One event in particular caught the CDC's attention. In October 2024, an organ procurement organization in Texas notified CDC ...

So you’ll see flea dirt, which is the product of a flea ingesting your pet’s blood and then passing it as feces. And in addition to that, you’re going to see redness and the inflammatory ...

These specks, about the size of grains of black pepper, are called "flea dirt" and are flea feces (or digested blood). To check your cat for fleas or flea dirt, run a flea comb through your cat's ...