Flea Control

Frontline flea control is among the top brands when it comes to flea control for pets. Our pets depend on us to protect them from the ravages of fleas. It's easy for us to help them with just a little information, and the right pet supplies.

When fleas get into our pets' fur, it causes massive itching, scratching, and discomfort. Frontline flea control and other pet supplies like it can save your dog or cat from this kind of discomfort. Just a little anti-flea education info on your part will do wonders for your pet's health and happiness.

When you buy pet supplies that control fleas, you not only save your pet from discomfort, but you save yourself as well. Fleas will not stay on your dog or cat alone. Information shows that once fleas are on your pet, they will jump elsewhere, onto items in your home, onto you, and onto your children.

This means that Frontline flea control for your pet is also home flea control. By getting solid info and buying quality pet supplies, you can keep your pet and home flea free. Neither you nor your pet should have to deal with the itching and discomfort caused by multiple flea bites.

Flea & Pest Control

Flea and pest control medication is only good if it actually kills any fleas that are already on your pet. Ideally, you'll start your pet on flea control medication before fleas are even present, but that's not always the case. Sometimes you don't have the supply in time, and sometimes the fleas are present before you have all your info on flea control products.

Tick and Flea Control

Flea and tick control can be practiced in many ways. For a long time, the only available information said that we should use flea control collars or flea control powders on our pets. While these supplies remain in use, they are nowhere near as prevalent as they once were.

Using collars or powders for flea - tick control is now considered very old school. We have better medical information today, and can do better by our pets. Using a supply like a collar, that basically straps poison around the pet's neck, is no longer seen as ideal.

Flea powders have a down side too, since they tend to make a bit of a mess. Using this supply also can be harsh for your pet, since it's far too easy for the powder to get in their mouths when they lick. All information points to newer versions of flea control as the way to go.

The Life Cycle of a Flea

Fleas are a very common problem in dogs and cats, especially during the spring and summer months. In addition to being an annoyance, flea bites can cause a condition known as "flea allergy dermatitis ", in which the saliva from the flea acts as an allergen and causes a severe dermatitis, requiring medical therapy. Fleas also act as vectors (carriers) of tapeworms, an intestinal parasite. Flea control is best achieved by having a thorough understanding of the life cycle and formulating a plan to disrupt it.

The flea life cycle is made up of the egg, larvae, pupa, and adult stages. The first 3 stages represent 95% of the fleas life. These 3 stages take place primarily in your house and yard. The adult flea represents only 5% of the life span. However, that 5% is spent chiefly on the pet. Adult fleas bite your pet and receive a blood meal. The female fleas lay eggs (up to 60 eggs daily). The eggs fall off the pet into the environment and hatch over the next 2-12 days. The hatchlings (larvae) molt during the next 10-21 days to form a cocoon or pupa. The cocoon stage may last more than one year but is usually complete within 16-21 days.

The young adult flea that emerges from the cocoon then jumps on the pet where it can live 3-4 months. When a female receives a blood meal and lays eggs the life cycle is complete. One female flea can lay several hundred to several thousands of eggs in her lifetime!

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