Spring-clean your pets!

Writer: Dr Hilldidge Beer.

The weather is warming and that means we’ll soon be gripped by spring-cleaning mania, turning our homes upside down in a rejuvenation frenzy. This is also the perfect time to take a look at our pets and their paraphernalia and do the same for them.

Spring-clean their beds Your pets have probably spent more than half of every day lounging in their beds during the cold winter months and, because it’s been cold and wet, the beds probably haven’t been washed as often as they should. Now’s the time to give them a good scrub.

Take special care to scrub in the seams as this is where flea mites hide and if they’re not eradicated, they’ll soon infect your pets. If the bed has tears or is wearing thin, it’s probably time for an upgrade as flea mites have in all likelihood already colonised it. Remember that only 5% of fleas can be seen with the naked eye, so just because you can’t see them doesn’t mean they’re not there.

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