| Fleas are wingless, blood-sucking insects that feed on | | | | Check with your veterinarian for appropriate |
| dog, cats, humans and other species. There are | | | | treatments.FLEA TREATMENT AND CONTROL |
| many different types of flea each one specific to the | | | | The objective of treatment is to break the flea life |
| animal that it lives on. The most frequent fleas found | | | | cycle by treating the home, the pets, and the |
| in the home are the cat flea and dog flea.THE FLEA | | | | outside environment with insecticide. Before |
| PROBLEM | | | | purchasing and applying pesticide products to pets to |
| Fleas and ticks are responsible for a number of | | | | control fleas and ticks, talk to your veterinarian about |
| diseases in pets and people. Some types of ticks, for | | | | the best product to use and how to treat the animal, |
| example, can transmit the bacteria that cause Lyme | | | | as well as the environment.After feeding on your |
| disease to animals and humans and some fleas can | | | | pet's blood the female flea lays eggs which drop into |
| harbor tapeworm larvae, which grow into adult | | | | the animal's bedding or favourite resting place. The |
| tapeworms in the intestines of pets or people. Flea | | | | highest concentration of eggs, larvae and pupae are |
| bites commonly cause skin irritation and itching and | | | | likely to be in these areas rather than on the animal |
| some pets are allergic to flea saliva.Taking care of | | | | itself. This means the vast majority of the flea |
| your pets responsibly includes protecting them from | | | | population lives in your yard or home.Regular cleaning |
| fleas and ticks. Fleas can be a problem even in the | | | | of bedding combined with thorough vacuuming of |
| best kept homes and on the cleanest of pets. The | | | | furniture and floors will help to destroy each stage of |
| best approach to managing fleas is prevention. But if | | | | the flea's life cycle. Frequently vacuum floors, |
| you already have a flea problem, you can control | | | | upholstered furniture, and areas where pets may |
| them as long as you treat both your pet and your | | | | sleep indoors. Treat animal bedding by boiling, or use |
| home. Many products are available to help control | | | | animal-safe insecticides or other products |
| fleas and ticks on pets and in their environment. | | | | recommended by your vet. |