Flea Info: Best Flea Control Methods for Pets, Home and Landscape

Fleas basically are reproductive machines that need a blood meal to reproduce. In other words they suck blood, mate and lay eggs. Each adult lays about one egg per hour and the eggs hatch in 5 to 15 days. Therein lies the problem – there is a constant hatching, maturing, biting and mating occurring at all times. You kill today’s fleas only to be attacked by a new wave of fleas 10 days later.

Best Control Method

The best way to control fleas is to break the life cycle of suck blood, mate and lay eggs. That is safely and easily done by using insect growth hormones (IGH). IGH’s break the life cycle of the fleas stopping the cycle and eliminate fleas from the treated area without retreating every 10 days. IGH’s are harmless to animals and humans.

The primary method to break the cycle is to treat your pet. Modern flea control for your pets turns your pet into an IGH emitter. Every place your pet visits, they release IGH’s to control fleas. That is the best way to control fleas – works great.

Secondary to treating your pet is treating your house with a fogger that contains insect growth hormones. Usually the label indicates kills developing fleas or eggs. Those products break the life cycle.

Tertiary treatment would be to treat the lawn and landscape. That can be difficult for the homeowner because the product available to the homeowner do not last outdoors. Top Choice is used by most professionals to control fleas and ticks. Top Choice also controls fire ants and nuisance ants and many insect pests in and around the lawn and landscape – highly recommended.

Organic Flea Control Tips

Vacuuming and disposing of the bag in the trash – immediately after vacuuming.

Fleas are easy to kill with soap and water. Washing your pets often will reduce flea populations

Fleas prefer hot and dry areas. A well irrigated landscape makes life difficult for fleas.

Conclusion

Your primary control is to treat your pet. Treating the house and landscape can help with flea control. Top Choice eliminates fleas and other nuisance pests in and around the home. Top Choice is available to customers of A Promised Land Lawn Spraying – call for more information.