No Off-Season in Ocoee
No Off-Season in Ocoee
Flea and tick prevention near Ocoee means year-round, no gaps. Fleas in Central Florida do not have a winter. The combination of humidity, warm temperatures, and the wildlife corridors around Lake Apopka — raccoons, opossums, deer moving through Ocoee's older neighborhoods at night — keeps flea populations active twelve months out of twelve. A dog who misses two months of prevention in January is not safe because it's cold; it's just unprotected.
Ticks are similarly persistent. The American dog tick and the lone star tick are both established in West Orange County, and both are active outside of summer. We carry prevention products at our Windermere care center and prescribe the one that fits the pet's lifestyle — oral monthly for a dog that swims in Lake Apopka or Speer Lake, topical for cats who go outside, combination oral for dogs exposed to both fleas and ticks in Ocoee's lake-adjacent parks.
Find us ten minutes from Ocoee at Petfolk Veterinary & Urgent Care — Windermere, 4757 The Grove Dr #148, Windermere, FL 34786.
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Flea Tick Prevention