Q. I bought some Evolv and Eco Treat for a flea problem I am having. I haven’t had a chance to spray the yard yet because of high winds at the moment but have used the Evolv and it works great. Kills on contact; unfortunately no lasting effect as they are back the next day. But I’m wondering… If the Eco Treat works as well for the yard as the Evolv does I will buy the gallon size. Is is possible to use the Eco Treat to spray on the dogs too? It would be so much more economical to be able to just buy the big bottle and use for both.
A. Evolv is a contact killer of parasites (fleas, ticks, mites, lice) and a preventative (repellent) for mosquitoes, ants, chiggers, gnats, etc. There is no such thing as a flea repellent or preventative for fleas, except, to treat the property and eliminate them. If you don’t treat the property, fleas will continue to jump back on your animals because they are heat seeking blood suckers. This is why we recommend treating the property entirely to eliminate the adult fleas you see (only 5% of the life cycle) and the eggs/larvae stages you don’t see (95% of the life cycle). Every female flea produces 500 eggs in a lifetime and can quickly overrun a property that goes untreated.
That being said, we recommend treating your animals, your house (if the animals come inside they brought fleas in with them!) and the yard. To eliminate fleas, you must break the egg layer cycle and the only way to do that is to treat everything. Once you have done that, simply maintain the flea free environment by spraying the yard every 30 days. Mist the dogs once a week with Evolv.
Treating the yard with EcoTreat: On the first treatment,we recommend spraying the yard twice within 4-7 days to break the egg layer cycle. EcoTreat kills the adults, eggs and larvae and this will ensure the cycle is broken.
EcoTreat use on Animals: EcoTreat is a water soluble concentrate. It can be diluted for use indoors and will not stain or attract dirt. You can safely use it anywhere and everywhere inside when diluted. Livestock has a much thicker hide than dogs and its okay to spray them, but the best thing for dogs is Evolv. It repairs and moisturizes the skin and is not water soluble. EcoTreat has the potential to dry them out as the inert is Ethyl Lactate, a corn oil by-product. It’s primary function is to dry out and dissolve the egg and larvae. That being said, we just released a grooming concentrate that can be used on the yard and on the animals. It is about $100 per quart, but makes 8-16 gallons depending on how you dilute it. It will last you a pretty long time. Roughly 7 yard treatments and a gallon of pet spray can be made from one qt of concentrate.
I hope this information helped. Depending on how many fleas you have indoors, consider using BioDefense to treat the indoor property. 1 gallons treats 2,000 sqft. It is the exact same formula as Evolv (just labeled differently). A gallon of BioDefense is on sale for $100 and is 8 times more solution than Evolv (16 oz for $25).
We have also changed out our sprayers on the EcoTreat Qt. that allow for a much more thorough spray. Would you like me to ship one out to you today at our expense? Or, If you plan on placing an order we can include it in that.
Thanks for doing the best thing you can do for your dogs, yourself and the environment! Using chemical free, non toxic solutions to eliminate pests in the most effective and least harmful way you can protect the ones you love!
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