The hot summer is approaching, and animals, like people, need to be prepared to prevent heatstroke and disease in the summer. Diseases that dogs are often prone to in summer include: heart disease, colds, skin diseases, heatstroke and gastrointestinal diseases. How to help dogs prevent insects in summer? Next, the editor will introduce it to you in detail.

Fleas are the most common insect pest. With Taiwan’s average temperature of 25°C and humidity of 75%, it is the ideal breeding ground for fleas. Fleas will live in the darkness of the home. in the corner, waiting for the warm body to pass by at any time, jumping on it to parasitize or bite it.

How to protect your dog from insects in summer?

Fleas are zoonotic parasites. When the owner has inexplicable small red and swollen skin (much smaller than mosquitoes), If the bites are smaller and there are more), then it may be fleas! As for how pets can detect whether there are fleas? You can check from several aspects:

Observe actions

Has your dog suddenly had intensive itching movements?

Usually fleas like to go out on the neck and armpits (because of the temperature) ), so the pet will scratch its neck with its hind feet excitedly, and it will enter the second stage at this time.

Check it over and comb it

Do you have many small black spots on your body? Some even move! It doesn’t matter if you don’t know what the fleas look like, as long as If there is any crazy itching action, quickly catch the pet, turn it over all over, and then comb it with a comb (the interval should not be too large). If there are fleas, you will find small black bugs crawling on it, and the comb will You will find flea poop (also small black spots) when you comb it.

What should you do if you find fleas?

In fact, to get rid of fleas, experts say that you need to understand its ecology (eggs/larva) )/pupa(pupa) /adult), it takes about 17 to 21 days from the time the egg hatches to the time it metamorphoses into an adult. However, the most troublesome thing is in the pupa stage! If the environment is not so suitable, the flea can stay in the pupa stage for more than several months, and its endurance is comparable to that of a cicada. Therefore, once fleas are found in your home, you must be mentally prepared for a long-term fight, so that you will not be carried away by the short-term victory and fall short of the success. It is easy to eliminate. To eradicate it completely, there are several methods:

rinsing

Fleas are actually easily drowned when they encounter water. It is found that After getting rid of fleas, you need to clean the pet (of course you can use a flea-killing shower gel), and then clean the home environment, especially the places where pets often nest.

Medicinal use

There are four commonly used pet pesticides on the market: "drop", "spray", "wash" and "wear";

"Drip" - used once a month, mostly comprehensive insecticides, such as: flea control, pet... etc.

"Spray" - It is recommended to spray on the limbs when going out. Common ones on the market include Flea, Qilixiang...etc. In the home environment, you can choose to spray pesticides in dark corners, or in the cracks of the floor, in or under the carpet, to achieve powerful insecticidal effects.

"Wash" - In addition to the functional shower gel, there is also a more commonly used comprehensive insecticide (such as Niubifu). However, this kind of medicine must be used very carefully and must be diluted. Afterwards, use it on pets!

"Dai" - collar-type insecticide, but the effectiveness of this type has yet to be tested, so it is recommended for auxiliary use.

　Combing

There are "flea combs" on the market that can comb out all the eggs, and there is even an electronic flea comb. , you can use micro-electricity to electrocute fleas!

Extended parasites - strip worms

When fleas appear on your pet, you should pay attention to its defecation Finally, will there be white bugs about 1CM in size? The fleas are tapeworms (Dipylidium). canium) intermediate host. Pets often groom themselves in an attempt to get rid of fleas, often inadvertently ingesting tapeworm-infected fleas. So after getting rid of fleas, you should also pay attention to getting rid of stripworms!