Pet Control Flea Medication

Flea control pet medication is so important because the flea is such a troublesome pest as it reproduces exponentially. One female flea can lay more than 800 eggs in her six-week lifetime. An egg can become an adult flea in less than three weeks, ready to reproduce. Within only 30 days, just 10 fleas can produce 250,000 children and grandchildren. The flea's diet consists of blood -- animal or human, the flea doesn't care. Each flea feeds about once every hour, so an animal with only 25 fleas could be bitten as much as 600 times in one day. Besides disease --fleas and the rats they lived on transmitted the bubonic plague, or Black Death, to humans in the 14th century, wiping out a quarter of the European population -- fleas carry other parasites, such as tapeworms. An excess of fleas can make a your companion animal anemic. The constant scratching can cause hair loss. Allergies to fleas can cause hot spots. Animals can also develop large open, oozing wounds due to flea bites. All of which is dangerous to a companion animal's health and expensive to treat. What is necessary to rid a companion animal of fleas? The fine teeth of a flea comb will pull most of the adults and eggs off a companion animal. Combing your animal regularly will quickly determine whether or not fleas are present and incidentally it will help you and your companion animal form a stronger bond flea shampoos are an effective means for killing fleas on a companion animal, but they are species specific. Never use a shampoo meant for dogs on cats. Follow the instructions carefully. For best results, start lathering at the neck and work back to the tail. Be sure to soap the tail, legs, and underbelly completely. When done, rinse your pet thoroughly and towel dry.