TICKS! Frontline & Collar?!?
I have a 6mnth old oes pup named Feziwig. He loves being outdoors but we live in a wooded area and ticks are a BIG problem. Also he loves sticking his whole head in everything- dirt, leaves whatever, which adds to the problem. We have gotten him frontline but are still finding ticks on his head. Does anyone know if its okay to use frontline and a tick collar?? Please Let Us know. Feel bad for the lil guy. Thanks, Bonnie |
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| I would talk to your vet and ask them if it would be ok.I do know that a lady owning an Irish Wolfhound had a huge problem with her dog getting tick disease so her vet had her use frontline and preventick collar this was an extream case and a hugh dog so I would not recomend doing it without talking to your vet. |
| Neither Frontline nor a collar can kill ticks on contact. They are killled within a 24 hour interval. I do not see how using both would help.
We take Abbi to the National Forest here, which is infested with 3 varieties of ticks. There are also chiggers, fleas, and mites. We use Frontline and a lice comb. Let her have all the fun she wants. If she's wet she gets a quick hose down and then towel drying and a comb out. On her head and paws we use the lice comb and a cup of alcohol. Comb and dip. Gets almost everything and Frontline must get the rest because we have never had a problem. If she has picked up a mass of them, like those seed ticks, we wash her of in a dip solution, let it set for 10 minutes, spray her off, dry and comb. We live two hours away and she lies in the back of the van and we have never had a problem. Personally, using two different contact preventatives doesn't sound too good. A vet could probably explain the pro's and cons better than I could. If I don't have time to wash her off we have used 5% sevin dust. This is a contact method, kills on contact. But she gets a full bath when we get home. Abbi is five years old. With a 6 month old pup I might not be so free with the dip, but 5% sevin dust is fairly safe as long as you brush it out sooner than later. And don't let him lick the stuff off, which I don't think he would ... it sort has an odor and a biege color. |
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