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    Flea and tick meds for pets do not repel fleas and ticks. (There are occasional wacky exceptions, but so far those mostly don't work.) Instead, they make your pet poisonous to these parasites....

    Flea and tick meds for pets do not repel fleas and ticks. (There are occasional wacky exceptions, but so far those mostly don't work.) Instead, they make your pet poisonous to these parasites. With good meds, a tick will die and drop off before it can transmit the illnesses for which it is a vector; with good meds, a cat wandering around the house will help kill off any flea populations hiding in the carpeting.

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