FLEAS? Never Again! Flea-smart page

NO MORE FLEAS!

This is the solution to your FLEA problem.
Easy,
Simple,
and
Guaranteed !

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Pet professionals such as the groomers (who deal with dozens of flea-infested animals every day) and breeders (who keep puppies as well as adults), don't have fleas in their own homes. What do they know that you don't know?
Nothing
This page tells you ALL you need to know for
. . .
FLEAS? Never Again!

Summary
In a nutshell:

Treat the house, the yard and the pets with both an Insecticide AND an Insect Growth Regulator.

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Demize for the house.

Archer and Conquer for the yard.

Frontline for the pets.

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It is that simple!
Here's why . . . fleas, flea control, natural flea products, kill fleas

Never Underestimate the Opposing Force
	Fleas are hardy and determined. They CAN be killed, but their resilience and 4-stage life-cycle make it more difficult than most people want to believe. Additionally, the fact that fleas don't spend most of their time on the pet makes the problem of locating them and wiping them out even harder.
	The Enemy: Fleas are hardy and determined: designed to be uncrushable and unfathomable. And they have to be dealt with in a ruthless manner.		Their most resilient stage, the tiny hibernating cocoon, can live in your environment for over a year without feeding and is protected by an impenetrable shell. It is this stage that survives most treatments and returns to breed and re-populate year after year like a cruel sequel to a horror movie.
	One "hatched" cocoon can produce over a trillion decendents in her 9-month adult stage life span. This army is able to "raise the dead" to replace any mortalities you might inflict and continue to fight year after year. This will help you to understand the benefit of long term treatment, not just insecticides to kill the current adults.

Split Your Troops and Fight on All Fronts.
	The Secret: It's not really a secret. It's something no one wants to hear. Treating your pets is not enough! The house, the yard and the pets all need to be dealt with.		New treatments for your pet have added to the arsenal of weapons available for fighting fleas. Pets act like small minesweepers, collecting hatched and hungry fleas from everywhere. Treating the pets is essential for their own comfort as well as to kill any errant fleas entering the area from afar. Fleas can jump over 6 feet, and they enter the house by any carrier available: pets and humans. White clothing, socks, and sneakers excite and invite them right into the living room where they remain unseen and happily reproducing without your even knowing until the problem is advanced. Treat your entire square footage indoors including garages, outbuildings, and doghouses or kennels. The yard is the most arduous task, but you MUST treat the area outdoors with just as much determination as you treat the pets and house.		You simply cannot allow a single flea to survive in your or your pet's, environment if you want to live a life free of allergies, disease, and irritation. If you neglect ONE place in your yard, car, garage, summerhouse, winter house or chateau on the Riviera, fleas will ultimately come back to occupy all of these locations and more.

