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- Dog ticks
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- Dog tick sprays
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- Dog Hypodermic Tablets
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- Dog tick shampoos
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- Folk recipes for ticks for dogs
How to protect a dog from ticks, each owner chooses their own. In veterinary pharmacies, a huge number of drugs in the form of drops, spray, injectable solutions, tablets, aerosols. Folk remedies prepared on the basis of plants, essential oils, strongly smelling substances.
Collars
Every spring, the question arises of how to treat the dog from ticks. Long-lasting, effective protection collars. Available in the form of polymer accessories of different lengths. It is necessary to put on the neck, tighten to the specified position. Between the strap and the dog’s neck should be 2 fingers.
Validity depends on the active ingredient, on average 4 months. Insect-acaricidal substances in contact with the skin penetrate the sebaceous ducts, localized in the hair follicles. Tick protection for dogs begins after 2 hours. The tool does not lose effectiveness in wet, hot weather, but when bathing a pet, the collar must be removed.
Accessories from ticks are not used for individual intolerance, pregnant, lactating females, puppies under the age of 2 months.
Effective drugs:
On a note!
The active substance is distributed throughout the coat, so after contact with the animal you need to wash your hands well with hot water. The cost of an effective drug is from 250 rubles.
Drops
Drops will help protect the dog from ticks. One of the most effective drugs. Provides protection against bloodsucking parasites up to 1-2 months. Drops are applied at home on the skin in the withers, along the ridge of large breeds. The active substance is distributed within 2 hours, at this time it is recommended to put on the dog's muzzle or pull off the mouth with a strap, braid.
It is better to start processing in the spring, since ticks appear are already in March. Do not wash the dog after drops for two days. Bathing should be done no more than 1 time per week. You cannot pet a dog for 2 hours. After absorbing the product, the properties last up to 2 months.
Drops from ticks contain acaricidal substances that are localized in the sebaceous ducts, hair follicles. Act locally, do not penetrate into the systemic circulation. Due to this, the likelihood of side effects is reduced. Active ingredients in the body ticks get in contact, cause paralysis, death, do not allow bites.
On a note!
The tool in the form of drops can save the dog from attacks of blood-sucking parasites, helps to cure diseases associated with vital functions subcutaneous ticks, flea.
The best means:
Sold in convenient dropper droppers in a specific dosage for dogs of different body weights. The cost of one piece is from 10 rubles. Sold in veterinary pharmacies.
Contraindications for use:
- sick, weak, recovering pets;
- pregnant females, nursing;
- puppies up to 2 months old;
- pets weighing less than 2 kg.
It is strictly forbidden to apply with individual intolerance to the components.Signs of an allergy are redness, itching, swelling of the tissues, inflammation. In the first day after applying the drops, pets may experience increased salivation, lacrimation, decreased appetite, and sleep disturbance. The condition normalizes gradually without special treatment.
Spray aerosol
Means for ticks and fleas are available in a convenient bottle with a spray. Are produced sprays several types - based on insect-acaricidal substances, natural components. They destroy parasites on contact or have a repellent effect. Efficiency, duration of protective action depends on the composition.
Natural repellent can protect the dog from ticks for no more than a week. The action of insecticides lasts for a month with infrequent bathing of the pet. Treatment of dogs from ticks is carried out outdoors. All parts of the body are sprayed, excluding the muzzle.
When the drug is licked, the dog has increased salivation, lacrimation, loss of appetite, so for the duration of the treatment you need to put on a muzzle or tighten the mouth with a braid and a strap. The spray dries completely, begins to act after 2 hours. When the coat dries, it must be combed with a comb.
It is forbidden to wash the dog after treatment for 2 days, after the final absorption it is recommended to bathe no more than 1 time per week. Do not pet the first 3 days, subsequently wash your hands thoroughly after contact with the animal’s hair.
On a note!
Natural sprays based on plant extracts, essential oils will help protect a puppy from the age of 2 weeks, a pregnant, lactating female, a sick pet. The use of an insecticidal spray in these cases is contraindicated. Cannot be processed during estrus.
Best spray protection:
The price of drugs is from 100 rubles. Keep away from direct sunlight. You can walk after processing outdoors after 24 hours using an acaricide, natural repellents have a stronger effect immediately after application.
Tablets
The best protection against subcutaneous ticks, helps to cope with external blood-sucking parasites. You can bathe the dog on the same day if such a need arises. Preliminary preparation is not required. The tablet is mixed with food or just stuffed into the jaws of the dog. The composition added flavor enhancers, food additives. It looks and smells like a piece of meat.
