Flea medication is not what  it might sound like.  That is, it is not a medication for fleas.  That’s because we don’t want to make the fleas healthy, we want to make them go away (and not on a vacation, if you know what I mean).  No, flea medication is, rather, medication for your pet that will force fleas to pack their bags and hop it.

If you’re wondering how medication given to your pet, and most can be hidden in their food without much bother, will get rid of fleas that live, after all, on the skin, then it is quite simple.  Fleas feed on the blood of their host; they are parasitic insects.  This approach, then, is like greeting an invading army, letting them within the army walls because they are too numerous to wipe out before they can get in anyway, and then feeding them a poisoned meal.  At that point, the only thing you have to do is get rid of the dead bodies. 

Actually, the medication has to be a little more refined than that because your pet does need the blood to stay healthy, that is they have to eat the meal as well!  Some forms of flea medication works on the fleas’ teeth so that they can no longer penetrate the skin to suck the blood, causing them to quickly die.  Others hamper the fleas’ ability to lay or hatch eggs, thereby severely disrupting their cycle of regeneration.

Flea medication is fast working and usually clears the infected host of all fleas within a day of application.  It is one of the easiest and fastest methods of flea control.  To make sure that your pet stays free of fleas, the medication usually has to be given again once every month.  However, holistic flea treatment suggests other ways of keeping your pets free of fleas, basically by eradicating the conditions that leads to fleas in the first place.

Flea medication comes in liquid form for cats or tablets for dogs.  For more information you should contact your vet.