Supplementing the Pet Shield

What to do if you still find a flea or tick on your pet:

The BioPower Pet Shield is appropriate for the vast majority of pets and their lifestyles and will keep them flea and tick free. However, there are several factors that influence how difficult it will be to keep your pet pest-free, and in some cases it may be necessary to supplement the tag with other natural pest repellent approaches.

There are 3 factors that affect the ability to keep pests off of your pet:

  • The amount of pests in the environment - this is mild to moderate for most parts of the country for most of the year, but there are exceptions - for example in heavily forested or swampy areas at certain times of the year, especially in the spring.
  • The amount of time the pet spends outdoors - if the pet lives outside most or all of the time it makes it more challenging to keep pests away, again depending to a large extent on the local environment.
  • The health of the pet - the less healthy the animal the more pests will be attracted to it, so please be aware that a pet with a chronic health condition or an older pet will be more susceptible to pests. Feeding your pet a healthy diet high in animal protein will help maximize its health and vitality and is part of a holistic pest control strategy.

So when using a natural pest repellent approach, in some cases it may be necessary to use a multi-layered strategy with more than one natural solution - which would include the BioPower Pet Shield as the foundation, for it will do most of the work.

We offer an excellent flea/tick repellent spray that can be a helpful addition, which you can find here. Another great addition to a layered natural approach are Brewer's Yeast & Garlic tablets, which are available at most online pet stores and many local pet stores. Adding these to your pet's diet during the spring and summer months will usually help greatly.

Thus for the vast majority of pets the BioPower Pet Shield will be 100% effective, but if some of the factors mentioned above are an issue, it may be necessary to supplement with another natural pest repellent approach.