Arm Yourself Well
	Pets: Most people want to know how to solve the immediate crisis first. Start with fleas ON your pets. But don't stop there. On-pet Flea products have changed radically in the last 2-3 years. The new ones are safer, easier, and more effective than ever. Take a look at Frontline. Frontline for Cats, 3 months ...$28.95 6 months ...$55.95 12 month...$108.95 Frontline PLUS contains an Insect Growth Regulator. It is essential if you are not using an IGR in the house and yard, and can be of great help in the initial elimination of fleas. It is not necessary once you have the fleas under control. Frontline PLUS for Cats 3 months...$32.95 6 months...$61.95 12 month...$119.95 Flea and Tick Shampoo 32 ounces...$8.95 For Dogs and Puppies A wonderful synergized pyrethrin formula. Faster and stronger than pyrethrins alone. Smells fresh and clean Leaves coat soft and manageable Kills both fleas and ticks Fantastic value--a big 32 oz.!		Powders: Flea and tick powders are easy and convenient to use, but they often present problems with dry skin. They have been eclipsed by other more favorable means of flea protection. Flea Collars: These are a possible weapon in the battle, but not all collars are created equal. Many have harsh and potentially dangerous chemicals, and their placement around the neck can lead to serious compromise of the nervous system if improperly used or mixed with other toxic agents. Frontline: Spot Treatments are the new Front Line in the flea battle. Applied only once a month, some will actually repel a significant number of fleas--a great benefit to the allergic pet that cannot tolerate even one bite. The best will also help prevent re-infestation by rendering the fleas unable to reproduce. But, be careful. More expensive is not always more efficient. The battle against fleas is matched only by the battle of the giant manufacturers to get every dollar out of their spot-on products. Great strides are being made this year in lowering cost AND in treating CATS. As you can see, we recommend Frontline. We used to carry Advantage too, but the Frontline is at least as good and Advantage has priced themselves out of the market. If you are absolutely hooked on Advantage for some reason, you can check here. Shampoos: Most well stocked flea armories contain a flea and tick shampoo. Shampoos kill fleas on the pet and give your dogs or cats instant relief. They represent the best of both worlds: clean AND flea-free. The new Francodex Hydrocortisone Shampoo is designed to relieve itching and irritated skin while bathing away dirt and grime. Essential Herbal Oils: These are nature's repellants. They ward off unwanted hitchhikers. Most common ingredients are citronella, cedar, eucalyptus, lemongrass, and lavender. Essential Oils are specially formulated to repel fleas and ticks without using insecticides. They are great for misting your dog's legs (and your own) any time that you go out where fleas would be likely to be found. They have a lot of other uses too (read this). They are a repellant, not an insecticide, though. They can be found at most good health food stores.		Back to Top Frontline Dogs 1-22 Lb. 3 month...$29.95 6 month...$56.95 12 month...$109.95 Frontline Dogs 23-44 Lb. 3 month...$30.95 6 month...$58.95 12 month...$113.95 Frontline Dogs 45-88 Lb 3 month...$31.95 6 month...$60.95 12 month...$117.95 Frontline Dogs 89-132 Lb 3 month...$32.95 6 month...$62.95 12 month ... $121.95 Frontline PLUS for Dogs 1-22 Lb. 3 month...$33.95 6 month...$64.95 12 month...$125.95 Frontline PLUS for Dogs 23-44 Lb 3 month...$35.95 6 month...$67.95 12 month...$131.95 Frontline PLUS for Dogs 45-88 Lb 3 month...$37.95 6 month...$70.95 12 month...$137.95 Frontline PLUS for Dogs 89-132 Lb 3 month...$38.95 6 month...$73.95 12 month...$144.95 Hydrocortisone Shampoo 8 ounces...$11.95

House:
Now that the pets appear more comfortable, begin the search & destroy missions. House treatments are safer and easier than ever.

Demize Carpet Spray:
Adulticides kill adult populations of fleas, and carpet spray adulticide aerosols are the easiest and often most effective treatments. There's no mixing. And the most sophisticated, like Demize Carpet Spray, contain ingredients to stop all FOUR STAGES of the flea in one application. A well-armed army will have Demize in its weapons' room.

Foggers:
Foggers also contain adulticides and are very convenient for treating large, open areas. But they lack the ability to treat under large pieces of furniture such as beds or tables, thus leaving some areas untreated. Use in them only if you also use an aerosol for hard-to-reach places.

Powders:
Powders usually contain ingredients such as Boric Acid, and De-Limonene which kill fleas by physically assaulting their outer body or stomach. They can be very effective and environmentally friendly, but they often leave the battlefield dusty and are of best use on carpeted surfaces and furniture.

Insect Growth Regulators:
No army should ever fight without an Insect Growth Regulator! Without it, you may take the high ground, but you'll never be able to hold it. Insect Growth Regulators render any live fleas unable to reproduce. Consider again that one reproducing flea can have a trillion offspring, and the challenge becomes clear. When you're fighting an enemy with the ability to replace its troops with fresh fighters at that rate, a weapon to stop reproduction is an obvious necessity.

"FLEAS? Never Again!" carries only the better aerosols and treatments that already contain the Insect Growth Regulator ingredients for one-step application. Better still, treat your house with a liquid preparation of PURE Insect Growth Regulator, Archer or FleaFix BEFORE you have a flea problem, and the battle will be won before you even have to fight the first skirmish.

Get the Demize
if you are still
have a flea problem.

Get the Flea Fix IGR
if you want
to just keep them
from ever coming back.

Demize has
Flea Fix IGR in it.

Demize Carpet Spray
...$9.95

Demize Carpet Spray ~~
3 pack ...$26.95

Demize Carpet Spray ~~
5 pack ...$44.95

Each can treats 500 square feet

Flea Fix
Insect Growth Regulator
...$29.95

Treats 6000 square feet

Yard:
Leave no stone unturned, no hill unconquered. And pay particular

attention to the areas where your pets spend their time outdoors.

