Effective Treatment of Flea & Tick with Hartz Products

Fleas are the enemy number one of your pets who brings disease and disaster along with it. If you want to get rid of them for good, you must know them and understand their behaviour and life-cycle. With almost 1500 flea species around the world, no mammal and bird, wild as well as domesticated is free from the threat of these blood sucking buggers. They attack humans and animals as readily as they attack each other. Their numerous hosts and frequent jumping from one to another make them preferred mean of transmitting treacherous pathogenic microorganisms from animals to men and other animals. Under such circumstances it becomes pertinent that we use high quality products like Hartz flea & tick drops or shampoo to kill these pesky bugs.

Fleas are wingless parasites with highly developed legs that allow them to jump high. Their hard bodies are usually brown in colour and flattened at sides which make their movement among hair and feathers easy. Their teeth are bent inwards which help in stinging and sucking the blood of their host. While the bite itself is not very painful but the saliva that they inject in the blood stream can cause a plethora of diseases which include but are not limited to

• Allergic skin inflammation
• Cause tapeworms among dogs, cats and humans.
• Cause anaemia especially among pups and kittens
• Spread viruses of cat leukaemia and other germs

While it is the adult fleas that attack and suck blood of their hosts, it’s the flea eggs that are most difficult to get rid of. Female flea requires fresh blood to start laying eggs which she produces almost 40 a day. Usually the eggs are laid on the skin or the fur of an animal from where they fall and spread everywhere else.

Dark places away from direct sunlight are ideal places for larvae to hatch such as carpets and nook and crannies of your furniture. Hartz flea & tick Carpet powder can effectively destroy the flea eggs and prevent them from hatching. Flea larvae take its nourishment from the faeces of adult fleas. Scratching, or biting its own body areas by your pet is usually the most common tell tale sign of flea infestation which can be found behind the ears, between the paws, head, neck, and the tail area.

Hartz is a premium brand of pet care products which has been catering to pets includes dogs, cats, parrots, finches, goldfish, tropical fish, reptiles, chinchillas, guinea pigs, hamsters and rabbits etc. for over 80 years. Hartz Flea & Tick control treatments happens to be amongst the most popular creations of this 1,500 products strong Company.

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