Fleas are hard to find on your pet, whether your pet has short hair or long hair. Often you look and do not find any fleas, yet your pet is scratching and acting like he has fleas. If you part the hair, you may glimpse the flea before he escapes into the unknown. The flea is not trying to escape from you. In fact, the flea does not recognize you are even present. Rather, when you part the hair, you allow light into his world and fleas are extremely photosensitive. In other words, the flea is extremely sensitive to light to the point that light is painful. The flea quickly seeks the refuge at the base of the unparted hairs where it is comfortable in the dark.
Sometimes I will hear folks state they used Frontline Plus on their dog and it does not work. In fact, I have heard them to go so far as to say they had more fleas after applying Frontline Plus. This is a gross misunderstanding. Frontline Products works on the nervous system of the flea. Yes, the flea has a nervous system. They lose their sensitivity to light so they leave the dark area at the base of the hair and come to the surface, where they will franticly move around. You are actually seeing the number of fleas that were hidden on your pet. As Frontline continues to work, the flea will die, falling off your pet. This has become known as the flea dance of death.
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