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#Does the capster prevent fleas skin#

It soaks into the skin and then spreads throughout the whole coat.

#Does the capster prevent fleas plus#

Various adulticidal products are available to kill the adult fleas on your pet, ranging from shampoos, powders, flea collars to the newer, better sprays and spot ons as well as some oral products (tablets).įrontline Plus is a liquid that is applied onto the dog or cat’s skin at the back of the neck. (Program products will be ordered in for you on request).

#Does the capster prevent fleas full#

Program and Sentinel need to be given with a full meal for the IGR to be properly absorbed into the body. For cats Program is available as a monthly liquid or a 6 monthly injection. Frontline Plus top spot contains an adulticide and egg killer. The same monthly product is also available combined with a heartworm preventative called Sentinel. For IGR’s to be effective all animals sharing the same environment must be treated otherwise viable eggs will still be able to hatch and complete the life cycle resulting in a continued source of environmental contamination.įor dogs a monthly IGR tablet is available called Program. Unfortunately, there is no effect on the adult fleas so if fleas are present adulticides must also be used. The eggs, when affected by IGR’s, won’t hatch, therefore preventing a new generation of fleas to emerge. Insect Growth Regulators (IGR’S) play an important role in breaking the life cycle of the flea by acting as a “flea contraceptive”. Ideally, a combination of Insect Growth Regulators and Adulticides is used.

Provide continual control of emerging fleas.

Thorough treatment of the environment (indoors and out).

In case of persistent flea infestations a complete flea control program should be implemented. Outside the home, shady, moist areas under bushes and under the house, especially with plenty of organic matter that the larval stages live off can harbour many stages of the flea, whereas in open grassy areas with strong persistent sunlight the immature stages can’t survive. Inside most homes climate control, heating and related humidity favours the survival of the flea stages, even in winter. Very high temperatures (higher than 35 degrees) or very cold temperatures (under 0 degrees) and very dry conditions (relative humidity of less than 50%) are quite detrimental to the flea development. In general, a temperature of 23-25 degrees and 78% relative humidity is optimal for the various stages of the life cycle. The life cycle of the flea is very dependent on climatic conditions. Adult fleas are dependent on their host and can only live off the host for a short period of time. One flea can lay over 2000 eggs during their life. Mating occurs on the first day and egg production starts soon after. Once the adult flea has found a host it begins to feed almost immediately. Adults are attracted to stimuli such as body temperature or movement and emerge from the pupae when a potential host passes by. Pupae live deep in the carpet pile or deep under organic debris allowing them to be protected against flea sprays as these don’t generally reach this deep. After a few months the larvae spin a cocoon and become pupae.

The eggs fall off the host and end up in the environment where they hatch into larvae.

Adult fleas live on dogs and cats and lay eggs. The reason this is the case is because of the flea’s life cycle. Fleas are an ongoing problem in dogs and cats, not only in summer but in the cooler months as well, despite the development of newer, more effective flea treatments in recent years.