Entries from December 2007

Why bother treating for fleas on your pets?

Date December 27, 2007

Why is flea treatment of pet dogs and cats important?
Fleas are important for caring pet owners because they are the most common skin parasitic infection of dogs and cat and therefore fleas cause more skin disease than any other parasite.

The dog’s got fleas but the cat hasn’t - why?

Date December 7, 2007

In a sense you’re lucky, if one of your pets is reasonably resistant to fleas, but I’d like to answer the question by framing it in a completely different way.

Understanding the flea life cycle to help plan control strategies

Date December 2, 2007

A basic understanding of the flea life cycle is really useful in planning a flea control strategy – and to assess when things are “on track” or when additional control measures may be required.

Why am I seeing little black fleas on my pet?

Date December 1, 2007

Little black fleas are the immature stage of the flea.