fleas, ticks, and other assorted icky pests

[Talitha de le Poer]

I know it's incorrect, but I've always looked a fleas as the lice of 'animals' (quoted because humans are technically animals) -- like Nat said, MOST Luperci are more hygienic than quadruped beasts, and therefore it'd be less likely that they would crop up in a character who bathes regularly. However, once they had them (if there was, say, an epidemic), it would be difficult to get rid of them. That's when soap would be necessary.

Panda Behr in AT makes soap. Innit she crafty?