Putting a flea into New Alarm Standard

[Jim Creak]

It was interesting to read that fitting Flea Collars to detector heads drastically reduced thrip activation last spring and summer.. any plans for and addendum to British Standards??

[Guest]

Just remember to remove the cat from the collar first.

James Whittaker

[colin todd]

I think it would want researched a bit further before an amendment to any BS.

[Ian Currie]

Wish they could stop the midges getting onto MY head.

[Guest]

This is an initiative we have launched in Shropshire.
Whilst the results from this year’s tests are encouraging, we would want to do a lot more work before suggesting we have found the panacea for the problem of thrip infestation. I am aware that manufacturers are now producing detectors which include thrip filters. But for premises which have existing systems, total replacement might be prohibitive. A cat flea collar is about £3 so this (if it works) would seem a sensible alternative.
No intentions to amend the BS chaps, just an idea that those who have problems with Uwfs resulting from thips might want to try.
Glad of any other suggestions practitioners might help with the problem of false alarms.