Tick and Flea Problems???

Tick and Flea Problems???


Having problems dealing with your pet’s tick and flea infestation? This treatment regimen is the most effective I’ve found by far. It can keep your kennel clean for up to 1 year!!! It might cost a little more than your regular asuntol spray, but its definitely more effective and safer, plus you won’t need your local pest control to come in for treatment. In some ways, its even better than hiring a pest control company since they won’t treat your dogs the environment….

Remember, treating the ticks and fleas on your pet’s body is not enough, you need to treat the surrounding environment as well for your treatment to be effective.

This is the treatment regimen I use….
1.Treat the pets
2.Treat the backyard or outside the house
3.Treat the inside of the house.
4.Keep the ticks and fleas away from your pet

Treat the pets …

So far, frontline is the best anti-tick and flea (whether spot on or spray) that I have been able to use on my dog. The only problem is that the tick or flea has to bite and suck blood first before frontline kills them. Secondly, the effectivity of Frontline is dependent on the severity of the infestation. The more ticks you have, the shorter the protective time span of Frontline. This is why, in severe infestations, I advise that the dog be given a bath with anti-tick soap to at least decrease the quantity of ticks before placing frontline. This makes it more economical since a bar of Doggie’s choice Anti-tick soap that are available in veterinary clinics only cost about Php100.00. I prefer to use the ones in the clinic and not the ones bought in the grocery since the concentration is stronger for the prescription ones. Once the ticks are decreased due to a bath or two, Frontline is applied. Remember Frontline must be applied two days after the bath to maintain Frontline in the body. Again, if infestation is severe, I suggest the use of the Frontline spray instead of the spot on.

Treat the backyard ….

Most people use asuntol or coumaphos to treat their dogs ticks. They also use this liberally on the dog. I prefer not to do this since it is less effective plus it puts your dog at risk of getting poisoned. We do, however, use asuntol and other organophosphates and pesticides to treat the surrounding area of the house and where your pet is usually situated. Grassy areas and rough walls are common hiding places for ticks. Fleas commonly stay hidden in the carpets, while lice like to stay in areas with papers or cartons.
It is important to treat the surrounding area simultaneously with the treatment of your pet. Otherwise, you may be treating your pet now, but it is only a matter of time before your baby is re-infested by the parasites in the surrounding area.
Also an important point is that pesticides, in order to be effective, must have direct contact with the parasites, so be sure that you are able to spray the whole area with every corner covered.

Treat the house…

This is a little tricky… pesticides and organophosphates could be used as well, however, you’ll have to tolerate the stench of the pesticides in your house. Also, items in your house might get water damaged as well. The trick with treating the house is using fumigation as the technique to get rid of these parasites. Unfortunately, Baygon does not work on ticks. However, there is a product that was specially made for ticks and fleas, Room Fogger. Just lock it and leave it in the house with all the windows and doors close. Have everybody stay out along with all the pets. Keep the house closed for about 2 hrs then ventilate for about 10-20 minutes before entering the room. It kills not only ticks and fleas but ants and cockroaches as well…

Keep your pet tick free….

Once you have done all of the above about 3 times every week or two… (it sometimes takes longer if the infestation is severe), the next step is making sure that your pet doesn’t get these ticks again. Maintaining them on frontline is an option, however, like I mentioned earlier, the ticks and fleas have to bite before Frontline kills them. Since we know that blood parasite infections are acquired from tick bites, we want to make sure that our pets are not bitten at all to keep them from getting these diseases. Also, maintaining on Frontline every month may be a bit expensive. As such, I suggest using an anti-tick and flea collar. I prefer the scratchex anti-tick collar since they are very effective in keeping ticks away, plus they last about 5 months….

very informative sir! Where can we get that anti-tick collar ? Nga pala sir, dun po ba kau sa petshop sa may harap ng petron bumibili ng beefpro ?

sir, dun po ba yan sa may tapat ng petron?

daphiel217 wrote:sir, dun po ba yan sa may tapat ng petron?

san po ba tukoy mo petron, sa g.tuazon?

opo sa may g. tuazon nga! dun po ba kau bumibili ng dog food ? nakita ko kc ung post nio dun.

ah. hehe. kau po ba ung bumili ng beef pro last time ? ung nka cap ?

ah. ok sir. akala q po kau, hehe. sana minsan mgkasabay tau dun.