Why Flea And Tick Protection Is So Important #Seresto

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If you’ve been on my Twitter profile or my Facebook page then you’ve probably noticed my avatar picture, the one you see just above. Those are two Himalayan cats that I rescued many, many years ago. It didn’t take long to fall madly in love with them. It also didn’t take long to discover that they had fleas. And when I say they had fleas, I mean they had them bad. I was willing to treat them myself but knew they needed to be clean before doing so. The older of the two had been timid since the day we got him and frightened easily. He was not a fan of baths in the sink, as I discovered. So I decided to take him to a nearby groomer that has been around for years that we knew to do a great job.
It was a Saturday morning. I put the cat in the carrier, set off flea foggers in the house and made my way to the groomer. After dropping him off I ran some errands, since the house was still being fogged. In the middle of my errands my phone rang. It was the groomer, totally distraught. She was calling to tell me that my cat had passed away. She felt that he’d been so nervous about the grooming that he’d probably had a heart attack. She was beside herself and was sobbing, explaining to me that she’d even tried mouth to mouth and kitty cpr and just couldn’t get him back. My heart broke. I went and picked him up so I could say goodbye. That’s when I learned how badly fleas can hurt. They can bite and make you itch. They can make your pets sick with flea anemia (which we learned the other cat had), amongst other conditions. And unfortunately, they can kill and they can break your heart.

I don’t want to have to deal with the fallout of another death that happened too soon. Last time it was just me. This time I have kids, and they’re just as attached to Dobby and Jules as I am. So I try very hard now to be sure that we don’t get fleas in the house.  Ticks are also an issue now that we have Dobby, because he does go out in the yard, which has trees. So, the ideal flea and tick prevention product would prevent and fight fleas and ticks, and be easy to use. I’d say that a collar fit that description.
Seresto is a collar that provides your dog or cat with flea and tick protection for eight months. That’s pretty straightforward, right? Seresto for dogs won the Better Homes and Gardens New Product Award. That particular award is voted on by readers of Better Homes and Gardens out of a pool of various products. So that’s real people like you and I voting on what works. I don’t know about you but I like trying products that the regular public has voted on, because I know they’re like me – regular people. We’re currently testing the Seresto collar on Dobby to see for ourselves how it works. Be sure to check back to see how it went.
Do you have a family member that’s a pet? That’s how it works, we fall in love with our pets and they’re family. You know I’m right. Well, if you’re looking for a great resource to find a pet community and answers to your questions then be sure to check out PetParents.com.

Do you have pets? How do you handle flea and tick prevention?