ShareAdd Us On GoogleAdd as a preferred source on GoogleTYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A mild winter has set the stage for a boom in critters like fleas and ticks, and pet owners are feeling it fast.

A local veterinarian in Tyler says his clinic is now dealing with its worst season in a decade."We are having the worst flea and tick season that we've had in the last 10 years," said Dr. Gary Spence with Spence and White Veterinary Hospital in Tyler.

Spence says his clinic has become a hot spot for tick and flea treatment, with a steady stream of worried pet owners coming through the door.