My Fresh News Pet Gazette Wegmans brings you suggestions, tips, and information about animals from Katie Crane, Consumer Affairs. Not only do they cause your pets to scratch, but they can transmit parasites, too. With the warmer months approaching, fleas will soon be hard at work making themselves at home on your pet and possibly in your home. Be sure to plan ahead to keep your pet s risk of infestation to a minimum.
Many products are available to help control fleas.
Those containing pyrethrin are most effective and have been in use for years. For example, if you and your dog are travelling to a beach this summer, take some along. Fleas love sand. A new generation of flea control products were introduced a number of years ago that, when taken orally once a month, breaks the life cycle of the flea be leaving it sterile. These products do not kill fleas, but prevent future generations.