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Flea bombs are a popular way to treat the home for a flea infestation. These small spray bottles are designed to be set up in the home, usually in the middle of the affected room, and set off. The insecticide spray then permeates the home, carpets and other areas, killing fleas, as well as flea [...]
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Many of us prefer to totally avoid the use of toxins in our home, and particularly on our pets. Fortunately, there are many natural flea control methods available
The first thing to realize about natural flea control remedies, is that just because something is natural, does not mean it’s not toxic. Pyrethrins, insecticides derived from the [...]
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Program is a monthly oral flea medication for dogs and cats. Program contains the hormone lufrenon, which prevents flea eggs from hatching. Program is available as “flavor tablets” for dogs, or as a liquid to mix with food for cats.
Treating your pet with Program will cause the hormone lufrenol to enter the fleas system as [...]
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Advantage will kill fleas on contact, before they can lay eggs in your home. Advantage is sold in small, plastic vials that contain one month’s dosage. Advantage is applied to the skin on your pet’s back, and it diffuses over the rest of the skin, providing long-lasting protection.
Advantage is very effective, and 98-100% of fleas [...]
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Frontline is a long-lasting flea control medication that will kill fleas on dogs for up to three months, and a month on cats. Like Advantage, Frontline is sold in small, plastic vials, and applied to your pets back.
Frontline is probably the most popular of the topical flea treatments currently available. Generally, regular applications of Frontline [...]
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For some people, it may be easier and more effective to let professionals handle the job of ridding their home from fleas. Although the professionals will most likely use the same products and methods described in this site, they will have better equipment, as well as the experience to know how to get rid of [...]
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Many of the typical sprays and powders people use on their pets are not that effective. They tend to work for awhile, then wear off, or get washed off, or just stop working. Also, many people don’t realize that effective flea control requires that you kill the fleas in your home as well as the [...]
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