Swelling is going down considerably and one more zee pill to go. My Mother had one removed and the nurse gave her a script for 2 pills. She looked it up when she got home and it also treats malaria.
Can I ask which brand of the oral meds you have for your dog? Why do you choose the oral over topical. Just a learning question because I am not familiar with oral tick meds. Only used the frontline with our dogs but I know the oral has made its place now.
Same. Still itchy too. Bastards.Got my first one three weeks ago.
Sure you can. My vet sells NexGard. Sometimes when we comb them we will find a dead tick but not filled with blood. The majority try to flee. Between this and heartworm meds it is about $35 per dog per month. They are under 50#
Pretty sure if you'd shower regularly, it would take care of it. What are you, a sasquatch?
Only 50%Pretty sure if you'd shower regularly, it would take care of it. What are you, a sasquatch?
Yep. I’ve been buying Insect Shield clothing the last few years and have watched ticks crawling on me die.
Interesting idea. When I was a kid I'd rarely wear more than shorts and sneakers, and got very few ticks, like 3-5 all summer. Now usually its long pants, shirt, and boots, and get lots, can hardly walk outside without picking up a couple. Sometimes mowing or doing other physical work I'll wear shorts, no shirt, and boots, and it seems like I'd get far fewer. Maybe like so many other things the experts are wrong...
I think the ticks are attracted to the warmth and moisture inside long pants and long-sleeved shirts. Chiggers on the other hand, like shorts. But they also are attracted to the warmth and moisture inside shorts. Speaking from personal experience.
Ouch. I feel like Alfred Hitchcock could have made a movie about Indiana chiggers.
Advantage is one we use and you can get a spray for dogs that has a citrus smell/base at farm stores that works well and I spray it around the doors to keep skeeters away .. it seems to help
