Fleas and ticks are external parasites that can lead to discomfort to pets. You can easily prevent fleas from bothering your pet by taking some safe, easy to administer, and effective steps. Attempting to control fleas on pets is a multi-step process. However, to control fleas effectively, you must treat your environment as well as your pet. However, you can follow these essential steps for successfully controlling flea:
Remove fleas from the indoor environment: Indoor flea control requires mechanically eliminating all stages of the flea’s development, killing any remaining adults, and keeping the immature forms from growing.
- Start by vacuuming thoroughly, especially in places where your pet sleeps or spends indoor time.
- Use a flea control products that will kill any remaining adult fleas to stop the development of eggs and larvae.
- Keep your pet’s bedding clean by washing it every week and treating the surrounding area with insect growth regulator and adulticide product.
Remove fleas from the outdoor environment: Flea control in the outdoor environment mostly involves eliminating fleas from places where they are most likely to occur such as kennel areas. Fleas tend to thrive in areas where it is moist, warm, shady, or have organic debris. Remove any organic debris like leaves, straw, grass clippings, etc., to remove flea habitat
Remove fleas from pets: There are a number of flea control products that you can use to disinfect your pet. You can try once-a-month topical products, shampoos, collars, powders sprays, dips, oral, and injectable products to remove fleas from pets. When applying any product directly to pet, keep in mind that you would see some live fleas on it for a short time after spraying, shampooing, dipping, etc. as the fleas must come in contact with the insecticide, and absorb it to be killed.
Keep immature forms of fleas from developing: The best flea control is always flea prevention. Adulticides are important for flea prevention. Using products that contain insecticides will keep fleas away and prevent development of a flea problem. Periodic usage of insect growth regulators/development inhibitors will surely minimize risk of fleas from infesting your indoor and outdoor environment.
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