What dosage to buyQ: My oldest son is allergic to flea bites so we keep our indoor cats completely free of insects. we just got a new puppy fully equipted with ticks. we are planning to take her camping in a few weeks and don't know what to get. she is just over 9 pounds at 9 weeks old and going to be a big dog. around 65 pounds. what type of product should we get for her and what dosage to look for, the current weight or the weight she will become? A: Any product you use would have to be for her current weight at the time of application. we suggest using frontline plus and a tick collar if you are going into an area known to have ticks.
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Moist/hot/oily/itching/allergic dogQ: I have tried all kinds of shampoos for my shih tzu. she has severe allergies to both food and the environment, and getting old. i just want to keep her comfortable in between her steroid treatments that we try to keep to a minimum. her skin is is moist, oily, hot, scaley, and she has a burnt corn chip type smell to her. i have tried your coal tar, and other brands with the same ingredients; it doesn't help much. chlorehexiderm seems to be the freshest smelling although it doesn't quite do the trick. tea tree products (melaleuca) have not worked, neither has oatmeal. is there another suggestion. i have searched your shampoos and see there are other possibilities. i just don't which one to choose. please help me. sincerely....heather A: I would try ketachlor shampoo used every few days; make sure let sit on skin for 10 minutes and lather up before rinsing off. sounds like your pet has overgrowth of yeast on skin. ask your vet about this as well as possiblity of oral med known as ketaconazole if yeast is diagnosed
Advantage vs. frontlineQ: I have a 5 yr old 15lb pomeranian who stays indoors 99% of the time. i usually give her a bath weekly and take her to the groomer once a month. (my groomer has always bragged that she never has fleas) i have kept advantage on her since she was a puppy. i have never had a problem with fleas or ticks. now this past week since we have had a few days of cool weather she has suddenly gotten eat up with fleas. i heard that frontline plus was better than advantage so i purchased some frontline plus and put on her after a good bath with flea shampoo friday. we have drenched our yards in both liquid and granual pest control (flea, ticks, ants, etc..) products two days in a row now, and this morning my pom. has more fleas than she ever has. she it totally covered as if i have not put anything on her at all. does the front line take longer to work? should i go back to the advantage? i'm running out of solutions, please help.i'm sure they (fleas) have to be in my house too. i have a 18 month old in the house with asthma and have to be careful with pestiscides that are used indoors. what should i do, will this frontline start killing these fleas soon? A: Frontline is 100% effective in killing fleas within 18 hours of application. what you may be noticing are either fleas from eggs that were laid before the application of the frontline or because of the hyperstimulation of fleas as the product kills them, there may be the appearance of more fleas.
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Zema collar with frontline; horses?Q: You recommended using a zema tick collar in addition to use of frontline to someone previously. i have two outdoor dogs and cats, plus a horse; and we live in tick country. (lots of deer and other wild critters too.) should i try using both these products together? and what do you recommend for horses? A: I am not a horse vet so will refer you to your equine vet for that one. as for collar, one i like for dogs is preventic collar. for cats a good ovitrol plus collar is fine. i find preventic collar is best tick product on market for dogs and works for up to 3 months as long as dogs dont get it submerged in water or swim with it on whihc will inactivate it. i usually use preventic collar with advantage topical for flea/tick control, but front line is fine by itself if used once monthly on all cats and dogs
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GuarenteeQ: If i buy by hw prevention from you guys - who pays for treatment if my dog still gets heartworm disease. my friend bought sentinal from you guys and novartis says that they won't pay for the treatment because you guys get your meds illegaly. so who is going to pay for this dogs treatment? do you back to product or does the manufacturer? A: We have an unconditional guarantee on every product we sell. you can see it on our website or in our catalog. we get our products from licensed distributors and not "illegally"! |because we don't buy directly from the manufacturer they don't give us their guarantee, but we give you ours.
How to get medication without prescriptionQ: I went to my vet to get my two yorkies tested for heartworms and to get a prescription from the vet to order heartworm medicine over the internet and she will not do that. i just bought the medicine from the vet clinic. is there a way for me to now buy it from petmeds without my vets prescription? A: The law is very specific about requiring prescriptions for products where they deem it a necessity. you should have free choice as to where you purchase your prescriptions. in many states a written prescription must be supplied on request. the american veterinary medical society also advises their members to provide one when requested.
Lawn yellowingQ: I have a male dog that does not lift his leg on the posts or trees, he squats like a female. his urine and feces are causing the lawn to yellow. i know there is a sometime that changes the ph balance for a female dog to prevent this. can this same thing be used for a male?? A: Grass saver is a natural food supplement used daily to change your dog's urine ph to prevent lawn yellowing.|you can find more information on this product on our web site.
Ear mitesQ: I just got a pug/beagle mix puppy who is 2 1/2 months old. she was diagnosed with ear mites and has received one treatment of acarexx. we also have another dog in the house, a 2 year old black lab/sharpee mix, who frequently plays with the puppy. as of now she does not show the same blackish- grainy discharge typical of ear mites. what are the chances she could catch it and can she still catch it after the ppuppy has received her first treatment? also, are ear mites communicable to humans, and if so what is the risk? thanks! A: Not communciable to humans. also not likely other dog has problem if pup was treated once with that product
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