subject: Save Yourself From Itching And Frustration With These Simple Tips On Flea Control [print this page] Fleas can be a pesky addition to your home and business, causing itchiness and frustration. Whilst fleas are more common in domestic settings with pets, animal owners can carry them into businesses and begin the breeding cycle. If you are feeling itchiness, check your skin for bite marks that have a round red area, and a smaller dark red spot in the centre.
Breaking the breeding cycle can be hard, so the answer to flea problems is generally a combination of pest controls and maintenance. Calling a professional in can make the process far easier - breaking the cycle and providing you with information about continuing control.
Check out the below tips for ways to help keep fleas in check and under control.
Start With Your Pets
If the flea problem is in your home, more than likely you will need to address the fleas on your pets. If you have a flea problem in your business, without being confronting you should put up a notice reminding people with pets to have them checked. Flea shampoos are a good first option for pets to help eliminate the problem - however they do not prevent new fleas from settling, so you need to combine flea baths with other controls.
Spot on treatments which are applied to your pets coat are a longer lasting solution and will usually fight more stages of flea breeding than a shampoo. Generally spot on treatments last for a month, but be mindful of your pets getting wet in summer as it can be washed off. Finally, the use of oral medication to stop fleas breeding is a great method to prevent new fleas. These need to be used in combination with an external treatment though, as they don't kill adult fleas.
Vacuum
Vacuuming everyday is essential to break the breeding cycle of fleas, by removing them at every stage of their life. As an extra measure, try putting a flea collar in the vacuum bag to ensure that any which do get sucked up are killed. The vacuum bags will also need to be disposed of frequently - in order to avoid creating a new breeding ground.
Washing
Approximately 90% of your flea population does not live on your pet (or 100% if you are in an office). The rest are in carpeting and bedding and any other fabrics that may be left lying around. Weekly washing of things such as bedding, clothing and furniture covers is essential to minimise flea populations.
Call A Professional
Calling a professional to chat to you about your specific flea control problem, and getting their help to provide a long term solution, can save you time, money and much frustration.
Professionals have experience with flea control and can provide you with options that are safe for your family, staff and/or pets. The earlier you respond to a flea problem the better, so don't delay on making decisive action.
