Does Cold Weather Kill Fleas? Your Questions Answered
You couldn’t help yourself. You saw the cutest dog and decided she needed to become part of your household.
Six months later it happened. You woke up scratching.
Oh no.
Immediately you checked out your pup. And it was just as you feared: fleas.
The next day you got flea shampoo, thinking that would be that.
But a few days later, you woke up scratching again.
The shampoo wasn’t enough. Maybe you hadn’t killed them all the first time. Or maybe your furry family member was re-infesting the house with fleas from outside.
When the weather began getting colder, you thought perhaps you’d just wait them out. After all, wasn’t the cold supposed to kill fleas?
Not exactly.
Homeowners tend to underestimate fleas because we’ve been taught that they’re no big deal. Most of us assume that we can just head to the store and buy something and it will solve our problems like snapping our fingers.
Sometimes, though, it doesn’t, … Read Full Post »