WET SUMMERS
Damp summers, followed by too warm of winters have turned homes into “Giant Flea Incubators”. Normally cold winters would kill off fleas but this hasn’t happened for a number of years.
Pets pick up eggs of fleas on their coats and they hatch out and lay more eggs within days. The eggs are smooth and fall out of the coats onto rugs, carpets, sofas and bedding.
Pets may often be treated by you but their living areas and houses need also to be treated as well to break the cycle.
Both cats and dogs will carry on the cycle.
Case study from the English Times read as follows –
Laura Wescott has spent the bank holiday weekend blitzing her London home after a serious flea infestation. Her housemate contacted her while she was on holiday this month to tell her that her cats Monkey and Turtle were scratching a lot.
“As soon as I got home I treated the cats, stripped everything and washed it and used a powerful spray on all the soft furniture,”
Ms Wescott said “I have spent £70 so far on the products and the fleas are still there. I’m going to go through the whole procedure again.”
Her kitchen and sitting room are open plan, which means that she cannot treat the rooms with anything particularly powerful.
“I feel terrible” she said. “They are my cats but my housemate is covered in bites all over his ankles. The cats seem fine. But after their treatment they just run off again, probably to the same places they picked up the fleas in the first place.”
We would recommend that you treat your pets against fleas every 6 weeks with our simple spot on treatment and treat your pets living environment with our spray which lasts up to 9 weeks following application and this will ensure a much longer flea-free period.
Call into our clinic for advice on flea treatments and great offers on our products.