The drugs are used to prevent parasitic diseases, to combat blood-sucking creatures. Modern tick pills contain a relatively safe active substance - spinosad, registered in the USA. It takes effect within 30 minutes, maximum protection appears after 4 hours. The effect lasts for 3 months.
Animal protection in the form of tablets is easy to use, the main point is to choose the right dosage. Excessive concentrations of the active substance or in the presence of individual intolerance, side effects appear:
- increased salivation;
- lacrimation
- itching
- diarrhea;
- weakness;
- decreased appetite;
- temperature rise;
- tremor;
- cramps.
In severe cases, death occurs.
Important!
It is forbidden to give pregnant, lactating females, puppies up to 2 months old, sick pets. If you plan a walk in nature, in the forest, you also need to use a repellent to repel ticks. Better if it is a natural spray.
Tablets should be given to the dog from ticks before the start of their activity - in late March, April. After 2 months, the procedure is repeated.
Effective drugs:
- Front line;
- Bravecto;
- Comfortis
- Symparika.
Sold in veterinary pharmacies, sold via the Internet. You can buy by the piece or immediately purchase the package. Price from 100 rub. a piece.
Shampoos
Means for ticks, fleas are convenient to use, less toxic. Protective properties last for a maximum of a week. Active substances do not penetrate the systemic circulation, localized on the coat. Shampoo acts as a repellent. Paralyzes a bloodsucker, does not allow a bite. One of the best tools for walking in the country.
The method of application is extremely simple. Wet the dog’s coat, shampoo, froth, leave for 5 minutes, rinse. If the animal does not like water procedures very much, initially foaming the product in a basin, applying foam to the hair, rubbing it, gently rinsing it off after 5-15 minutes.
How often you need to handle the dog depends on the habitat of the animal. Application of the drug is not allowed more than 1 time per week. In case of an overdose, an allergic reaction to the skin appears, redness, peeling, itching.
The best drugs:
- Dana
- Lugovoi;
- Leonardo
- Phytoelitis;
- Biofar;
- Leopard;
- Mr. Bruno.
In a wide range shampoos sold in veterinary pharmacies. Price from 150 rub.
In addition to these tick remedies, special powder is used. The powder remains on the wool until the first bath.
Folk remedies
From ticks, preparations prepared on their own will help. Protect such products from ticks for no more than 4 hours. They are used as emergency protection when there are no professional drugs or they are allergic.
- Essential oil of geranium, lavender, citronella, lemongrass is added to water or medical alcohol. Spray the coat with a spray.
- Rub the skin on different parts of the body with essential oils.
- Vanillin is added to the cream, mixed well, applied to the skin of the pet.
- Pour wormwood or tansy with boiling water, insist for at least 30 minutes. Abundantly spray wool.
- Sprayed with kerosene, after returning home, they bathe the pet. You can smear separate areas where ticks often bite.
After suction tick removal It is recommended to treat the skin of the dog with Creolin. The drug in the form of a solution has a wound healing, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial property.
On a note!
Ticks infect dogs with dangerous diseases. Among them pyroplasmosis. To achieve a therapeutic effect, they are administered special serum. If treatment does not start on time, the pet may die.
Reviews
Each owner of the dog has its own effective methods, remedies for ticks. It is definitely impossible to say which one is better. The habitat of the animal, age, individual characteristics are taken into account. Each drug is effective, safe when used correctly.
We always use collars. A very convenient thing. They put an accessory on the dog, forgot about the problem for 4 months or more. Only one collar is enough for the season. It’s not necessary to buy expensive ones. Funds at an affordable price help no worse. Checked. We use the leopard.
Alina, Moscow
The most powerful protection is provided by drops. My dog loves to drive through meadows, fields, forests. I process the lawyer with drops in early spring. I did not observe any side effects. Squeezed ticks after a walk too.
Marina, St. Petersburg
I treat my pet with a spray. This protection is enough for us. The dog lives in an apartment, we walk with him in cultural places, in the trash, thickets does not climb. The spray is not as toxic as other drugs. Really like Hartz from ticks.
Irina, Tver
I have a big dog, lives in the yard. We go out with him periodically to the forest for walks. I give a pill in early spring.
Protects the dog from ticks, fleas, various other mucks. I did not notice strong side effects. During the first day, a sluggish dog refuses food, saliva drips. The next day, everything is fine. We buy Bravecto.
Oleg, Voronezh
Ticks appear in March, disappear at the end of October. All this time you need to provide the dog with effective protection against parasites. Otherwise, the animal may become ill.
