Summer is here and so are the Fleas!

Amid the joy of seeing the arrival of Summer, your headache of having to deal with fleas is really not something that you would look forward to.

Many people have deemed flea control as an uphill task and some has even thought that it is simply impossible to get rid of flea or even to keep them under a tolerable level.

Is that really true? Well, not if you follow what I would call an integrated plan to flea control.

The reason why many people failed in their attempts is because they just simply do not understand the whole flea life cycle. Its not only fleas that you are dealing with. You have to be aware that killing off the adult fleas would not solve your problem. You have to deal with the problem as a whole and that means you have to deal with the eggs, the larva and the pupae from which the fleas are developed. Many people do not realize this and hence are complaining that flea control is just a “mission impossible”.

Your choice of a flea control product also plays an important role. Choosing the wrong product may either harm your pets or that it’s not effective at all. There are many anti-flea products available in the market but your choice is very much dependent on which stage of the flea life cycle that you are dealing with. Some of the flea control products available are active only against adult fleas and not effective in killing off eggs, larvae etc.. This would allow the flea to repeat it’s life cycle all over again and your problem will remain unsolved.

Another reason why many people failed in their attempts in controlling fleas is because they are focus only on their pets. They see fleas on their pets and quite reasonably would assume that the problem lies in their pets. Aggressively applying one after another anti-flea product on their pets. However, little did they know that there are thousand more around the environment waiting to jump back onto the poor dog or cat for food. This is why treating or taking care of the surrounding environment is just as important in your war against these pests.

An Integrated plan in flea control involved dealing with the fleas in totality.

1.Firstly make sure that you are using the right products

2.Secondly, treat your pets with the appropriate flea product

3.Thirdly, treat your house, the surrounding environment, gardens and yards.

Leave any of this out and you are heading for failure again.