Along with spring come the fleas. After a few warm spring days flea eggs hatch with a BANG and fleas look for any tasty snack! Fleas at the park!¦ fleas in the landscape mulch!¦ fleas having a day at the beach in the sand!¦ and fleas hitching a ride onto neighborhood Pets that roam into your yard. And every single flea is intent on finding a warm body for their next meal.
Given the right conditions, fleas will thrive:
- Fleas can overrun a home in just a few weeks time when they have a steady supply of blood, warm temperatures, and high humidity.
- If you’ve recently moved into a new home or apartment or purchased a car that may have transported its share of Pets you may be in for a surprise when flea eggs start hatching and quickly mature into hungry adults that attack your Pets and family.
- Check with your veterinarian on safe products to use in your home that keep your Pets and family safe. Always follow directions on the label.
Prevention Plan — Today, effective flea prevention is as safe and easy as a monthly topical application to a small area of your Pet’s skin. Fleas that bite your protected Pet die so you do not have flea eggs hatching at home. Starting the treatment as soon as the weather warms up helps keep your Pet protected from fleas that start to hatch in abundance this time of year.
Late Start? — Getting a late start on flea prevention can lead to a flea population explosion that can occur in your house and yard back home. Even with the best of intentions we are human and!
- We are not ready for the start of flea season
- Run out of flea preventive products so our Pet is unprotected
- We forgetting to apply the flea preventive products to our Pet at the right time, missing a dose
If fleas are getting the jump on you, talk to your veterinarian about the preventive products that are safe to use either on your Pet or in your home.
I have an adult male cat. He is an indoor cat; however, he goes outside on a leash. Is it necessary to use a flea medicine?
April 24th, 2009 at 2:58 pmI think that anytime your Pet ventures into the great outdoors leashed or unleashed they are at risk. I am personally allergic to fleas and know that just walking around I occasioanlly get a bite from one because the itchy rash proves it.
Your Pet provides a nice clingy surface of fur to latch on to so it is way easier to hitch a ride on them. Better safe than sorry on the flea prevention in my opinion because once they hitch a ride into your house it is that much harder to eliminate the problem.
April 28th, 2009 at 1:34 pm