tick season has started already

  • mojogunter
    Posts: 3301
    March 12, 2016 at 9:11 am #1606120

    Just a warning. With this warm weather be sure to give your dog anti tick treatments now. I found a deer tick crawling on one of the dogs this morning. I’m glad I treated them on Wednesday.

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    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    March 12, 2016 at 11:23 am #1606151

    We survived the winter with no ticks. Last year we were infested. Apparently the people who leased this house before us were slobs and had dogs. We’d pick 10 off Athena every night.

    NexGuard works wonders. I suspect the pest control helped too.

    stuwest
    Elmwood, WI
    Posts: 2254
    March 13, 2016 at 2:17 pm #1606271

    Pug-
    Don’t jump to too many conclusions here, Pug. I’ve been breeding dogs since ’55 or so and i can’t remember the occasion that we had bad genetic issues, e.g three legged dogs, until i started using flea and tick chemistry.
    I still would rather use organic wormers, but they do not seem to be as bad.
    I still vaccinate, but extend it to as old as possible.
    I’m just trying to say that adding modern chemistries is not always wise.
    FWIW we had our first mosquitoes this week…
    I do understand that the issues are much worse south of the MD line…

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    March 13, 2016 at 2:35 pm #1606274

    Yeah, I hate medicating the animals as much as I hate medicating myself. But it was bad and something had to be done. She also had a flea problem. The other 2 dogs weren’t as bad, because her undercoat is much thicker.

    She also had some joint trouble. We thought she might have had Lyme’s from back in MN, but we had her tested and it was negative. She also used to come up lame once and a while, and chewed hot spots, but I can’t remember the last time that happened, knock on wood.

    mojogunter
    Posts: 3301
    March 13, 2016 at 3:02 pm #1606276

    One of my dogs has lyme’s disease. I found 2 deer ticks on him last november. I never used any anti tick or flea treatments because I had heard so many bad stories about them. Technology must have improved them now hopefully.

    stuwest
    Elmwood, WI
    Posts: 2254
    March 13, 2016 at 3:24 pm #1606280

    there are no great solutions.
    TICKS
    not just deer ticks, but now the research community is admitting that numerous diseases are caused by many species of ticks.
    LYMES
    if you vaccinate, you can not get a reliable test anymore.
    vaccination is 50% protective.

    but, the treatment is inexpensive,
    so i’ve gone to treatment on first symptoms.

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