How Do You Kill Fleas?

Video Transcript

"How do you kill fleas? Well, there are lots of different ways to kill fleas that are commercially available and easily gotten at your local pet store. On my cart here I have here a couple of examples, there's your topical ointments which are my preferred usage for killing and preventing fleas. Though in very bad infestations these have to be used in conjuncture with things like the powders and the aerosol sprays and the bombs. I do not prefer the bombs myself, I don't think they work all that well and they're kind of intrusive into your home as lots of you have to do a bomb. The aerosol sprays are much, much more direct you can get them exactly in the places you want to get them and they're easy to control and use as are the powders. But your first line of defense is going to be some sort of topical ointment. Now these are ointments that are going to go in between the shoulder blades on the animal. You spread the fur out and apply them. They are species specific, so there's a dog and there's a cat and they are weight specific they're going to be in weight groups. Like for instance thi s one is from 16 to 30 pounds and this one is from 46 to 60 pounds. So it's important when buying the ointment that you know the poundage of your animal. You can buy these from your vet and you can buy these also from your local pet store. I prefer the Frontland brand, the Frontline brand; they do work the best in my opinion over the years, they cause the least amount of, in fact I have ever had any bad reactions on the Frontline. But just be aware these are all pesticide products in one form or another and you have to be careful when using them especially with the topical ointments. Once you use a topical ointment, whether it works or not, you cannot apply another one for a month. Because that is the extended period of time. You also once you use a topical ointment it is advised not to flea bath the animal or flea dip the animal or spray the animal with any other kind of flea product. Again, it's a pesticide and you can poison your animal if you don't read carefully all the instructions on your packaging and follow them to the T."