Johnson’s flea treatment is an oral medication which works by introducing into your pet’s bloodstream toxins which will paralyse the fleas.  This means that after you administer this to your pet, in a very short space of time each flea’s bite will be their last.  In fact it will start to work within fifteen minutes, and all the fleas should be dead within a day of its application.

You should note, however, that getting rid of your pet’s flea infestation will not be as easy as that.  This treatment will only kill the adult fleas, which are only the top of the life cycle, so it does nothing to the eggs, larvae or pupae which will still be developing around the house and in your garden.  This is because when fleas lay eggs, they are not sticky (as other parasite’s eggs are) so they fall off the host animal and onto the ground, where they will hatch and feed off any organic material they can find.  If you rely completely on Johnson’s flea treatment, therefore, almost as soon as one set of fleas have been killed, another set will latch onto your pet and begin laying eggs again, starting the life cycle all over again.

For more information on how to get rid of fleas in your house and garden, view the sections on “flea treatment for your house,” and “flea treatment for your garden,” on this website, or ask a veterinarian or professional pest controller for expert advice on how to deal with the infestation.

Johnson’s flea treatment purports to have no harmful effects on your pet, however you can never be sure of what your pet is going to be allergic to, or what side effects introducing toxins into the bloodstream of your pet might have.  Some claim that all such treatments are unsafe and recommend only non-chemical and natural means to combat flea problems.  This is certainly the case for puppies and kittens, who are too young to properly process the chemicals found in this sort of treatment.

If your pet has a very bad infestation of fleas, the kindest thing to do might well be to use a product such as Johnson’s flea treatment to quickly rid them of the irritating parasites.  Also, it should not be forgotten that fleas can carry diseases and are far from being a harmless irritance.  If your pet is allergic to the saliva or faeces of fleas then it is essential to get them off your pet as soon as possible.  On the other hand, if the problem is less urgent, then a less aggressive alternative might be more appropriate.