Eggs
Just one flea lays 40+ eggs a day in your pets' environment (house and/or yard) before you realize there is just one flea, 840 eggs will hatch from three fleas laying for seven days.
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Eggs hatch and the juvenile flea jumps quickly onto a pet for a blood meal. In that one bite, the flea is exposed to the flea control product that your pet has been treated with and will die within 30 minutes.
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Chemical home and yard treatment simply can't affect all the eggs dropped in the environment during an infestation (think of grains of sand).
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Eggs (with or without medications and chemicals) will still hatch in the house and yard over the next few months. Hatching requires time, vibration, and humidity, so know an infestation is not a quick resolution process.
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All indoor and outdoor pets must be kept on a quality flea product for at least three-four months while remaining eggs hatch, then you will see significant relief from the egg-hatching infestation.
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Your pets may need to remain on flea treatment for the foreseeable future (it's Texas y'all). If a home or yard is left unprotected, it only takes one new flea (brought in by a human or animal, or jumped from an abutting environment) to produce eggs for infestation and the process starts over again.
Flea
Frustration
The veterinarian-recommended flea control you have given your pet is effective in killing the fleas that land on your pets. But what do you do if you still see fleas?
Home and Yard
Diatomaceous Earth is an affordable, effective non-chemical powder to help inside the home. These products can be found at Lowes or Home Depot. You can Google "Diatomaceaous Earth Fleas" for instructions on how to use.
Bathing your pets will help your pet be more comfortable, but avoid bathing more than every 2-3 weeks to prevent possible skin irritation and prematurely breaking down the water-resistant topical flea treatments.
Wash all bedding frequently (blankets, pillows, etc.) that your let lays on.
Frequently vacuum carpets, rugs, and fabric furniture to keep removing the eggs that are laid until all hatching fleas are eliminated from the environment. Maintain preventive.
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