SMALL LOTS, BIG PRESSURE
Do fleas and ticks really bother a lakefront lot this size?
They do, and square footage has very little to do with it. What a flea larva needs is soil that stays damp and out of the sun, and a Pelican Bay yard on the west shore of Eagle Mountain Lake offers that in the shadow of a dock, a boat trailer, a woodpile or the north face of a shed.
Ticks arrive by a different route. They ride in on the wildlife working the shoreline and the brush, then wait in whatever grass stands tallest, which on a small lake lot is usually the strip nobody bothers to cut between the fence and the water.
The Mosquito, Flea & Tick program treats the whole yard and the building perimeter on a 21-day cycle from April through September. It is bought by the visit, month to month, and we do not sell single passes, because one pass only removes the adults that happen to be out that day.
WHAT A LOT HERE COSTS
Most of the city sits in the bottom price bands
Pelican Bay is built on small parcels, so the majority of addresses fall into the two cheapest bands: $49.95 a visit under 7,000 square feet, and $59.95 up to 12,000. Only the deeper lots with real yard behind the house reach $69.95.
Sitting on the water adds nothing to the figure, and neither does a heavy first season. The price comes to you before you agree to anything, standard plans carry no startup fee, and nothing binds you past the visit you have already had.
7,000 sq ft or less
$49.95 a visit
The majority of lots inside the city
7,001 to 12,000 sq ft
$59.95 a visit
Corner and double parcels
12,001 to 17,000 sq ft
$69.95 a visit
Deeper lots with yard behind the house
A flare-up between visits
No charge
Covered by the between-visit warranty
Every number on this page comes from our published price list. Pelican Bay homes get the same table as everyone else; the instant quote reads your square footage and lot size and hands you your own line.
THE HONEST LIMITS
Where this program stops working
It stops at the property line. The shoreline, the brush and everybody else's unmowed ground keep producing ticks, and we treat your boundary rather than pretend the lake edge can be cleared. Checking the dog and the kids after they have been out in the tall stuff stays part of the job.
It also stops at the door. Fleas breeding in carpet, in a pet bed or under a couch run a cycle that owes nothing to the lawn, so if the biting happens indoors, wash the bedding hot, vacuum hard and empty the canister outside, then get a preventive from the vet. One interior treatment is included if the inside needs help.
And if the yard is small and sunny with no animal in the house, you may not need this at all. Bare, hot turf kills larvae without any assistance from us. We would rather say that than bill you through September for a problem you do not have.
SHELF PRODUCT OR PROGRAM
A bag of yard dust from the hardware store versus this
A granular yard product off the shelf is cheap and it does work for a while, so it deserves a fair hearing. Spread over open turf on a small Pelican Bay lot it will knock down the adults you currently have, and if your problem is mild that may genuinely be the end of it.
Two things usually undo it. The granules rarely reach what matters, which is under the dock boards, beneath the shed and inside the woodpile, and they are long gone before the pupae in the soil finish hatching. Repeating the job properly on that timetable, by hand, in July, is where most people quietly stop.
VISIT ONE ON THE SHORE
What the first treatment looks like here
The shaded, sheltered strips
The walk-round comes first, and on a lake lot it is short but specific: under decking and dock boards, behind the shed, around the woodpile, anywhere a trailer has sat long enough to kill the grass. Those are the flea nurseries on a Pelican Bay property.
Full turf and the foundation
Then the entire lawn is treated, followed by a band around the structure. Where your fence line meets unmowed ground or the water, that edge gets a wider pass, since it is where the ticks are waiting.
Dry time, then normal use
Give it about two hours in summer heat and pets and children can use the yard again. We never treat the animal, only the ground it walks on.
