Holistic Flea Control
20 Aug 2006
Now that summer is nearly here, many of us will spend some of our spare time outdoors. Unfortunately, the Summer also means ticks and fleas, the heavy shedding, irritating scratching and coughed up hairballs.
Lets not despair, if we use some proactive planning, the toils of Summer pet care, especially the irritating ticks and fleas, can be greatly reduced.
Holistic approach to flea control
When we try to control ticks and fleas, we should remember that effective flea control does not begin with our efforts to kill these blood thirsty insects, it should begin with an assessment of our pet, the host, namely the animal’s diet, we need a better understanding of how ticks and fleas behave, how they reproduce and adapt to the environment.
It is also important to know that what we perceive as a ticka and flea problem could really involve several inter related health issues. From a holistic perspective, ticks and fleas do not represent the whole of an animal’s Summer time misery.
Ticks and fleas are parasites and, like most other blood sucking creatures that feed on the body of others, thrive best on a weaker host. Animals that are not receiving their nutritional sustinance needed for healthy skin, fur and their immune systems will be more susceptible to tick and flea bite allergies.
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