How Fleas and Ticks Pick Your Pet
To understand how to best prevent these pests from attacking your dog, we need to look at how they detect their victims. Fleas and ticks have several mechanisms they use to detect their hosts, and one of the most important ones by far is odour (olfaction). Fleas and ticks have olfactory receptor neurons narrowly tuned to specific odours they innately search for. Their simple olfactory systems consist of about 20 sensilla located on their first pair of legs. If this simple odour detection system senses something other than what it's been tuned for, the fleas and ticks will reject the host.
And this is how many of the flea and tick repellents on the market work today… they mask the specific odours on your pet that pests are searching for in the environment. If the formula is effective, fleas and ticks cannot smell, taste, or even identify the host they're seeking. So, they simply ignore your dog or cat. Though there are many “harsh chemical solutions,” Karen Becker has found some herbal repellents that work just as well, if not better.
Karen Becker’s Criteria For The Ultimate Pest Repellent
Has NO synthetic chemicals
Does not produce harmful effects when pets lick their skin
Contains ingredients formulated by nature
Is available without a prescription and can be used daily
Has a pleasant odour but is designed to create an undesirable scent to pests
Needs to be fit for use on pet bedding and does not stain fur
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