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Our Hot Vet answers a question asked about fleas and prevention.  Subscribe to The Pet Collective: http://full.sc/HbM62v Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thepetcollective Twitter: https://twitter.com/petcollectiveTV Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/petcollectivetv/ Google+: gplus.to/thepetcollective  Hillary P. asks Hot Vet Dr. Campbell a question on what to do about her horrible flea infestation.   If you have a question for the Hot Vet, please ask them in the comments section below.   Host: Dr. Courtney Campbell, DVM  Segment Producer: Dawn Poomee Associate Producer: Brittni Brown Editor: Hillary Parrish Graphics: Kate Reynolds

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00:00Hi, my name is Dr. Campbell and today we're gonna have a discussion about fleas

00:15Our discussion starts with an excellent question from Hillary P

00:19Her question is this every spring my roommate and I have a horrible flea infestation

00:26They come out of our carpets. They make our life miserable and we're spending hundreds of dollars on exterminators

00:32Well, Hillary P. Let's talk a little bit about fleas and I hope you won't have to spend that kind of money in the future

00:39We do this one two three approach. We treat our pet. We treat the house and we treat the environment

00:45How do we treat our pet? Well, there's a variety of

00:49control methods out there front line

00:52Vectra

00:53Revolution advantage comfort us for the majority of the time when used correctly. They're all effective. What about the house?

01:01Vacuuming can literally get up 95% of adult fleas

01:05Plus it picks up those ugly larvae. What about the environment?

01:10Well, you have to pick up something called an IGR

01:14Insect growth regulator and you treat the environment now all of those horrible eggs

01:21Horrible larvae the pupae and the adults you're treating all of them at the same time

01:26and then you won't have to use an exterminator and you can utilize excellent flea control on your pet and

01:32Keep them flea free for the entire season. We all are aware of

01:38shampoos

01:39Dusting spraying all of those methods to prevent fleas. The truth is they've got no

01:45Residual activity 24 to 48 hours fleas come roaring back

01:50So those products can be effective in the short term yet. Let's use a monthly flea prevention for the long term

01:57Do you have any questions you'd like me to answer just submit your questions in the comments section

02:02We'll see you next time and remember there's nothing stronger than the human animal bond

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