Flea And Tick Alert
Now that winter has at long last given up its grasp and let in warmer spring weather, it’s time we started to consider Flea and Tick management on our pets. During the cold winter months insects appear to vanish, as they spend the winter hidden out of sight in nooks and crannies avoiding the weather, and flea and ticks are no different.
Ticks spend the winter immobile, buried under leaf litter, while fleas exist as eggs unless they have managed to find somewhere warm to live such as your home. Now that spring has made an appearance and temperatures are getting higher, these unpleasant little blood suckers are starting to wake up and move about trying to find their first food of the year.
In order to guard your pets from these prowling blood suckers you want to take pre-emptive action now. By treating your pet with an anti flea and tick medication or shampoo you can prevent ticks & fleas from setting up home on your dog or cat.
One of the simplest ways to protect your dog or cat is to employ a medication like Merial Frontline Spot On or Frontline Combo. These medications literally take a few seconds to apply and will protect your pet for up to 2 months between applications.
Frontline Spot On kills any fleas, ticks and biting lice which decide to jump on your cat or dog. One of the main problems with fleas however are their eggs, these get into the corners of rooms, under furniture and other awkward to get at places, additionally they can survive for months before hatching out and creating havoc in your home. Frontline Combo has an further ingredient that stops flea eggs from hatching out, giving a more complete flea protection for your cat or dog and home.
Medicated or herbal shampoos may also be a good way to control ticks and fleas on your dog or cat. They require a little more work on your part than the spot on type treatments as you will have to bath your cat or dog at regular intervals. If your’e the type of individual who doesen’t like using medications unless absolutely necessary, then a herbal flea shampoo may be the best choice.
An additional option is to use a flea spray that is appropriate for application directly on to the dog or cat. Sprays are probably going to be the most difficult to apply, as many dogs & cats do not like the noise the cans produce when sprayed, and will often run off at the first glimpse of the spray can.
The way you live your life and your neighbourhood may have a bearing on the variety of tick and flea prevention product that you choose to purchase. Cats and dogs that spend most of their time in the house, and do not mix with with other animals very often are probably far less likely to have a flea problem than pets that spend a lot of time outside or mix with other dogs & cats. While ticks are possibly going to be more of a problem for those that live in the country, than they are for town pets.
Whichever product you use, just be sure to keep to the manufacturers instructions, and never mix products. If you want to use a different product after already having applied one, wait until the original product has worn off before using the second, or seek advice from a vet for guidance.
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