American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) - The Clinical Nurse Leader; American Association of Colleges of Nursing's White Paper on the Education and the Role of the Clinical Nurse Leader; American Association of Managed Care Nurses; American Board of Managed Care Nursing; AONE Institute for Leadership Research & Education
1 Female fleas cannot lay eggs until after their first blood meal and begin to lay eggs within 36-48 hours after that meal. 2  The female flea can lay 2,000 eggs in her lifetime.  The female flea consumes 15 times her own body weight in blood daily.
Fleas: advice and information. Fleas: advice and information Flea facts One flea will lay up to 25 eggs per day (approximately 800 in its life) Fleas develop from egg to larvae to pupae to adults in 18-26 days (depending on temperature) Fleas can only lay eggs after taking blood from the host animal they are living on. Approximately 90-95% of the fleas are cat fleas.