The beginning of spring signals the birth of a fresh warm breeze with the sun shining, unfortunately when spring comes, it also comes with mosquitoes, fleas and ticks! These parasites can easily spoil the season for any one or pet.
Fleas are as parasites in every manner, they survive on the blood of mammals and birds. When you look at a flea, you might it is so small, and think how can it possibly do damage to our pets. Well, when there is a flea infestation, a lot of pets will develop allergic reactions to the flea’s saliva. These reactions can be as bad as the pet losing its fur, or worse, with the spread of some deadly disease.
It is important to realize that fleas have a life cycle that can make it hard for them to simply disappear on their own. The life cycle of a flea has three phases: egg, larva and adult. The timespan for this life cycle can be anywhere from 14 days to a whole year, depending onw conducive the environmental factors are. The factors are temperature, food and humidity. The most scary statistic is that a flea can produce 2000 eggs in its lifetime, which means a flea infestation can suddenly escalate into a huge problem.
Fortunately there are a number solutions that are there, that can be used to deal with breaking a flea’s life cycle by preventing eggs or larvae from developing into adults. The only problem with these orally administered products is that there offer nothing to the pet that is already infected with fleas. One prevative solution that pet owners can try is to try and keep their pet free with various pet meds that are available in the market. Ultimately this will cost less that rushing your pet to the vet for flea anemia or some other flea borne disease.
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