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In high humidity environments, a flea's gestational cycle can drop to as little as 48 hours. This means during the spring in East Texas, where the current humidity as of posting this is, I kid you not, 82%, that fleas are just a fact of life for a few months out of the year. Been treating my girl, bathing her, and she's still been going crazy itching. I thought it might be seasonal allergies, as it got bad right after we mowed. Turns out she's probably super sensitive or allergic to fleas... So yeah, now we have to get our flea treatments from the vet.
WellThatsJustWhatWeCallPillowTalkBaby
I am visiting Houston right now. Can confirm that damn humidity.
Draygen
Yeah, I paint as a hobby, with water based paints, and this time of year I just can't do it. The paint doesn't dry.
Conz
You can keep dogs and cats relatively flea free with those monthly pills. My dogs rarely had fleas and one of them also had an allergy to them. Unless you live in an area that is just infested with fleas to begin with.
KimbeauxSlice
To add, Simpiraca trio (flea, tick, heartworm) works well for our dog. He's also on Apoquel for yeast infections, which may help with the itching--but Apoquel is a daily pill that's $3+
Draygen
"Relatively" being a key term. We were using monthly treatment, but my backyard borders 3 other backyards with dogs and cats, so a couple fleas now and then just happens. Have to get her flea treatments from the vet, not OTC, because even one causes her to itch all over like crazy.