Flea Facts
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Flea Life Cycle
If you think just killing the adult fleas on your pet means that
he or she is safe from further flea infestation, think again!
Flea eggs and larvae could be lurking on your pet or around your
home, just waiting to reach adulthood and start your furry friend
scratching all over again.
Before a flea reaches adulthood, they've gone through three other
life stages: egg, larvae and pupae. Depending on environmental
conditions, it can take between two weeks and eight months for a
flea egg to reach adulthood, although the average is probably
three to four weeks in most homes. That means that while the
fleas might be dead today, in as little as two weeks your home
and your pet could be re-infested with hungry adult fleas.
Flea control affects fleas at different stages
Luckily, AdvantageŽ flea control affects fleas at different
stages of their life cycle. One Advantage treatment starts
killing adult fleas on contact - before they have time to lay
their eggs. And 98-100 percent of adult fleas are dead within 12
hours. The treatment lasts for up to one month, any new adult
fleas that jump onto your pet will die within two hours.
Advantage also kills 99 percent of flea larvae within 20 minutes,
before they can enter the pupae stage.
So there are no eggs, no larvae, no pupae and no adult fleas to
pester your family or your pet.
Since Advantage works so well at each stage of the flea's life,
you don't have to worry about treating your home or pet's
environment - Advantage takes care of that for you, and keeps you
and your pet happy year-round.
For information on flea treatments, visit the Dog/Pet Medications page.
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