Warm spring-like weather brings out fleas and ticks. Ticks are most often a problem during the months of April through July. Fleas will live outside through late fall/ early winter, but can live on your pet and in your home all year round. Ninety-five percent of fleas (eggs, larvae and pupae) are in your home, yard and car, not on your pet.
Fleas are the most common parasite affecting dogs and cats. In just one month ten adult fleas can become 250,000 adult fleas, possibly infesting both your pet and your home. One flea can inflict over 400 bites a day. Fleas can transmit a variety of diseases to pets and humans, including tapeworms, cat scratch fever and typhus.
There are more than 800 species of ticks. Ticks need blood to grow from one stage to another and to reproduce. Some ticks can live for more than a year without a meal. Ticks can transmit a variety of diseases to pets and humans including Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and more.
THE BEST WAY TO CONTROL FLEA AND TICK PROBLEMS IS TO PREVENT THEM FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE.