What Year-Round Actually Means in This Climate
There is no winter break here. Flea and Tick Prevention in Windermere, FL is available through our Windermere care center for dogs and cats, and the expectation in Central Florida is year-round coverage rather than seasonal.
What Year-Round Actually Means in This Climate
Fleas survive indoors in Florida through the entire calendar, because the average indoor temperature here never drops far enough to interrupt their lifecycle. An infestation started in October from a dog who came inside between November treatments has until March or April when pet parents have usually worked out what happened. The eggs go first into carpet fibres and furniture seams, hatch weeks later, and the adults are looking for a host.
Ticks are also active year round here. Three species are common: the American dog tick, the lone star tick, and the black-legged tick. The black-legged tick transmits Lyme disease. The lone star transmits ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis. Dogs who walk the edges of the nature areas around Lake Butler, the paths near Gotha Park, or the wooded perimeters of the fields near Windermere Commons are in regular contact with tick habitat.
The product matters as much as the plan. Many over-the-counter topicals are permethrin-based, which is toxic to cats and must not be applied to a cat or allowed to contact one until fully dry. The prescription products available through our care center have a better evidence base for efficacy and a safer profile when there are cats and dogs in the same household. Call (689) 220-0228 or book online at Petfolk Veterinary & Urgent Care - Windermere, 4757 The Grove Dr #148, Windermere, FL 34786.
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Flea Tick Prevention