The heat from the steam, combined with soap, is more than enough to kill fleas, from adults to eggs. For hard to reach areas like the space beneath furniture, you can use chemical treatments, preferably those that can kill fleas at different stages of development. Just make sure that pets and humans do not come into contact with these products until the spray is dry.
Outdoors, fleas like to hide in warm and humid areas away from direct sunlight. Often, these insects will move to outdoor areas that your pet frequents. Here are a few strategies that you can use to get rid of fleas from your yard. Outdoors, fleas can hide on the leaves of tall grass. As such, it is a good idea to keep the grass short by mowing regularly. Once you are done mowing the lawn, bag the clippings and throw these away.
Eliminate debris and as much as possible, expose as much area to the sun as you can. Cedar chips can help ward off fleas. Spread these around the areas which your pet frequents. You can buy tiny worms called Nematodes. Nematodes eat flea eggs, helping control the population of these insects. To use nematodes in your yard, all you have to do is to spread them on the area where your pet usually plays.
Once you detect fleas on your pet, quick action is necessary. Fleas spread around the house which makes getting rid of them increasingly difficult. They can also cause various health issues for your pet.
Frontline works well in killing fleas on contact. However, you should also take the other actions recommended above. They thrive in high humidity and moderate temperatures, but can be found all over the country. Ticks may carry and transmit diseases, including Lyme disease, that can cause serious health problems for pets and people. Ticks will die within 48 hours of contact with your treated pet.
How long does this take? When applied, these products are gradually dispersed by the pet's natural oils, collecting in the oil glands in the skin. It is then "wicked" onto the hair over the next 30 days. Fipronil particularly affects receptors that receive signals that keep the nervous system of ticks and fleas relaxed.
Because of the insecticide, the nervous system becomes hyperactive, and the ticks die within 30 minutes. Ticks fall off before they can lay eggs; however, a female flea can lay almost 50 eggs in a day.
Frontline Plus does not contain high enough concentrations of Fipronil to get rid of all the fleas; hence S-Methoprene comes into play. S-Methoprene does not harm your pet but works by seeping into the flea eggs.
It acts as a hormone and prevents the flea from reaching its next developmental stage, thus killing it. Frontline Plus for dogs should only be used for dogs and puppies older than 8 weeks. If your dog is up to 22 lbs. If your dog weighs between 23 and 44 lbs. For dogs weighing lbs. Frontline is secreted along with the natural oils of the skin, continuously killing fleas as they come in contact with the skin or hair.
Frontline kills adult fleas within approximately 18 to 24 hours of coming into contact with a treated pet, even if they do not bite the animal.
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