Don’t miss flea treatment news sign up for news via RSS now. There is a lot of talk about natural flea control these days but people are a bit confused about it. Natural flea control doesn’t indicate that something is not toxic, only that it is made from natural ingredients. Pyrethrins for instance, they are [...]
This disturbing video shows a cat having a reaction to flea medication. Care has to be used when applying any flea control product or using any flea treatment on an animal or in the environment. One of the reasons I wrote Flea Control Secrets was because of increased issues and reactions. Take a few minutes [...]
The long overdue results from the last Office of Pesticides Program at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to make significant changes when it comes to spot-on products. Ya think? I wrote about this in the eBook Flea Control Secrets and anticipated the results last fall at the latest. Today it was announced that [...]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is requesting public comment on options for disclosing inert ingredients in pesticides. In this anticipated rule making, EPA is seeking ideas for greater disclosure of inert ingredient identities. Inert ingredients are part of the end use product formulation and are not active ingredients. Revealing inert ingredients will help [...]
Hot spots, flea bite dermatitis, flea bite anemia, and tapeworm are some of the complications and dangers of flea infestations. Get a quick overview on the dangers and some of the options to fighting fleas.
People are always asking if they can give garlic to pets to help get rid of fleas. Once again, people give out bad advice and say, yes. No, NO, NO! Don’t give garlic to pets for flea treatment. First, garlic has not been proven to help fight fleas. Second, according to the ASPCA Pet Poison [...]
A poodle stuck in its crate last week had a visit to the vet who traced the problem to the pet’s spot-on flea treatment. Residue from the product Advantage, applied between the poodle’s shoulders, dissolved the plastic and caused it to adhere to the dog’s belly. When the dog wouldn’t come out of its crate [...]
On August 10, 2009 an extensive series on flea treatment and adverse reactions was posted on ConsumerAffairs.com. Based on reported incidents involving flea treatment products, ConsumerAffairs.Com contacted three of the leading topical flea and tick product manufacturers to discuss the EPA’s “intensified scrutiny” of these treatments and any complaints they had received from pet owners. [...]
Not too long ago the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) released data indicating that cats are more susceptible to illness and death as a result of the misuse of spot-on flea and tick control products. The data, collected by the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, also indicate the overwhelming [...]
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