Animals that are over four weeks old can generally be given flea medications like Frontline Plus, Revolution, or Capstar. As with any treatment, you should read the package instructions and consult ...

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The flea treatments you give your cat or dog may be poisoning the rivers—and it's getting there via your drains. Flea medicines such as fipronil and imidacloprid are parasiticides that kill off the ...

If your dog or cat has fleas and sleeps with you, here’s what experts recommend to clean your bed, treat your pet, and stop ...

When it comes to treating a flea infestation, there have always been two paths to follow: One is to treat the environment where the fleas are developing, and the other is to treat the pet itself.

Too many people apply anti-flea pesticides to their cats and dogs as soon as they see them scratching. That can make the animals ill, or even kill them, and may not have been warranted in the first ...

DEAR JOAN: I’ve been using Cheristin for my indoor/outdoor cat, but he’s still scratching, and I think he’s brought in fleas to my elderly indoor cat. Do some flea treatments start to lose their ...

While everyone else gets all riled up about tick season, the warm weather means another parasitic pest is upon us: fleas. The rising temperatures makes it more hospitable for eggs to hatch, and more ...