The Truth About Flea & Tick Medications
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- Опубликовано: 12 авг 2021
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Thanks, Meghan, you really put in a lot of effort to keep people informed.
Great video on an important topic! Thanks for sharing! 💙
Every time I watch one of your videos I learn a ton about something I thought I already knew about.
That is great to hear!
I believe that it this situation, the pet’s owner has to weigh out the dangers of the medication and the insects themselves depending on where they live. Ticks carry different diseases in different parts of the world. My parents’ dog got babesiosis when we forgot to give him tick prevention meds, thankfully he is fine now. But this disease could have killed him. My parents live near a forest though, so there are a lot of ticks there.
On the other hand, I do not give my cats the anti-tick meds because they only go out on my (escape-proof!) balcony.
Obviously, only use medications for the animals they're meant for. However, as an adoptive dog owner that used alternative flea/tick care, I need to share our very dangerous experience -- I adopted a dog who was heartworm positive after only 2 months without preventative medication. The illness was intense, treatment was painful and expensive. Then, when I was in a tick-heavy area with the dog (for only 6 months) I thought regular bathing, bug spray, and consistent inspection would be enough. It wasn't -- I missed a tick and my dog contracted lyme disease, which caused chronic illness even after months of testing and antibiotics. Since then, we have used a tick collar when we are in high risk areas, and he has not had a tick or parasite since. We use them temporarily and carefully when in high risk zones because high risk = major precautions.
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I completely agree with this video. I am getting my shih tzu puppy in a few months. I have already decided not to ever give her topical or oral medication for fleas and ticks. The best solution to this that I have come up with is using Wondercide. I know it’s not a perfect product, but I use bug spray for humans on myself when I go out, so bug spray for dogs should work just fine. Plus she will be getting bathed every 2 weeks with shampoo and coat conditioner, and I won’t have to use it in the winter when there are no bugs. The only vaccines she will ever receiver are rabies, distemper and parvo. I will not subject her to more injections than that, especially the lepto vaccine. Too many dogs have adverse reactions to it, and I will not be taking my dog to dog parks or daycare. I will also only be giving her heat worm medication during mosquito season. I looked it up, dogs CANNOT contract heart worms from other dogs, an infected mosquito must bite them for a dog to get heart worms. Therefore if you live somewhere that gets cold in the winter and the mosquitoes die, you do not have to give heart worm prevention in the winter (same with flea and tick medication). The vet just tells you to give it every month because they don’t trust you to remember when to start and stop every year.
I use deet free repellant for when the dogs are outside.
@@HappyTailsAnimals is that better than Wondercide? If so what is different about it?
Thanks for sharing I love your videos so much I love animals
Thank u. So what do u use for dogs and cats to protect from fleas and thicks?
Youre amazing for this
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Hi thank for sharing this information on fleas and ticks good to know
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So what do you use for fleas and ticks then?
What do you use then ? In tall grasses and in the woods here in the Midwest ticks are a huge problem for people and dogs if you are outdoorsy and or live in the country and are so gross 🤢. After going hunting my dad checks over his bird dog all over at the end of the day just in case...
What would you recommend for flea/tick preventative for cats? My cat lives indoors 100% of the time, but she does go in the backyard with me a few times a week for enrichment.
What products do you recommend other than topicals? I’ve tried using flea and tick shampoo, flea collars, flea combs.. none of which seems to work
My goal is to make an updated video answering this question, but I did make this video which I will link. Honestly grooming and diet are the two most important things when preventing ticks. My last dog video was about supplements and one supplement I use for tick prevention is garlic. And it's funny because people get really worked up about how harmful garlic is, even though studies have proved that garlic is not harmful to dogs and tick medications have proven harmful. So that was another reason I made this video, we need to logically think about what we give our dogs.
ruclips.net/video/vm-WBWdjchQ/видео.html
This is off topic but would it be OK if I bonded my female rabbit with a female rabbit we just got, the one we just got is 2 months old and the one we have is a little over a year old, they both had companions in the past
Do you have natural remedies that you use to get rid of fleas and ticks? I don't have any pets at the moment, so I am just curious. Thanks.
I like Cedarcide spray for people and my pets.
Seresto made my pit bull lose mobility in his legs, I took it off and he was fine within a few hours.
I was gaslit by the vet who accused me of buying a knock-off -.- it wasn't a knock off.
I'm sorry to hear that. Yeah vets can be really closed minded about this stuff. It's hard for someone to admit they are wrong.
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Your animals are so beautiful! I wish to have a big pretty farm like you one day
I'm going to the vet Monday to get my puppies booster shots and medicine for pests. I feel bad because I can't go in with her because of the virus. She is so sweet and week behaved on her own. I still can't believe I found such a sweet few month old puppy at the shelter. She really is amazing. I hate putting her in the scary car, and driving her down the street to the vet, then having then carry her inside without me and start hitting her with hypodermics. I know it's for the best, but I still feel bad because of how in the moment dogs live. She really is already my best friend, and I can't over emphasize how naturally sweet and well behaved she naturally is. I love her and I do want the best for her though.
Did you even watch this? 😐
What would you recommend instead?
My goal is to make an updated video answering this question, but I did make this video which I will link. Honestly grooming and diet are the two most important things when preventing ticks. My last dog video was about supplements and one supplement I use for tick prevention is garlic. And it's funny because people get really worked up about how harmful garlic is, even though studies have proved that garlic is not harmful to dogs and tick medications have proven harmful. So that was another reason I made this video, we need to logically think about what we give our dogs.
ruclips.net/video/vm-WBWdjchQ/видео.html
You didn’t say what do use on your dogs ? Have you ever tried organic tick repellent ?
