-some-fleas/36433/9 "2022-10-15T03:32:41Z")
Similarly, a wildlife rescue facility would be a potential source of fleas. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/where-to-get-some-fleas/36433/10 "2022-12-14T03:33:18Z")
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