Petfleas Advises Pet Owners on Expectations for Flea Treatments
Tarporley, Cheshire (PRWEB UK) 31 July 2013 -- According to animal care product providers Petfleas, many pet owners have expectations that are far too high when it comes to the performance of their pet flea treatments. Many believe that one dosage of a spot-on flea treatment will be enough to get rid of a flea infestation within 24 hours. However, this is not necessarily true.
While it is true that a flea product will claim to kill up to 90% of the adult fleas that are living on a pet within a period of 24 hours. However, after this time there will still be plenty of baby fleas in the home and these will eventually grow into adults and make their way onto the pet. This means that treating with one dose of spot-on treatment will not be enough to ensure that the product has killed all of the fleas in the home and stopped the infestation cycle for good.
What Does An Effective Flea Control Program Include?
Petfleas is dedicated to educating pet owners about the best ways to thoroughly eliminate flea infestations on their pets and in their homes. It is important to know that when a pet owner starts to see fleas on their dog, these fleas will have come from eggs that were laid anywhere from three to eight weeks ago. This means that the eggs will also be within the home and will be hatching into more adult fleas. It also means that the yard will have flea eggs and adult fleas emerging as well, especially in this type of hot summer weather which is ideal for fleas. The flea life cycle can last anywhere between 21 and 56 days depending on the environmental conditions.
There are a number of goals involved in an effective flea control program. First of all, it is important to kill the adult fleas before they begin to reproduce. It is also crucial to eliminate all of the existing infestations in the environment, including the pupae, larvae and eggs. Also, you must prevent any further infestations in your pet as well as in the environment by preventing the pupae, larvae and flea eggs from developing.
In total, it can take up to three months to completely eliminate all fleas from a home, due to the length of the flea life cycle. The experts at Petfleas stress that the most important thing is knowing which products to use and how to use them correctly and it was to this end that they created their online Pet Flea Advice Centre.
About Petfleas
Petfleas provides quality products for animal health as well as expert advice to pet owners around the UK, as well as livestock and equine owners. This company has been established since 2005 and was founded at the Beeston Animal Health Centre. Petfleas has a continued commitment to the VMD (Veterinary Medicines Directorate) from all the staff and has been accredited since the early days. They have recently trained two more staff to become Suitable Qualified Persons through AMTRA and are waiting results on the qualification.
Petfleas.co.uk specialises in flea prevention and flea treatment products and also offers many other different health care products for cats, dogs and other pets. Petfleas staff members are caring and compassionate qualified veterinarians and they are committed to providing pet owners with excellent care for their animal companions.
Deborah Martin, PetFleas, http://www.petfleas.co.uk/, 01829 262 041, [email protected]
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