As some who is also an animal professional and has had a full blown flea infestation in my home before, I feel this video is unfair. Natural remedies do not work for all situations, especially if you have an infestation. While our house was going through de-fleaing treatments the only way I could protect my animals was prescribed medication. All medication comes with risks, and those risks should definitely be more openly discussed. But if I didn’t use topicals or orals on my animals in that situation, it would have become much worse for their health. Likewise, if I didn’t use topicals on my goats/sheep or fowl I would see much more illness and death in my herds/flocks. Everything I use with the animals in my care is prescribed or suggested by that animal’s vet. Putting it out there using fear tactics is creating mis-trust in vets. If a vet prescribes anti-parasitics, they are doing it for a reason.
You should stop trusting vets. They do not always have the best advice or the right answers. Medication is certainly the easy way in your situation. But still not necessarily if you are willing to put more effort into your pets health.
I really can’t believe you would publicly suggest to stop trusting vets. Yes, there are bad people in every profession, but saying blanketly to not trust vets is not in the best interest for the animals in anyone’s care. Medication with actual results is important. You can’t just feed garlic and turmeric to everything and hope for the best. Don’t get me wrong, I have a pony with laminitis that gets turmeric as a dietary supplement among other treatments, so I do value and recognize the importance of homeopathic medicine. But for the average animal owner that watches your videos, they should consult with their animal’s actual vet for any dietary supplement or medication. Pushing for distrust in vets is a harmful thing. I manage a children’s zoo and work with a team of amazing vets, their council is imperative in any health decisions I make with our animals. You should be advocating for pet owners to find good vets for the species they keep, not saying to do internet research and not protect their pets from parasites with medication proven to protect them.
I take the health of the animals in my care very seriously, so to elude that I should “put more effort” in is quite rude.
@@HappyTailsAnimals you just keep getting worse and worse can already tell you don't believe in vaccinating yourself or wearing a mask
I use nexgard with all my dogs. Mainly because paralysis ticks are prevalent where we live ( Australia) I have lost one dog to paralysis tick and luckily vets saved another two dogs. It would definitely be a better world without paralysis ticks 😢😢😢😢😢
Chewables are more harmful and invasive than topicals. The common adverse reaction from nexgard is neurological damage. I would find a safer way of dealing with ticks.
I don’t know a safe way to deal with these ticks. Also nexgard covers heartworm. I used to get the yearly injection for heartworm ( which also is rife where we live). I guess the alternative would be “ just let the dogs take their chances” Thank you for responding 🐕🐶🐩
No, you should never leave it to chance. Sounds like you are unwilling to try safe methods.
Happy Tails. No I am definitely not adverse to “ safe” methods. I have had dogs for over 60 years. Life is always full of learning especially for our pets. We all do the best we can with the knowledge that we have. Have you ever watched a 12 month old puppy die at the vets after 5 days struggle to survive from paralysis tick? Please don’t be so quick to judge others that love their pets. I love your channel and I am a subscriber 🥰
Yes, I worked in a vet clinic for several years and saw all kinds of illness and death. You can't say life with pets is about learning while also saying you aren't willing to change. You can protect your pets from ticks without poisoning them.
What would you recommend for fleas for cats? I live in Florida so the fleas here are intense and everywhere.
My first question is, why is your cat outside?
@@HappyTailsAnimals why wouldn't it be outside? Cats are born to hunt they have the right to be outside
Fleas collars are pretty good or flea spray
I don't use any collars or smth else. When I'm going for a walk with my pet I give her kinpur chews😉
Then question is wat do u use on ur pets? 🤔
So then what should we do instead? To prevent fleas and ticks I mean 😅 and what about heartworm prevention? Very curious.
Heartworm kills dogs
@@ah5721 that's not the question I asked, is it?
I use cedarcide for fleas and ticks for people and pets. I use ivermectin 1% injectable solution BY MOUTH for my dog.(A Plott Hound) There are many videos on RUclips about using this. CAUTION> YOU CANNOT USE IVERMECTIN ON CERTAIN BREEDS OF DOGS, COLLIE AND A FEW OTHERS. RESEARCH.
My dog started to have seizures after front line 😞
I'm so sorry to hear that 😔
@@HappyTailsAnimals thank you 💕
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That dog has seen some shit
I have given my dog a flea collar, natural flea & tick shampoo and flea & tick topical medicine. The natural stuff doesn't work well, the collar is too dangerous since he wanted to chew it. And I gave him the topical one to him and he got so itchy that he scratched a huge patch of fur off and it's really raw and awful. I need a safe one for him because no matter how much I spray outside for fleas they find him and I need something that doesn't hurt him either
What do you feed your dog?
When vets give you flea and tick medicine it is safe for dogs so that is that and my dog has no discomfort to the flea medicine and no symptoms of any disease or Diarrhea or rabies virus 🦠
Wrong. The medications available from the vet are the same medications available over the counter. Tick medications prescribed by vets have killed many dogs and caused bad reactions for even more dogs. The data is there. This video has nothing to do with rabies, so the fact that you even brought it up, shows that you have some confusion on the subject.
@@HappyTailsAnimals Why do you have to be a bitch about everything? No one even likes you.
The information I am providing can be proven by research and data. This is not meant to personally harm you. I don't find it offensive if someone doesn't like me.
@@HappyTailsAnimals where is the research to back it up