Guarding your cats from Fleas and Ticks is as important part of responsible pet care. Fleas and Ticks are very common parasites that attack cats and cause a lot of discomfort to cat as well as to you.
What are Fleas?
Fleas are wingless insects with mouthparts adapted for piercing skin and suck blood. They are external parasites that live on the blood of mammals. Cat flea also known as Ctenocephalidesfelis is commonly found on cats. Even if signs of infestation of fleas on your cat are minimal it is advisable to control them because, Fleas cause a lot of discomfort and also cause weakness, anemia and even death. Some cats develop some allergies to flea bites; they start scratching excessively and get prone to skin infections.
What are Ticks?
Ticks are small parasites living on the blood of the mammals. Ticks on cats can cause various disorders such as loss of appetite, Vomiting or dry retching, excessive salivation, difficulty swallowing, difficulty in breathing and coughing, in worse cases the cat may produce limb weakness, starting to hind legs, appearing wobbly and uncoordinated, labored breathing or even coma. Thus it is of outmost importance that infestation of parasites like fleas and ticks should be controlled to provide your pet with optimal health.
Recommended treatments to Control Flea and Tick on Cats:
Frontline Plus: Frontline Plus for cats is a monthly topical preventive for cats. It kills 10 percent of adult fleas on the cat within 18 hours and 100 percent of all ticks within 48 hours. It provides convenient and effective flea and tick control for cats, puppies and kittens. Frontline plus for cats contains Fipronil which is a slow poison that attacks the central nervous system of fleas and ticks.
Frontline Spot on: Frontline Spot on for cats eliminatesfleas and has insecticidal ability against new infestations with adult fleas that persists for 4 weeks.Prevents multiplication of fleas by inhibiting the development of eggs, larvae and pupae, thatoriginates from eggs laid by the adult fleas’after 6 weeks applying Frontline Spot on. It destroys all types of ticks. The product has a persistent eradicating efficacy for up to 2 weeks against ticks.It also eliminates biting lice.
Frontline Spray: Frontline Spray for cats is an easy to use treatment to control fleas and ticks on Cats. It can be used on kittensand cats after 4 weeks of age. To control brown ticks on cats apply frontline spray every month. For controlling paralysis ticks use this spray every three weeks. To get rid of fleas use Frontline Spray on cats every 8 weeks. The effects of all the recommended products from Frontline are water proof and are effective for a long time.
Ticks carry and transmit harmful diseases to both you and your animal so they can never be left to aggravate. In such situation Merial frontline proves to be the best option to kill ticks infesting on cats and also prevent them.
Merial Frontline kills 100 percent of fleas in 12 hours of application and provides fast acting, long lasting flea and tick control. It breaks the flea life cycle preventing the future infestations. But question is how it works, when you apply Merial Frontline, Fipronil the active ingredient present in the treatment, is stored in the oil glands under your pets skin. It is then distributed continuously to skin and hair of your pet through the hair follicles. It offers continuous protection for entire month.
The best quality of Merial Frontline products is that, it is waterproof even when your cat grooms or is playing in water, this is because it is distributed into the cat’s oil glands and is slowly released that remains waterproof for up to 30 days. It can be used safely on cats are more than 8 weeks of age it is also safe to use on pregnant pets. Use Frontline every month for best results.
