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In addition to using anti-flea products, you can take additional measures to combat fleas. This involves skin care for pets and vacuuming and/or mopping the living environment. These non-chemical measures are often not effective enough, however, to solve any existing flea problems.

When taking care of its own skin, your dog or cat will only be able to remove a small number of fleas from its coat. Of course, you can help your animal by giving it a good brushing or combing, but even this will remove only a minor part of the flea population on the pet.

Mopping the floor is another measure you can take in your battle against fleas. Its effect on the flea population in your pet’s living environment is, however, very small. Temperatures of 20-25°C and a relative humidity of 70-85% are ideal circumstances for flea larvae. Moist conditions are especially important for the development of the larvae. By mopping the floor, you will supply the larvae with a nice wet climate, allowing them to prosper. It is important to not use too much water when you decide to mop the floor and allow it to dry up as quickly as possible by airing the room.

Flea larvae are not easily picked up when vacuuming. Tests have proven that you will only remove 20% of the larvae through vacuuming. Flea larvae will latch onto something and hold on with their tiny prickles, so preventing them from being sucked up. You will, however, remove the larvae’s food source when vacuuming, which will at least present them with a problem.

Despite the fact that these non-chemical measures are not enough to prevent a flea plague, they are seen as handy, secondary methods to be combined with using anti-flea products.