Why does flea treatment not work?
There are a variety of reasons why your flea medication may not seem to be offering any relief for your pet. The product may be a cheap over-the-counter treatment, you may be using the medication incorrectly, or you may not be keeping your pet’s environment clean, which is vital to eradicating fleas.
Which is better for fleas oral or topical?
The newer oral flea medications are becoming very popular and with good reason — they’re even more effective than topical treatments at killing adult fleas and keeping your pet flea-free. Plus, with an oral flea treatment, you eliminate the mess of topical flea treatments and the worry about whether you’ve applied the product properly.
When to use different flea treatments on different pets?
Not all pets are the same and thus, the extent to which treatment may show results vary. So, should one resort to a different treatment, when one is already been taken? It is always advisable to consult a vet before combining treatments. Just as we sometimes react to a combination of treatments, our pets may also do the same.
Is it safe to combine Flea and tick treatment?
Flea collars like Preventic are safe to combine one-on-one with preventatives like Revolution, Frontline Top Spot or K9 Advantix, Frontline Plus, etc. The combination has shown successful results of flea and tick prevention, esp., tick prevention.
What should I do if my flea medicine is not working?
The first thing to check (and double-check and triple-check) are the directions of whatever flea medicine you bought. For instance, if you are giving your pet an oral flea pill like Comfortis or Capstar Flea Killer, make sure you know how often you need to administer the dosage.
The newer oral flea medications are becoming very popular and with good reason — they’re even more effective than topical treatments at killing adult fleas and keeping your pet flea-free. Plus, with an oral flea treatment, you eliminate the mess of topical flea treatments and the worry about whether you’ve applied the product properly.
The first thing to check (and double-check and triple-check) are the directions of whatever flea medicine you bought. For instance, if you are giving your pet an oral flea pill like Comfortis or Capstar Flea Killer, make sure you know how often you need to administer the dosage.
Is it safe to reapply flea treatment early?
However, this solution is not always recommended and may lead to an overdose in some rare cases. There are so many different products available on the market, so it is difficult to speak to all of them in broad strokes.
Do you have to part your hair to apply flea prevention?
Incorrectly applying topical flea prevention is the most common cause for its failure to work. Flea prevention is expensive, and you don’t want to waste a dose. Topical medication should be applied directly to the skin, not the hair. You must part the hair so that you can apply it to the skin at the base of the neck.
