Comments on: New Flea Control Treatment http://www.arkanimals.com/flea-control-treatments/ Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:22:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ark Lady http://www.arkanimals.com/flea-control-treatments/comment-page-1/#comment-2389 Ark Lady Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:55:25 +0000 http://www.arkanimals.com/?p=1012#comment-2389 I read the report but it is too early to tell what the final verdict will be. Anytime you use insecticides on animals it should be as a last resort. I read the report but it is too early to tell what the final verdict will be. Anytime you use insecticides on animals it should be as a last resort.

]]> By: Ingrid King http://www.arkanimals.com/flea-control-treatments/comment-page-1/#comment-2388 Ingrid King Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:26:12 +0000 http://www.arkanimals.com/?p=1012#comment-2388 The research for this new flea and tick pill is promising, but it's still, as you said, a "poison." I'm not sure I feel any better about using something systemic vs. using a topical product. That being said, since there are so few effective natural alternatives available to combat fleas and ticks, it comes down to evaluating the risks of currently available flea control products vs. the risks of diseases caused by fleas and ticks. I recently published an article about natural flea and tick control that might shed some more light on this dilemma: http://consciouscat.net/2009/04/30/natural-flea-and-tick-control/ The research for this new flea and tick pill is promising, but it’s still, as you said, a “poison.” I’m not sure I feel any better about using something systemic vs. using a topical product. That being said, since there are so few effective natural alternatives available to combat fleas and ticks, it comes down to evaluating the risks of currently available flea control products vs. the risks of diseases caused by fleas and ticks.

I recently published an article about natural flea and tick control that might shed some more light on this dilemma:
http://consciouscat.net/2009/04/30/natural-flea-and-tick-control/

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