I decided to research into it, checking out what all the top flea treatment brands have to say about putting flea medicine on your dog after a bath. plus, whether a bath could even wash flea medicine off. Given our dog’s propensity for needing a bath, it did make me wonder whether it was ok to put the flea medicine on after he’d been bathed…. Last week it was his monthly flea treatment date. This also increase the risk of fleas and ticks, meaning we have to be really on top of his flea medicine. The fact we live near a forest doesn’t help as he’s constantly in and out of mud baths. UI-PHC-0191-2020.Our dog gets really messy and not a week goes by without us having to shower or bath him. ![]() ©2021 Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health UK Ltd. FRONTLINE Plus®, FRONTLINE Tri-Act®, FRONTLINE®, FRONTLINE HomeGard® and VELOXA® are registered trademarks of the Boehringer Ingelheim Group. Always read the label and product information before use. Further information available in the SPC or from Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health UK Ltd, RG12 8YS, UK. For information about side effects, precautions, warnings and contraindications please refer to the product packaging and package leaflet. Anthelmintic for treatment of mixed infections with roundworms and tapeworms in dogs. VELOXA® contains febantel, praziquantel and pyrantel. FRONTLINE Tri-Act® contains fipronil and permethrin. Regular preventative treatment should stop this situation from developing and helps keep your pet healthy.ġ Compared to next leading non-prescription competitor brand and when used monthly.Ģ Compared to next leading non-prescription brand with repellent activity.įRONTLINE Plus® contains fipronil and (S)-methoprene. If you are treating regularly with FRONTLINE Spot On or FRONTLINE Plus, any ‘hitchhiker’ fleas will die within 24 hours of jumping onto your pet.įemale fleas can lay up to 50 eggs per day and a few fleas can rapidly establish a population within your home. If using FRONTLINE Plus, active IGR technology stops any newly laid flea eggs from hatching and larvae developing in your home, helping to prevent an infestation building up in your home.ģ. Your pet has picked up a ‘hitch-hiker’ fleaĮven once you are on top of any flea infestations in your home it is possible for your pet to pick up fleas outdoors, for example in your garden or during walks (and in the car?). Flea eggs and pupae can also be brought into the home on shoes or clothing. It kills fleas and larvae, and also prevent eggs and larvae from developing in your home for up to 12 months. To start fighting the home infestation straight away, you can also use FRONTLINE ® HomeGard household spray. If you’ve treated your pet with FRONTLINE Spot On or FRONTLINE Plus those fleas will die within 24 hours, and so will have few opportunities to lay eggs (egg laying normally starts 24 hours after feeding), helping you control the infestation in your home. These new fleas only hatch out when a host animal (your pet!) is nearby, as they have to have a blood meal to survive and breed. Flea eggs can be constantly hatching out when the temperature and humidity are right and new adult fleas are always emerging from cocoons (pupae). There are usually many more immature flea lifestages (eggs, larvae and pupae) in your home than adult fleas on your pet. Fleas are hatching out in your home and jumping onto your pet There are no flea products that stop fleas from jumping onto pets. This means that regardless of the licensed flea treatment you use - you may still see fleas on your pet until the flea product kills it.Ģ. Although it may happen a lot quicker it can take up to 24 hours for fleas jumping onto your pet to be killed. It’s a little like you catching a cold - some time will elapse between you having contact with the infection and then becoming ill. ![]() So you may see fleas come to the surface of your pet’s coat and your pet might feel a bit more itchy than usual until those fleas are killed.įlea products don’t kill fleas instantly - the flea has to come into contact with the ingredient, absorb it and then start to feel the effects. The ingredient in FRONTLINE Spot On and FRONTLINE Plus that kills fleas makes them hyperactive before they die. ![]() Treated fleas may become more active before they die Something that might help is an understanding of what to expect from flea treatments.ġ. We appreciate that the process can be enormously frustrating and it’s one of the reasons we recommend treating your pet regularly all year round with FRONTLINE ® Spot On or FRONTLINE Plus ® to prevent an infestation becoming established in your home and on your pet. It can take up to three months of diligent treatment of pets and the home before you have really gained the upper hand. Getting on top of a flea infestation is much harder than it sounds. Your pet has picked up a ‘hitch-hiker’ flea Treated fleas get more active before they dieįleas are hatching out in your home and jumping onto your pet
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