Flea control in Temecula, Murrieta and North County

The flea you're dealing with is most likely the cat flea, whatever pet it's on. UC IPM identifies the cat flea as the most common flea in California and notes that, despite the name, it bites dogs, cats and people. UC IPM also reports that flea populations surge in spring and early summer, which is when flea problems build in Murrieta, Temecula, Menifee and Wildomar, though a warm house keeps them going all year. The part most people miss is that the adult fleas on the pet are a small share of the problem. The eggs fall off the animal wherever it rests, and the larvae develop in carpet fibers, under the couch cushions, in the pet bed, in the gap under the baseboard and outside in the shaded, dusty soil under the deck or the hedge where the dog naps in the afternoon. Treating the pet alone leaves all of that in place, which is why fleas seem to come back a week later. The same goes for a flea bomb from the hardware store, which reaches the open carpet and misses the fibers, the cushions and the yard.

We handle the house and the yard, and we'll be clear about what we don't do: the treatment on the animal itself belongs with your veterinarian. UC IPM's advice is to control fleas on the pet and clean and treat the areas where the pet rests, and that's exactly the division of work. A flea job has three parts for us. The inspection comes first, to confirm where the pet rests and where the fleas are concentrated. Then a product labeled for fleas goes down, applied by a licensed technician where the fleas develop, inside and out. Then you get plain instructions on what to do next, because the preparation you do and the vacuuming you keep up afterward decide how fast it ends. Jared Brown, our owner, has 27 years of pest control behind him, and his team explains the job in full before the work starts, which matters here more than on most jobs, since you'll be doing part of it yourself for a couple of weeks.

We work out of 29990 Technology Dr Ste 13 in Murrieta, serving 20 cities, including Perris, Moreno Valley, Riverside, Hemet, Corona and San Marcos. Fast response is why customers tell us they chose us, and a flea problem is one where a quick start matters because every day adds more eggs to the carpet. Call (951) 535-4220 Monday to Saturday 8am to 6pm and Jenni will get you booked. Give her a sense of how many pets you have, whether they've been to the vet yet and which rooms they use most. Get the pet booked in with your vet for the same week too, because UC IPM's advice is to treat the pet and the places it rests together, and a treated house with an untreated dog is soon back where it started. If you've already tried a spray or a fogger, say so, because that changes what the technician expects to find.