Gower Vets in Swansea offer a professional and informative flea treatment service for your pet. Read here to find out all about fleas, how to spot the symptoms of fleas on your cat or dog, and how Gower Vets can help with flea treatment.
What are fleas?
Gower Vets in Swansea offer a professional and informative flea treatment service for your pet. Read here to find out all about fleas, how to spot the symptoms of fleas on your cat or dog, and how Gower Vets can help with flea treatment.
Fleas are the most common parasitic problems that pets have. They can cause many skin problems, and can really affect your pet’s mood, as they are itchy and uncomfortable.
Adult fleas can stay inside their cocoons for up to 6 weeks before fully emerging. Fleas infest your home so quickly – and it only takes one flea in your home to cause an infestation.
Your pet may pick up fleas from eggs which are left behind outside by other animals such as hedgehogs and rabbits. Once they’ve jumped on to your pet, they begin laying eggs and feeding on their blood.
Does my pet need Flea Treatment?
Fleas are minute little insects, so they’re quite hard to spot. They don’t have wings but can jump up to 8 inches high from the ground. Most pet owners only notice their pet has fleas by picking up on their symptoms.
How to spot whether your pet may have fleas:
- Scratching at themselves, which may irritate the skin
- Flea excretion residue on your pet’s skin or fur
- Small bumps on the skin
Flea Treatment: How it works
Your vet will prescribe a course of flea treatment for your pet depending on each case. In most cases, the flea treatment comes in a liquid form and is applied to the back of your pet’s neck.
There are other types of flea treatment products available so we’d advise that you speak to your vet to construct a flea treatment plan which will suit you and your pet’s lifestyle. For example, you may be given spot on treatment (topical), flea tablets, or flea collars
Flea treatment Swansea with Gower Vets
There are always new flea treatment products emerging on a yearly basis. Gower vets in Swansea have up to date advice and treatment available. We can help you select the best kind of flea protection for you and your pet. We dispense prescription-based flea treatment only, as this is safer and more effective than treatments bought over the counter. These prescription medicines are designed to combat other parasites in the same medicine.
Under the UK law, only veterinary surgeons can prescribe your pet with prescription treatments. Vets are required to carry out a health assessment on a pet before prescribing them. Usually, a health check is needed on a 12-month basis, and this may fall under your pet’s annual health booster check.
Does your pet require flea treatment in Swansea? Contact Us.
Gower Vets are professional, knowledgeable, and friendly, and we can offer the correct flea treatment for your pet.
