Author: Daniel Brooks

If you are picking a flea treatment for your cat, the first rule is bigger than any brand: cats are not small dogs, and grabbing a dog product can be a fatal mistake.... Read more.

If your dog has fleas, the best flea treatment is the format that fits your routine, because the one you actually use on schedule beats the strongest one you forget.... Read more.

If you just found a tick attached to you or your kid, the move is simpler than most of the internet makes it. Grab a pair of fine-tip tweezers, grasp the tick right... Read more.

If you want fewer ticks in the yard, tick tubes are the one product that goes after the problem at its root, the mice that young ticks feed on. The short answer:... Read more.

There is no single best tick repellent for dogs, only the format that fits your dog and your routine. A collar gives you up to eight months of set-and-forget protection,... Read more.

If you spend real time outdoors, the best tick repellent clothing is permethrin-treated clothing, because it kills ticks on contact before they ever reach your skin.... Read more.

The best tick removal tool is the one you can reach for in seconds, because the whole technique comes down to gripping the tick close to the skin and pulling straight... Read more.

The best tick repellent is not one product, it is two working together. Treat your clothing with permethrin, then put DEET or picaridin on the skin you cannot cover.... Read more.

If mosquitoes keep finding you indoors, stop reaching for the aerosol can. Indoor mosquitoes are a find-the-source and exclude problem, not a spray-the-air problem.... Read more.

If you are standing in the repellent aisle deciding between DEET, picaridin, and oil of lemon eucalyptus, here is the honest answer: all three are EPA-registered,... Read more.