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🐾🌿Protect Your Furry Friends: Flea and Tick Prevention Is Key!🌿🐾
Hey pet parents! 🐶🐱 It's crucial to remember the importance of flea and tick prevention! These tiny pests not only cause discomfort and irritation but can also transmit diseases to our furry friends, and in some cases even to us 😮.
Regular flea and tick prevention, such as topical treatments, collars, or oral medications, are essential for keeping our pets safe and healthy. By staying proactive, we can prevent infestations and ensure our pets enjoy a happy and itch-free life.
Why We Need to Use Prevention:
The life cycle of fleas typically consists of four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Female fleas lay eggs on their host (like pets or humans), which then fall off into the environment. The eggs hatch into larvae, which feed on organic matter in the environment. After several molts, larvae spin cocoons and enter the pupal stage. Finally, adult fleas emerge from the pupae and seek a host for blood meals, restarting the cycle. It usually takes about 2-3 weeks for a flea to complete its life cycle under optimal conditions.
Let's keep those tails wagging and those purrs coming by prioritizing flea and tick prevention all year round! 🐾
Video: This is a female flea (Ctenocephalides felis) seen in clinic after a blood feed.
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🐾🌿Protect Your Furry Friends: Flea and Tick Prevention Is Key!🌿🐾 Hey pet parents! 🐶🐱 It's crucial to remember the importance of flea and tick prevention! These tiny pests not only cause discomfort and irritation but can also transmit diseases to our furry friends, and in some cases even to us 😮. Regular flea and tick prevention, such as topical treatments, collars, or oral medications, are essential for keeping our pets safe and healthy. By staying proactive, we can prevent infestations and ensure our pets enjoy a happy and itch-free life. Why We Need to Use Prevention: The life cycle of fleas typically consists of four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Female fleas lay eggs on their host (like pets or humans), which then fall off into the environment. The eggs hatch into larvae, which feed on organic matter in the environment. After several molts, larvae spin cocoons and enter the pupal stage. Finally, adult fleas emerge from the pupae and seek a host for blood meals, restarting the cycle. It usually takes about 2-3 weeks for a flea to complete its life cycle under optimal conditions. Let's keep those tails wagging and those purrs coming by prioritizing flea and tick prevention all year round! 🐾 Video: This is a female flea (Ctenocephalides felis) seen in clinic after a blood feed.
🎅🎄HAMMET STREET ELF - DAY 24 🎄🎅 Look what our cameras detected last night!! Sheldon the elf has been up all night training his new trusty steed Jerry!🐶 Just in time to help with Santa's delivery. Surely this puts Jerry on the nice list! Are your furry family members on the naughty or nice list this year🤭??
IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME!!!!🎄🎉 Merry Christmas from the Hammet Street Crew!! We hope you all have a wonderful time off on the holidays or have a very quick shift if you are the unfortunate lot working during it. We shall see ya's soon! 😊
Want to have the most stylish pet on the block!? 😎 We are now a stockist of 🐶 BIG & LITTLE DOGS 🐶 collars and leads! We have a variety of styles for both female and male dogs. *Bows are removable* Thanks to Elvis and Harley for being our models 😍
🎄Need a toy for your pet over the Christmas period so they do not try and eat the Christmas ham!? 🎄 We now stock in clinic a range of toys including, Rogz, Beco and a great Christmas selection. Did you know? That Beco toys are made from recycled plastic! So not only are you giving your pet happiness, you are also looking after the environment. #christmas2021 #recycledplastic #beco #rogz