Flea Protection in Summer ?Keep Your House and Pets Clean of Fleas

It doesn't matter if it is summer or winter, what does matter is that your house is clean of fleas. Most of the fleas don't "just die" when winter comes. Fleas live in houses and even if they do not bite anyone during winter ?they just run away and hide in corners. Unless your house has recently been subjected to termite poison, chances are that there are still fleas ?even if no one seems to have them.

Although Black Death has been away for a century (seven centuries if we count only REAL pandemics), fleas are still dangerous and can carry a lot of diseases. It is wise to get rid of the pesky parasites as soon as possible. This is called flea control, and flea control is done in many different ways. In the last outbursts of Black Death, people chewed menthol pastilles and mints so the fleas get scared away (menthol is lethal to fleas), but you have to admit it ?giving mints or pastilles to an animal can be quite of a challenge! Thankfully, there are a lot of various countermeasures against fleas.

As for the countermeasures, they are easy. You can get flea control for most pets for free. Well, almost for free. You still have to pay for the soap and water. Bathe your pet(s) in soap water (really hard for cats, but on the other hand, it is also fun in a way *grins), or, if your pet spends a lot of time outside, cover their favorite resting places with soap and water. However, a catch to this exists. There will be tick eggs that have yet to hatch?and they're utterly annoying.

That's why there are more effective alternatives, but keep in mind that they can cost you up to?twenty bucks. If you have already cleaned your pets and don't want yourself suddenly finding your house infested with them bastardly parasites, get an IGR ?an Insect Growth Inhibitor. Brands such as FleaTrol and Precor are good. If the fleas are still alive ?even better?ugh, wait I just realized what I just said. As the safer alternative of flea control, choose lemon peel extracts such as limonene or linalool. Or for an alternative that will have an astonishing result but could be potentially bad to your pet ?choose flea collars that emit poisonous chemicals on them.

Getting rid of the pesky critters so they won抰 bite you is easy, but for the results to last, you have to clean your house in a regular fashion. Most of the creatures will die from the first sweep, but if they don't, just give them some more heat and they most certainly will. The problem here is with longevity of the sweep, but for that to last longer you should check your cat for fleas regularly. After a few cleans and after a few months, when you know that there are no more annoying insects in your house, you抣l be a lot happier that you've done those things to prevent them from sucking your blood.