However, these adult fleas are unable to reproduce and will soon die off. Depending on the number of adult fleas, the temporary use of conventional adulticidal pesticides may be used to control these adult fleas. Your veterinarian can recommend the most effective treatment plan for your pet. It is important to treat all cats within the household. All dogs within the household should be treated with lufenuron tablets.
Fleas can reproduce on untreated dogs and cats and allow infestations to persist.
In addition to the common nuisance irritations associated with infestations, fleas can be responsible for medical problems in your pet such as miliary dermatitis, a skin reaction to flea bites. Also, fleas transmit other parasites including tapeworms. Controlling flea infestations is important to your cat's health while also reducing the major and minor annoyances associated with these parasites. Life Cycle of the Flea Fleas can be a problem because they reproduce so rapidly. A single female flea may produce up to 2,000 eggs over her lifetime.