Tag: fleas

Healthy, happy pit bull mix with a big smile bounding across a sunny lawn, full of energy
Wendy Diamond

Tick Tac Toe

  The warm spring weather brings an invitation to enjoy the outdoors with your pet. But, watch out! The warm weather also brings the flea, tick and mosquito season! No fear, there are many great products available for instant prevention and protection from these painful pests.  Not only can these parasites

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Kind fictional veterinarian in light blue scrubs gently checks a happy chihuahua on an exam table in a bright modern clinic
Wendy Diamond

Tick Toc, It’s Flea Time Again

As the springtime turns slowly to summer these very serious parasites are once again returning in record numbers. They are a formidable enemy, and although we are killing them off by the millions, they respond by adapting. So skilled are these parasites, they catch a ride on the neck of

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Happy senior border collie with a gray muzzle relaxes on a cozy orthopedic bed in a bright room
Wendy Diamond

Ask the Vet – No Fleas, Please!

  Sentinel, Advantage, Program, Frontline, Tick Arrest, Preventic, Revolution.  If your animal’s flea and tick preventative wasn’t listed … read on. Fleas and ticks are very successful parasites.  An untreated animal can easily support a flea colony of 60 to 100 fleas per week, each producing 20 eggs per day,

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Healthy, happy pit bull mix with a big smile bounding across a sunny lawn, full of energy
Wendy Diamond

Ask the Vet: To Flea or Not to Flea!

Fortunately, today there is no excuse for a pet with parasites. There used to be sprays, smelly baths, and dips, but many of these were so toxic that they would do more harm than good. As well they couldn’t be used on cats, young animals and certain breeds without deadly

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