The most important thing to remember when shopping for flea medication is to STAY AWAY FROM ALL FLEA PRODUCTS SOLD OVER THE COUNTER. This includes ALL topical products as well as medicated shampoos, dips, collars, sprays, powders, etc. I don’t care how attractive the packaging is or what sales pitch you get from the kid [...]
When it comes to killing fleas on cats and dogs there certainly are a lot of products to choose from. Most people don’t want to spend hours researching which products work and which ones don’t. You just want to get rid of your pet’s fleas and you want to do it fast! There are several [...]
If ferrets live with dogs and cats they can often become infected with fleas, typically Ctenocephalides felis. Killing fleas on ferrets is not much different than getting rid of fleas on cats and dogs. The first thing you have to do is kill the adult fleas living on your ferret as well as prevent fleas [...]
I’ve received quite a few more questions about Sentinel for dogs so I thought I would address these in another post. A lot of people seem to be confused about what other medications can be given along with Sentinel as well as the fact that Sentinel is both a heartworm and a flea medication. Also, [...]
I decided to write a blog post answering some of the common questions I hear about Sentinel flea control medication for dogs. Sentinel is different from most other types of flea control products because it comes in the form of a pill rather than a liquid topical that is applied to your dog’s skin. The [...]
Fleas are more than just a nuisance. They’re gross—and they can make life miserable for you and your pets. Fleas are also carriers for numerous diseases such as typhus and tapeworm infection. During the Black Death plague of 1348 to 1350, fleas carried by rats bit their human hosts and literally injected them with disease. [...]
