In our previous post, Pet Pest: Fleas and Ticks, we shared the importance and ways to protect your pet from fleas and ticks. We also discussed senior pets susceptibility from these pesky fleas and ticks.
There are so many myths about fleas and ticks. As a pet parent, it is very important for you to know and understand these misconceptions.
3 Important Myths About Fleas and Ticks
1) Cold Weather Kills Fleas and Ticks
There will be a decrease of fleas and ticks presence during colder months. However …
a) Fleas thrive above 65 degrees in which they find homes as a perfect winter sanctuary.
b) Ticks find refuge too in warm locations and capable of surviving cold temperatures especially when they are able to find a host to feed from.
Fleas and Ticks prevention is essential throughout the year.
2) City Pets Don’t Get Fleas and Ticks
Many city pets travel and therefore import fleas and ticks back into the city. Ticks live in the ground, tips of grasses, shrubs and foliage. There are also wildlife in the city that bring fleas and ticks.
3) Indoor Cats Don’t Get Fleas and Ticks
Many cats are strictly indoors and do not need pn a preventive because they are not a risk. Yes, their risk is lower but pesky fleas and ticks can find a way to get into your home. Protect your indoor cats.
Safety Reminder: Read labels carefully to make sure you are using a product that is labeled for use in cats. Cats can become very ill and even die from an incorrect application of dog flea and tick treatment.
Every pet parent needs to be aware of these myths in order to maintain their pets’ good health and well being.
Seresto Collar: Protects Cats and Dogs from Fleas and Ticks for 8 months
Seresto Collar is a topical alternative and easy-to-use flea and tick control. It has a release technology which promises to deliver an eight month consistent protection.
For the past 4 weeks, Sugar is wearing a Seresto collar. The collar is light, soft and most importantly odorless. It does not have a greasy residue and completely water proof. Sugar went swimming and took a bath wearing the collar. With Seresto’s continuous release technology, it allows the collar to quickly replenish any medication that may have washed off during contact with water. However, it lessens the months of effectiveness from 8 to 5.
Seresto Collar: 2014 Better Homes and Gardens: Best New Product Award
As a pet parent, I am pleased to learn and use Seresto Collar by Bayer to protect my senior dog Sugar from pesky fleas and ticks.
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We stay flea and tick free with our Seresto collars. Less itching means happy pups and pawents
We only got fleas years ago when we had an unseasonable hot, humid wet season.
We have been very happy with our Seresto collar as well!! No itching is great and NO TICKS!! Yay!! Thank you very much for the PSA Sugar!!
This sounds like an awesome product and so much better than those drops you have to use every month
We have been seeing this advertised a lot …it looks like a great product. Our only problem is we don’t wear collars (unless going out) around home we don’t because they matt our fur too much.
Good information. We hate ticks!
This is great information to have. I’ve been looking for an alternative to topical treatments so will check this out.
I’m still with the old myth that flea collars are a bad thing, but we might have to look into this at some point. Right now the dogs monthly heartworm pill doubles as a flea repellant.
I agree with your opinion of flea collars. I don’t like the monthly heart worm much either, but I do give it to my dogs anyway. For fleas, we use Sentry’s Natural Defense. It has a strong smell of cloves (described as “spice scent”), but it doesn’t have poisonous ingredients. There’s enough of that in the heart worm treatment!
I really thought they will die in winter… but now I’m smarter, thanks Sugar!
After Katy broght fleas home with her from rescue our pest company works on the indoor flea control during summer and winter months. Never had heard the other myths.
Mom thinks it’s a real shame that the snow doesn’t kill ticks but it doesn’t. Thank you for this great info, Sugar!
Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly
Thanks for sharing! All great points and tips!
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Hey Sugar!
Wow, I hate those pesky pests! BOL Looking golden gorgeous today, as always.
Grr and Woof,
Sarge, Pol Comm
Thank you for sharing this info, the myth about indoor pets not getting fleas is one that I hear often and it is completely untrue!
Great info on those awful little things!
Great info! i hate fleas
We like this product but don’t want an additional collar on us and it isn’t good to wear a collar when tracking, and that is where we can get lots of fleas and ticks.
I haven’t used a flea collar since the 70’s and 80’s when my cats wore them. They stank to high heavens! It is wonderful to find out that theses are odorless. ☺☺
I didn’t know that fleas could survive cold winters! Of course… we don’t have cold winters here so I never had a chance to test the theory. 🙂 Thanks for the info, Sugar! Will check out Seresto!
Cats can get ticks too, if strictly indoors usually from humans. Great myths which are myths, thank you for sharing.
Thank goodness we have no bugs
Snorts,
Lily & Edward