Flea and Tick Collars - What makes them so Effective on Dogs?

Pet owners are constantly trying to find a permanent solution for flea and tick problems on their dogs. With so many flea and tick treatments available in the market it becomes difficult to select the best one for your pooch. This is where flea and tick collars have made their presence felt in the market. Let us now look at the way flea and tick collar works:

There are two basic features in flea and tick collars:

Repelling

Flea and tick collars have an innate property to emit a gas that repels pest.

Treating

Flea and tick collars also have the property of seeping into the fatty layer of the dog’s skin, thereby enabling the active ingredients of the collar to spread with the dog’s natural skin oils. The first property kills the pest when they bite the dog. The second property emits active ingredients which kill fleas on contact before they bite the dog. 

There are different types of dog collars. Some of them have only one of the two properties mentioned above. Hence, it is very important to read the instructions carefully before taking the purchase decision. 

Let us now look at some of the benefits of flea and tick collars:

• Flea and tick collars are more effective fighting with ticks than fleas as they are mostly around the dog’s neck. This means that the active ingredients present in the collar are most effective in the neck and face area that is the space where ticks gravitate. If ticks are more of a concern than fleas then collars are a great option.
• There are tick collars like Kiltix Tick Collars that will provide protection from brown ticks and bush ticks for a duration of five months, while they protect your dogs from paralysis ticks for a period of six weeks. Then there is Preventive Tick Collar for Dogs that protects them for a period of 3 months destroying existing ticks within 48 hours. You can also opt for Scalibor Tick Collars for Dogs that provides complete protection from flea and tick borne diseases for a period of six months.
• Flea and tick collars are less expensive than spot-ons.

Active Ingredients found in Flea & Tick Collars

Delmamethrin: It is one of the safest insecticides found in flea & tick collars. It is a synthetic Pyrethroid that was found in the extract of chrysanthemum flowers about 10 decades ago. 

Amitraz: This is one of the most common active ingredients found in preventive treatments. It is an effective anti-parasitic drug that can be used to treat mange.

Pyriproxifen: It affects the life cycle of pests by sterilizing them, which makes them unable to mature and thus not able to reproduce.

Propoxur: It has a great impact on the nervous system of fleas and ticks, which leads to their breakdown. Within a day of application, the pests will eventually die on the body of your pooch. This active ingredient can be toxic for human beings; hence proper care needs to be taken when you clip the collar on your dog. Wash your hands properly afterwards and do not allow children to be near the pooch when the collar is on.

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