16 ounces

Conquer Insecticide
...$32.95

16 ounces
Archer stops the eggs
and larvae from developing
and Conquer kills the adults.
You can mix them and spray
them together.

Insect Growth Regulators:
No army should ever attempt to take the hill unless they think they can hold it long enough to make it worth while. Don't fight without Archer, an Insect Growth Regulator! Insect Growth Regulators render any live fleas unable to reproduce. Consider again that one reproducing flea can have a trillion offspring, and the need is clear. When you're fighting an enemy with the ability to replace its troops with fresh fighters at that rate, a weapon to stop reproduction is an obvious necessity.

Most Insect Growth Regulators, including Precor, are NOT labeled for outdoor use. But the newest and best, Archer and FleaFix, are resistant to sunlight (photostable) and are a great help in the yard. They affect fleas, cockroaches, flies, and mosquitoes too, so their use on a regular basis may help in more battles than just this one.

Pyrethrin Sprays:
Considered the mother of the safe flea killer, the wild chrysanthemum has produced many an environment-friendly, gentle adulticide that is easy to apply and kills bugs on contact. They are short acting but relatively inexpensive and highly effective. Every thrifty flea army should have these weapons and use them whenever fleas are detected if you want to win the battle on the yard front.

Dursban(r), Diazinon(tm), & Malathion(tm):
Along with Lindane and a couple of others, these have been the old stand-bys. They were the nuclear weapons in the Battle of the Fleas. Now, however, it is widely recognized that they leave their deadly trace behind in a half-life that is akin to nuclear fall-out. They smell strong enough to "kill a cow" and give you a secure feeling of having accomplished your mission, but don't be fooled. They are less effective for killing fleas as each year passes because fleas have developed ferocious immunities to their nerve-gas-like qualities. Using them is often like firing on your own troops: great body count, but the wrong color uniforms.

TAPE WORM TABS FOR CATS
Generic equivalent of
Droncit Feline Tabs

100% effective tape worm control for cats. Now available without a prescription.

Tape Worm Tab Features:

FDA approved. No prescription required.
Removes both types of tape worms in cats and kittens over 6 weeks of age.
100% safe and effective when used according to label directions.
Sized for easy oral administration or may be crumbled and mixed with food.
The only over-the-counter treatment containing praziquantel, the most recommended de-wormer for tape worm control. (Each tablet for cats contains 23 mg Praziquantel)

Tape Worm Tab Dosage:
4 lbs. & under: 1/2 tablet
5-11 lbs: 1 tablet
Over 11 lbs.: 1 1/2 tablets

Tape Worm Tabs, Feline,
3 Tabs ... $14.95

Tape Worm Tabs, Feline,
6 Bottle Pack of 3 Tabs Each
18 tabs ... $85.95

Tape Worm Tabs will remove the common tapeworms, Dipylidium caninum and Taenia taeniaeformis from cats and kittens.

FASTING IS NEITHER NECESSARY NOR RECOMMENDED. Full prescribed dose of tablets must be eaten to remove all tape worms. Dosage may be repeated after 30 days.

Always read directions on label before use.

TAPE WORM TABS FOR DOGS
Generic equivalent of
Droncit Canine Tabs

100% effective tape worm control. Now available without a prescription.

Tape Worm Tab Features:

FDA approved. No prescription required.
Removes both types of tape worms in dogs and puppies over 4 weeks of age.
100% safe and effective when used according to label directions.
Sized for easy oral administration or may be crumbled and mixed with food.
Only OTC treatment containing praziquantel, the most recommended de-wormer for tape worm control. (Each tablet for dogs contains 34 mg Praziquantel)

Tape Worm Tab Dosage:
5 lbs. & under: 1/2 tablet
6-10 lbs: 1 tablet
11-15 lbs.: 1 1/2 tablets
16-30 lbs.: 2 tablets
31-45 lbs.: 3 tablets
46-60 lbs.: 4 tablets
over 60 lbs.: 5 tablets

Tape Worm Tabs, Canine,
5 Tabs...$23.95

Tape Worm Tabs, Canine,
4 Bottle Pack of 5 Tabs Each
25 tabs ...$89.95

Tape Worm Tabs will remove the common tapeworms, Dipylidium caninum and Taenia pisiformis from dogs and puppies.

FASTING IS NEITHER NECESSARY NOR RECOMMENDED. Full prescribed dose of tablets must be eaten to remove all tape worms. Dosage may be repeated after 30 days.

Always read directions on label before use.