The lazy man’s guide to flea control
December 14th, 2009 | 
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Flea control is a difficult and time consuming task. You have to treat the pet, wash the bedding, vacuum the house, and repeat this for as long as it takes (which can be months).
For those of us who aren’t so keen on all that manual labour, there hasn’t been an effective solution to flea problems.
Until now.
Enter Comfortis, the latest flea control offering by Elanco Animal Health.
I’ve mentioned on this blog before about how fast this product works (killing 50% of fleas on your pet in 4 hours). But it also looks like Comfortis has an Ace up its sleeve when it comes to flea control.
In clinical and field trials performed by Elanco, once monthly dosing with Comfortis successfully reduced the flea burden on client-owned dogs (ie. in the real world) by 99.9% over just 2 months, without any treatment of the environmental flea population.
What does this mean?
It means that you don’t have to worry so much about treating the fleas in the environment. Just give your dog a tablet once a month and within two months 99.9% of fleas will be gone.
I have written before about how important environmental flea control is, and with most flea control products it is a very important part of the flea treatment process. But with Comfortis, it looks like you may be able to get away without it.
Of course, every pet’s flea situation will be different. This means that you may or may not see success by treating your pet alone.
If you do have any concerns I recommend talking to your local veterinarian, or leave us a comment and we will try to help you out.
To a flea free pet!
Simon.
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